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Union County Public Schools E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $2.4M to Union County Public Schools (North Carolina) over FY2024-2026 across 13 funding requests from 4 providers; $7.4M 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 Union County Public Schools? USAC committed $2.4M to it over FY2024-2026, $835K 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.

North Carolina · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Union County Public Schools
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Union County Public Schools posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$7.4MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $8.3M
0contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Union County Public Schools that reach their end date in the next year.

See its 470s, incumbents and budget →Free account. Opens on Union County Public Schools with every open 470, who holds each service and the Category 2 budget left.
0 of 6 FY2026 requests had a single bidder60% discount rate: pays 40 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC, Data Network Solutions, Inc., Encore Technology Group LLCEmail me when Union County Public Schools opens a 470
$2.4M
committed FY2024-2026
13
funding requests
4
providers
$7.4M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$834,67063
FY2025$338,97932
FY2024$1,235,12042

Who serves Union County Public Schools

Every provider with a funded request at Union County Public Schools in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Data Network SolutionsInternal connections, MaintenanceFY2024$936,433
Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$896,060
Encore Technology Group LLCInternal connectionsFY2026$422,883
Data Network Solutions, Inc.Internal connections, MaintenanceFY2025, FY2026$153,393

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
HPE Aruba15601$1,141,640JL728B#ABA, J9281D, J9150DFY2025
Vertiv2136$229,756PSI5-1500RT120LIN, PSI5-3000RT120LINFY2024

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$8,258,121$7,364,816Preliminary–

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Union County Public Schools?

Data Network Solutions (Internal connections, Maintenance, $936K); Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC (Data and internet, $896K); Encore Technology Group LLC (Internal connections, $423K); Data Network Solutions, Inc. (Internal connections, Maintenance, $153K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Union County Public Schools have left?

$7.4M of a $8.3M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Preliminary), as of Nov 5, 2026.

What network equipment does Union County Public Schools use?

HPE Aruba (15 line items); Vertiv (2 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Union County Public Schools 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.