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Section 01 · Foundation

SAM.gov Foundation

SAM.gov is the system of record for every entity doing business with the federal government — both contracts and assistance (grants). It powers Reps & Certs, NAICS/PSC eligibility, set-aside designations, Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS), Exclusions, and the federal entity profile every contracting officer and program officer reads first.

Tier Foundation Status Active · All Awards Renewal 2026-10-04

Our Registration Posture

Entity Record

Active · All Awards
FOUNDING UP INC. — SAM Profile

Registered for all federal awards (procurement and assistance). Reps & Certs current.

  • Legal Name: FOUNDING UP INC.
  • UEI: HERUYMFFX546
  • CAGE Code: 15Z91
  • Registration Status: Active — registered for All Awards
  • Registration Expires: 2026-10-04 (annual renewal required)
  • State of Incorporation: Delaware
  • Physical Address: 2201B Trailside Dr, Austin, TX 78704
  • Congressional District: TX-21
  • Entity Administrator: Dan Dillard · dan@foundingup.com

Renewal cadence: next SAM renewal must close before 2026-10-04 — surface to Daily Agenda 60 / 30 / 14 days out.

Socio-Economic Posture

Active
Set-Aside Eligibility (per SAM record)

Self-certifications on file for FOUNDING UP INC.:

  • Minority-Owned Business — self-certified
  • Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) — self-certified
  • Hispanic American Owned — self-certified
  • Small Business — applies by NAICS size standard

Pursue next: 8(a) Business Development (SBA-certified, opens sole-source up to $4.5M services); MBE certification (state / NMSDC) for state & corporate diversity pipelines. Not yet asserted: HUBZone, WOSB, SDVOSB.

NAICS Codes founding_up Should Claim

These are the codes most aligned with identity intervention, talent development, and workforce technology. The first column is the code; the second is what it covers; the third is the typical small business size standard.

NAICSTitleSize Stdfounding_up Relevance
611430Professional & Management Development Training$13.5MPrimary. Identity-intervention curriculum, CLEO-coached cohorts, employer-paid training.
611710Educational Support Services$22.5MPrimary. Student counseling/coaching, postsecondary readiness support.
611691Exam Prep & Tutoring$13.5MSecondary — credential prep adjacent.
541611Admin Management & General Mgmt Consulting$24.5MSIGNAL talent-assessment consulting for employers.
541612Human Resources Consulting$17.0MTalent pipeline / draft-day workforce model consulting.
541715R&D in Physical/Engineering/Life Sciences1,000 empSBIR/STTR pathway when conducting applied R&D.
541990All Other Professional Services$19.0MCatch-all for novel exchange-layer offerings.
519290Web Search Portals & Other Information Services$47.0MPlatform / data-services framing for the exchange layer.
624310Vocational Rehabilitation Services$16.5MPartnered delivery (VR&E with VA, state VR agencies).
611310Colleges, Universities & Professional Schools$34.5MOnly via accredited partner (TAMUCT, Post, etc.).

PSC / FSC Codes to Track

Product Service Codes drive a lot of solicitations — many COs search PSC before NAICS for services.

PSCTitleWhere it shows up
U008Education/Training — Training/Curriculum DevelopmentMost DoD/DoED services contracts
U009Education/Training — Education ServicesTraining delivery, coaching contracts
U099Education/Training — OtherNovel formats, blended/identity work
B505Special Studies/Analysis — EducationIES, GAO, ED research studies
R408Program Management/Support ServicesWorkforce program operations
R425Engineering & Technical ServicesPlatform implementation
DA01IT & Telecom — Business Application SoftwareExchange layer as platform

SAM.gov Surfaces Agents Should Monitor

Contract Opportunities

sam.gov/opportunities

Solicitations, sources sought, RFIs, SBIR notices. Filter by NAICS/PSC + set-aside.

Save searches: identity intervention, talent assessment, workforce readiness, transition assistance, postsecondary, identity formation, SkillBridge partner solicitations.

Assistance Listings (CFDA)

sam.gov/assistance-listings

Every federal grant program lives here as a CFDA / Assistance Listing number. Companion to grants.gov.

Key listings to track: 84.411 (EIR), 84.305 (IES Research), 84.334 (GEAR UP), 84.042 (TRIO SSS), 17.270 (WIOA Title I), 12.U03 (DoD STEM).

Wage Determinations

sam.gov/wage-determinations

Service Contract Act and Davis-Bacon rates if we ever deliver labor on a federal site. Mostly informational at our scale.

Entity Information / Exclusions

sam.gov/entity-information

Search partners, primes, subs, advisors. Verify they are not excluded before naming them in proposals.

The DSBS Move

Dynamic Small Business Search is the keyword profile inside SAM that contracting officers actually search when looking for small businesses. founding_up should optimize the DSBS narrative with the SIGNAL framework language, identity-intervention positioning, and our NAICS list — this is essentially federal SEO.