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Elgin School District U-46 E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $4.7M to Elgin School District U-46 (Illinois) over FY2024-2026 across 16 funding requests from 7 providers; $4.8M 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 Elgin School District U-46? USAC committed $4.7M to it over FY2024-2026, $2.2M 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.

Illinois · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Elgin School District U-46
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Elgin School District U-46 posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$4.8MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $6.8M
0contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Elgin School District U-46 that reach their end date in the next year.

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1 of 7 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Applied Communications Group, Inc., Low Voltage Solutions, Inc., Metro Fibernet LLC, Sentinel Technologies, Inc.Email me when Elgin School District U-46 opens a 470
$4.7M
committed FY2024-2026
16
funding requests
7
providers
$4.8M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$2,230,14374
FY2025$1,704,37355
FY2024$764,99843

Who serves Elgin School District U-46

Every provider with a funded request at Elgin School District U-46 in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Sentinel Technologies, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$1,838,052
Metro Fibernet LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$1,017,305
Low Voltage Solutions, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2025, FY2026$601,625
Marco Technologies, LLCInternal connectionsFY2025$438,058
Tympani IncorporatedInternal connectionsFY2025$394,874
Applied Communications Group, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2026$257,570
Quality Power SolutionsInternal connectionsFY2024$152,030

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco271,528$2,067,995CW9176I-RTG, Cisco Single Mode QSFP-40G-ER4 optics, SFP-10G-SR=FY2026
Cisco Meraki347$481,527MR46-HW, E3N-MR-ENTFY2026
Fortinet36$464,558FortiGate - 3201F 4x 400 GE QSFP28, 5 YEAR UTP ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT. TIER XXV1, 5-Year 24x7 Enterprise Supprt Agreement. Tier XXT1FY2025
Hubbell659,662$320,042HFCD1012P4, HJU6ABK, HC6A07YFY2026
XPC M90-80 40 kW11$190,038XPC M90-80 40 kWFY2024
APC (Schneider)26$14,954SMTL1500RM 3UC, SMTL1500RM3UCFY2026
Winnie62,110$12,230WJH32ACM24, WJH64ACM24, 2" J hookFY2026
2JHook1900$4,500BCH32FY2025
Middle Atlantic11$3,114SR-40-32FY2025
Oberon212$1,855Oberon Mounts, 1024-CFY2026
4JHook1200$1,250BCH64FY2025
Corning313$817HDWR-GRND-KITFY2026
3M418$745FX2ER-LNLN-SN-MFY2026

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$6,821,330$4,845,632ConfirmedZeller and Associates, LLC

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Elgin School District U-46?

Sentinel Technologies, Inc. (Internal connections, $1.8M); Metro Fibernet LLC (Data and internet, $1M); Low Voltage Solutions, Inc. (Internal connections, $602K); Marco Technologies, LLC (Internal connections, $438K); Tympani Incorporated (Internal connections, $395K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Elgin School District U-46 have left?

$4.8M of a $6.8M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

What network equipment does Elgin School District U-46 use?

Cisco (27 line items); Cisco Meraki (3 line items); Fortinet (3 line items); Hubbell (65 line items); XPC M90-80 40 kW (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Elgin School District U-46 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.