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

USAC committed $2.2M to Providence School District (Rhode Island) over FY2024-2026 across 8 funding requests from 3 providers; $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 Providence School District? USAC committed $2.2M to it over FY2024-2026, $1.5M 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.

Rhode Island · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Providence School District
0open 470s

No 470 open today

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

$2MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $3.7M
0contracts ending

Within 12 months

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

See its 470s, incumbents and budget →Free account. Opens on Providence School District with every open 470, who holds each service and the Category 2 budget left.
0 of 4 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Custom Computer Specialist, Inc., Oshean Inc., ePlus Technology, Inc.Email me when Providence School District opens a 470
$2.2M
committed FY2024-2026
8
funding requests
3
providers
$2M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$1,485,63243
FY2025$191,76122
FY2024$499,67522

Who serves Providence School District

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

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Custom Computer Specialist, Inc.Internal connections, MaintenanceFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$1,038,911
ePlus Technology, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2026$989,117
Oshean Inc.Data and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$149,040

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco2671,077$1,147,221CW9176I-CFG, CAB-SPWR-30CM, STACK-T1-50CMFY2026
Cisco Meraki1459$113,139LIC-ENT-5YRFY2026
APC (Schneider)83$37,293SMT1500RM2UC, SYPM10KF2, WOE1YR-PX-21FY2026
Cables 2 Go87802$3,11427163.0, 27140.0, 27190.0FY2024
Tripp Lite (Eaton)172–TLM815NSFY2024

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$3,687,118$1,997,764Confirmed–

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Providence School District?

Custom Computer Specialist, Inc. (Internal connections, Maintenance, $1M); ePlus Technology, Inc. (Internal connections, $989K); Oshean Inc. (Data and internet, $149K).

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

$2M of a $3.7M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

What network equipment does Providence School District use?

Cisco (267 line items); Cisco Meraki (1 line items); APC (Schneider) (8 line items); Cables 2 Go (87 line items); Tripp Lite (Eaton) (17 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Providence 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.