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Rapid City Area School District 51-4 E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $1M to Rapid City Area School District 51-4 (South Dakota) over FY2024-2026 across 11 funding requests from 3 providers; $2M 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 Rapid City Area School District 51-4? USAC committed $1M to it over FY2024-2026, $356K 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.

South Dakota · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Rapid City Area School District 51-4
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Rapid City Area School District 51-4 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 (Preliminary).

Budget $2.4M
1contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Rapid City Area School District 51-4 that reach their end date in the next year.

Next: Riverside Technologies, Inc., Sep 30, 2027
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1 of 5 FY2026 requests had a single bidder60% discount rate: pays 40 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Riverside Technologies, Inc., South Dakota Network, LLCEmail me when Rapid City Area School District 51-4 opens a 470
$1M
committed FY2024-2026
11
funding requests
3
providers
$2M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$355,96452
FY2025$253,81733
FY2024$390,70032

Who serves Rapid City Area School District 51-4

Every provider with a funded request at Rapid City Area School District 51-4 in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Riverside Technologies, Inc.Internal connections, Managed Wi-FiFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$658,439
South Dakota Network, LLCData and internetFY2025, FY2026$187,440
Midcontinent CommunicationsData and internetFY2024, FY2025$154,602

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.

ProviderServiceCommittedEnds
Riverside Technologies, Inc.Internal connections$94,233Sep 30, 2027

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco Meraki12809$449,699MR44-HW WiFi 6 Indoor AP, LIC-ENT-5YR, MR44-HWFY2025
Tripp Lite (Eaton)456$60,846SU1500RTXLCD2U, SRW12US33, SU2200RTXLCD2FY2024

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$2,414,809$1,991,936PreliminaryE-Rate Complete

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Rapid City Area School District 51-4?

Riverside Technologies, Inc. (Internal connections, Managed Wi-Fi, $658K); South Dakota Network, LLC (Data and internet, $187K); Midcontinent Communications (Data and internet, $155K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Rapid City Area School District 51-4 have left?

$2M of a $2.4M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Preliminary), as of Nov 5, 2026.

Which of Rapid City Area School District 51-4's E-rate contracts end soon?

Riverside Technologies, Inc., Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.

What network equipment does Rapid City Area School District 51-4 use?

Cisco Meraki (12 line items); Tripp Lite (Eaton) (4 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Rapid City Area School District 51-4 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.