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Blount County Schools E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $1.5M to Blount County Schools (Tennessee) over FY2024-2026 across 5 funding requests from 2 providers; $1.7M Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 1 contract ends in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.

Selling to Blount County Schools? USAC committed $1.5M to it over FY2024-2026, $182K in FY2026. Here is who holds its services today, which contracts end soon, what equipment is already installed, and how much Category 2 budget it still has to spend.

Tennessee · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Blount County Schools
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Blount County Schools posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$1.7MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed).

Budget $1.9M
1contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Blount County Schools that reach their end date in the next year.

Next: Central Knox Inc., Sep 30, 2027
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0 of 1 FY2026 requests had a single bidder70% discount rate: pays 30 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Central Knox Inc.Email me when Blount County Schools opens a 470
$1.5M
committed FY2024-2026
5
funding requests
2
providers
$1.7M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$182,16811
FY2025$654,44222
FY2024$681,51622

Who serves Blount County Schools

Every provider with a funded request at Blount County Schools in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
ENA Services, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025$970,200
Central Knox Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$547,926

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.

ProviderServiceCommittedEnds
Central Knox Inc.Internal connections$182,168Sep 30, 2027

What is already installed

Category 2 line items FY2024-2026: the installed base a competing bid has to fit, or replace.

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
HPE Aruba173,665$645,370Q9Y58AAE, Q9Y73AAE, R3J16AFY2026
Central Technologies1140$35,000Cat 6 DropFY2025
Palo Alto Networks12$29,792PAN -SVC-PREM-3410-3YR-RFY2025
CAT6 UTP Drops1100$27,500CAT6 UTP DropsFY2026
Eaton121$15,2259SX700FY2024
Vertiv13$9,000GXT5LI-2000LVRT2UXLNFY2024

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$1,939,910$1,679,670Confirmed–

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Blount County Schools?

ENA Services, LLC (Data and internet, $970K); Central Knox Inc. (Internal connections, $548K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Blount County Schools have left?

$1.7M of a $1.9M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

Which of Blount County Schools's E-rate contracts end soon?

Central Knox Inc., Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.

What network equipment does Blount County Schools use?

HPE Aruba (17 line items); Central Technologies (1 line items); Palo Alto Networks (1 line items); CAT6 UTP Drops (1 line items); Eaton (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Blount County Schools have an E-rate Form 470 open right now?

Not as of Nov 5, 2026. Form 470s post most weeks in the fall and winter and take bids for 28 days.

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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Nov 5, 2026. Figures are as USAC publishes them; committed amounts are funding commitments, not payments. Contract end dates on June 30 are left out because many applicants enter the funding-year end instead. Check the source before acting. See something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.