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Buncombe Co School District E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $3M to Buncombe Co School District (North Carolina) over FY2024-2026 across 10 funding requests from 7 providers; $4M Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 0 contracts end in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.

Selling to Buncombe Co School District? USAC committed $3M to it over FY2024-2026, $818K 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.

North Carolina · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Buncombe Co School District
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Buncombe Co School District posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$4MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $4.4M
0contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Buncombe Co School District that reach their end date in the next year.

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0 of 4 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC, DISYS Solutions, Inc., Encore Technology Group LLC, NWN Corporation-RaleighEmail me when Buncombe Co School District opens a 470
$3M
committed FY2024-2026
10
funding requests
7
providers
$4M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$817,74744
FY2025$1,109,25233
FY2024$1,038,44433

Who serves Buncombe Co School District

Every provider with a funded request at Buncombe Co School District in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$1,417,752
Presidio Networked Solutions LLCInternal connectionsFY2025$588,357
Internetwork Services, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024$540,446
DISYS Solutions, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2026$292,763
Encore Technology Group LLCInternal connectionsFY2025, FY2026$99,860
Tiber Creek Consulting, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024$25,414
NWN Corporation-RaleighInternal connectionsFY2026$852

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco171,042$1,672,420SFP-10/25G-CSR-S=, C9300X-NM-8Y, C9300X-24HX-EDUFY2026
Fortinet22$116,759FG-2601F-BDL-809-60, FG-2601FFY2024
Dell11$27,943PowerEdge R760 Caching ServerFY2024
Addon184$937ADD-LC-LC-1M50M4FY2026
Ortronics144$396852-LL2-003-55LHKFY2025

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$4,365,200$3,959,126Confirmed–

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Buncombe Co School District?

Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC (Data and internet, $1.4M); Presidio Networked Solutions LLC (Internal connections, $588K); Internetwork Services, Inc. (Internal connections, $540K); DISYS Solutions, Inc. (Internal connections, $293K); Encore Technology Group LLC (Internal connections, $100K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Buncombe Co School District have left?

$4M of a $4.4M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

What network equipment does Buncombe Co School District use?

Cisco (17 line items); Fortinet (2 line items); Dell (1 line items); Addon (1 line items); Ortronics (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Buncombe Co School District 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.