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USAC committed $3.4M to Fort Smith Public School (Arkansas) over FY2024-2026 across 10 funding requests from 2 providers; $1.3M 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 Fort Smith Public School? USAC committed $3.4M to it over FY2024-2026, $1.8M 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.
When Fort Smith Public School posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.
Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed).
Budget $2.7ME-rate contracts at Fort Smith Public School that reach their end date in the next year.
Next: Next Step Group, Inc., Sep 30, 2027| Funding year | Committed | Funding requests | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $1,752,593 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2025 | $766,132 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2024 | $836,797 | 5 | 2 |
Every provider with a funded request at Fort Smith Public School in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.
| Provider | Services | Years | Committed FY2024-2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Arkansas Telecom, LLC | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $1,736,672 |
| Next Step Group, Inc. | Internal connections | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $1,618,851 |
Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.
| Provider | Service | Committed | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Step Group, Inc. | Internal connections | $1,111,855 | Sep 30, 2027 |
Category 2 line items FY2024-2026: the installed base a competing bid has to fit, or replace.
| Manufacturer | Line items | Quantity | Cost | Models | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPE Aruba | 100 | 1,277 | $1,506,956 | (FTSM 139710) JL087A | HPE Aruba Networking X372 54VDC 1050W 110-240VAC Power Supply, (FTSM 139710) Q9Y75AAE | HPE Aruba Networking Central Switch Class-2 Foundation 5-year Subscription E-STU, (FTSM 139710) J9150D | HPE Aruba Networking 10G SFP+ LC SR 300m OM3 MMF Transceiver | FY2026 |
| Fortinet | 1 | 4 | $2,215 | FN-TRAN-SFP28-SR | FY2024 |
| Cycle | Budget | Left | Status | Consultant on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026-2030 | $2,661,732 | $1,336,147 | Confirmed | Kellogg & Sovereign Consulting |
Cox Arkansas Telecom, LLC (Data and internet, $1.7M); Next Step Group, Inc. (Internal connections, $1.6M).
$1.3M of a $2.7M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.
Next Step Group, Inc., Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.
HPE Aruba (100 line items); Fortinet (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.
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.