E-rate / Mississippi / Petal School District

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

USAC committed $1.4M to Petal School District (Mississippi) over FY2024-2026 across 8 funding requests from 3 providers; $0 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 Petal School District? USAC committed $1.4M to it over FY2024-2026, $740K 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.

Mississippi · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Petal School District
0open 470s

No 470 open today

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

$0C2 budget left

Category 2 budget

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

Budget $869K
0contracts ending

Within 12 months

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

See its 470s, incumbents and budget →Free account. Opens on Petal School District with every open 470, who holds each service and the Category 2 budget left.
0 of 2 FY2026 requests had a single bidder80% discount rate: pays 20 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Southern Light, LLC, Teklinks, Inc.Email me when Petal School District opens a 470
$1.4M
committed FY2024-2026
8
funding requests
3
providers
$0
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$739,59622
FY2025$46,93922
FY2024$582,86543

Who serves Petal School District

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

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Teklinks, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024, FY2026$975,474
Southern Light, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$255,960
Metrix Solutions LLCInternal connections, MaintenanceFY2024, FY2025$137,966

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco Meraki402,340$1,067,341LIC-ENT-5YR, LIC-MS225-48FP-5YR, CW9162I-MRFY2026
Pileum Connect Materials - Cat 6 Double Drop1303$96,960"PC-Materials"FY2024
APC (Schneider)218$22,803SMT1500RM2UC, APC SMT1500RM2U UPSFY2026
Pileum Connect Materials - Floor Mount Cabinet w/ Fan & Cable Management13$7,200"PC-Materials"FY2024
Pileum Connect Materials - Exterior Fiber Run11,200$5,700"PC-Materials"FY2024
Pileum Connect Materials - 48 Port Patch Panel114$5,390"PC-Materials"FY2024
CAT 6 Quad Drops110$4,350CAT 6 Quad DropsFY2026
Palo Alto Networks44$4,149PAN-PA-3250-PAA-R, PAN-PA-3250-ADVURL-R, PAN-PA-3250-ATP-RFY2026
Pileum Connect Materials - Cat 6 Patch Cable 10'1669$3,345"PC-Materials"FY2024
CAT 6 Triple Drops110$3,270CAT 6 Triple DropsFY2026
Exterior Fiber Runs - 1200 Feet11$2,445Exterior Fiber Runs - 1200 FeetFY2026
CAT 6 Double Drops110$2,180CAT 6 Double DropsFY2026
Pileum Connect Materials - Cat 6 Patch Cable 1'1669$2,007"PC-Materials"FY2024
Floor Mount Cabinet11$1,500SR42UBFY2026
CAT 6 Single Drops110$1,200CAT 6 Single DropsFY2026
24U Wall Mount Cabinet11$1,025SR24UBFY2026
4-Post Open Frame Rack 45U11$505SR4POSTFY2026
Interior Fiber Runs - 600 Feet11$473Interior Fiber Runs - 600 FeetFY2026
24U Wall Mount Rack11$340RACK-24U-20-WALL-OAFY2026
48 Port Patch Panel12$18048 Port Patch PanelFY2026
24 Port Patch Panel12$17624 Port Patch PanelFY2026
Fiber Patch Cable - 10M110$120Fiber Patch Cable - 10MFY2026
Pileum Connect Materials - Fiber Patch Cable 1M16$66"PC-Materials"FY2024
Fiber Patch Cable - 1M110$55Fiber Patch Cable - 1MFY2026
CAT 6 Patch Cables - 10FT110$45CAT 6 Patch Cables - 10FTFY2026

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$869,371–ConfirmedRollins & Sumrall Education Group, Inc

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Petal School District?

Teklinks, Inc. (Internal connections, $975K); Southern Light, LLC (Data and internet, $256K); Metrix Solutions LLC (Internal connections, Maintenance, $138K).

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

$0 of a $869K budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

What network equipment does Petal School District use?

Cisco Meraki (40 line items); Pileum Connect Materials - Cat 6 Double Drop (1 line items); APC (Schneider) (2 line items); Pileum Connect Materials - Floor Mount Cabinet w/ Fan & Cable Management (1 line items); Pileum Connect Materials - Exterior Fiber Run (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Petal 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.