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

USAC committed $3.5M to Wayne County Public Schools (North Carolina) over FY2024-2026 across 5 funding requests from 3 providers; $3.5M 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 Wayne County Public Schools? USAC committed $3.5M to it over FY2024-2026, $236K 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 Wayne County Public Schools
0open 470s

No 470 open today

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

$3.5MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $3.5M
0contracts ending

Within 12 months

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

See its 470s, incumbents and budget →Free account. Opens on Wayne County Public Schools with every open 470, who holds each service and the Category 2 budget left.
1 of 1 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Charter Communications Operating, LLCEmail me when Wayne County Public Schools opens a 470
$3.5M
committed FY2024-2026
5
funding requests
3
providers
$3.5M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$235,71611
FY2025$702,09722
FY2024$2,530,55322

Who serves Wayne County Public Schools

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

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Encore Technology Group LLCInternal connectionsFY2024$2,231,393
Charter Communications Operating, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$791,423
Applied Network Consulting GroupInternal connectionsFY2025$445,549

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco Meraki23,502$2,459,174LIC-ENT-5YR, MR57-HWFY2024
Corning954,034$104,920Corning 6 Strand Tight-Buffered Interlocking Singlemode (OS2) Plenum Fiber, Yellow, Corning 6 Strand Tight-Buffered, Interlocking Armored Cable, Plenum, Singlemode (OS2), Corning 12 Strand Tight Buffered Interlocking Single-mode (OS2) Indoor/Outdoor Plenum Fiber, BlackFY2025
CCH5366$56,337CCH Panel, LC Adapter, Duplex, UPC, 6 Strand Singlemode (OS2), Ceramic Insert, Blue, CCH 1RU, Holds Two Panels, Rack Mount Fiber Enclosure, CCH 4RU, Holds Twelve Panels, Rack Mount EnclosureFY2025
Unicam167$35,383Unicam High-Performance Connector LC Singlemode (OS2) Ceramic Ferrule, 25PkFY2025
Erico11,820$14,123Erico J-Hook 1/8-1/4 FlangeFY2025

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$3,508,931$3,508,931Forecast–

Common questions

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

Encore Technology Group LLC (Internal connections, $2.2M); Charter Communications Operating, LLC (Data and internet, $791K); Applied Network Consulting Group (Internal connections, $446K).

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

$3.5M of a $3.5M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Forecast), as of Nov 5, 2026.

What network equipment does Wayne County Public Schools use?

Cisco Meraki (2 line items); Corning (9 line items); CCH (5 line items); Unicam (1 line items); Erico (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Wayne 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.