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

USAC committed $4.2M to Cleveland County Schools (North Carolina) over FY2024-2026 across 30 funding requests from 2 providers; $1.2M 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 Cleveland County Schools? USAC committed $4.2M to it over FY2024-2026, $1.6M 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 Cleveland County Schools
0open 470s

No 470 open today

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

$1.2MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $2.9M
0contracts ending

Within 12 months

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

See its 470s, incumbents and budget →Free account. Opens on Cleveland County Schools with every open 470, who holds each service and the Category 2 budget left.
0 of 17 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Applied Network Consulting Group, Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLCEmail me when Cleveland County Schools opens a 470
$4.2M
committed FY2024-2026
30
funding requests
2
providers
$1.2M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$1,641,059172
FY2025$219,64811
FY2024$2,315,478122

Who serves Cleveland County Schools

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

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Applied Network Consulting GroupInternal connectionsFY2024, FY2026$3,532,529
Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$643,656

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
HPE Aruba244,725$3,120,405Aruba AP-635 (US) Campus AP, Aruba Central AP Fnd 5yr Sub E-STU, Aruba X372 54VDC 1050W Power SupplyFY2026
APC (Schneider)182$138,799APC Smart-UPS Li-Ion, Short Depth 1500VA, 120V with SmartConnectFY2026
Corning11317,163$122,165Corning Optical Armored OM3 12Fiber, Corning Optical LC UniCam Connectors OM3/OM4, Corning Optical LC UniCam Connectors OM3FY2026
Berk-Tek1925,210$59,251Berk-Tek 12-Fiber OM3, BerkTek Nonarmored 12 Fiber OM3, Berk-Tek 12-Fiber OM3 Armored, 100ftFY2026
Erico141,475$6,048Erico 2" J-HookFY2026
Zero Connect14112$1,739Zero Connect LC-OM3 LC 3 Meter Fiber JumperFY2026
Arlington1266$210Arlington 2" NB BushingFY2026
Conduit421$32Conduit EMT 1.5" Bushing, Conduit 1.5" SleeveFY2024
STI24$18STI Firestop PuttyFY2024

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$2,890,514$1,199,427ConfirmedSound E-rate Inc

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Cleveland County Schools?

Applied Network Consulting Group (Internal connections, $3.5M); Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC (Data and internet, $644K).

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

$1.2M of a $2.9M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

What network equipment does Cleveland County Schools use?

HPE Aruba (24 line items); APC (Schneider) (1 line items); Corning (113 line items); Berk-Tek (19 line items); Erico (14 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Cleveland 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.