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Precision Federal is a small-business AI and data engineering firm. It delivers production-grade machine learning, agentic AI, cloud architecture, data engineering, and full-stack development to the U.S. federal government under NAICS 541512. Every engagement is founder-led.

Yes. SAM.gov registration is active, the firm is registered in DSIP for DoD SBIR and on NSF Research.gov, and is currently pursuing SBIR opportunities in the FY2026 cycle.

Bo Peng, Founder and CTO. Kaggle Top 200 data scientist, with engineering experience across federal prime contractor work and production machine learning at a federal health agency. Full biography on the about page.

UEI is Y2JVCZXT9HP5. CAGE is 1AYQ0. Primary NAICS is 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services); additional NAICS coverage includes 541511, 541519, 541611, 541715.

Yes. Precision Federal is a small business under the SBA size standard for NAICS 541512 (approximately $34M average annual receipts). The firm qualifies for small-business set-asides at SBIR scale.

Iowa-organized LLC operating remote-first across AWS GovCloud and Azure Government. Central Time, with on-site travel to Washington D.C. and customer sites as the mission requires.

Six primary capability areas: agentic AI systems, machine learning, cloud architecture, data engineering, full-stack web development, and DevSecOps. Full breakdown at /capabilities. Each is delivered founder-led with no handoff between sales, architecture, and implementation.

Commercial frontier models (Claude, GPT, Gemini), open-source models inside GovCloud (Llama, Mistral, Qwen), and traditional ML libraries (PyTorch, scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM). Agent frameworks include LangGraph, LangChain, and custom orchestration purpose-built for federal constraints.

Yes. Alongside contracted work, the firm develops proprietary prototypes and SBIR-funded products designed to deploy inside GovCloud from day one.

The core focus is software, ML, and cloud. For engagements requiring hardware, embedded systems, RF, or test-range instrumentation, Precision Federal teams with specialized partners and focuses on the software, analytics, and cloud layers.

Primary: Python and TypeScript. Secondary: SQL, Go, and Rust for performance-critical components. The firm focuses on modern surface area and teams for legacy stacks (.NET Framework, Java EE) when required.

As a newly-registered small business, Precision Federal competes through direct agency solicitations, small-business set-asides, SBIR awards, and as a subcontractor to primes holding IDIQ and OTA vehicles. Direct GSA Schedule is on the roadmap; specific vehicle coverage is grown through team arrangements.

Yes for unclassified work within the firm's capability envelope. For classified programs or engagements requiring a cleared facility, Precision Federal partners as a subcontractor to cleared primes. This posture is openly disclosed in every conversation.

Yes. SAM is active, banking is in place. The firm is ready for micro-purchase and simplified-acquisition-threshold awards. For larger awards, project-specific accounting can be stood up as engagement scope requires.

Small business under NAICS 541512. Additional categories such as 8(a) become available after the founder's naturalization completes. Current eligibility is published transparently on the capabilities statement.

The Small Business Innovation Research program is a federal set-aside that funds U.S. small businesses to develop and commercialize innovative technologies. It operates across eleven participating agencies. Phase I funds feasibility, Phase II funds prototype development, and Phase III funds commercialization typically through sole-source contract authority. Full guide: /resources/sbir-phase-i-guide.

Yes. SBA firm approval was issued April 16, 2026. Registered in DSIP for DoD SBIR, on NSF Research.gov, on Grants.gov for multi-agency submissions, and adding eRA Commons for NIH. SBIR-ready checklist: /resources/sbir-ready-checklist.

Primary focus: DoD (Army, Navy, Air Force, DARPA, SOCOM, CDAO), NSF, DoE, NIH, DHS. Topic selection is driven by technical fit, not opportunistic filing.

Yes. The company actively seeks small-business primes and research-institution partners for joint Phase I and Phase II submissions. Capabilities statement and mutual NDA template are available on request.

Both are small-business innovation programs. STTR requires partnership between the small business and a non-profit research institution (e.g., a university), with at least 40% of work performed by the small business and at least 30% by the research institution. SBIR permits but does not require such partnership.

Yes. SBIR-funded technical data carries SBIR Data Rights protections for a defined period under federal acquisition regulation. Phase III sole-source authority is preserved. Data rights posture is documented in every proposal.

Yes. The company partners with cleared primes for classified programs and with large integrators for scale engagements. The firm is easy to scope, contract, and mobilize on prime's paper.

Mutual NDAs typically executed within 24 hours. Full teaming agreements within 3-5 business days. Standard templates are maintained specifically to move at the speed of federal proposal cycles.

The founder directly. Email bo@precisionfederal.com. There is no business development team to route through.

Not currently. The firm builds inside customer-owned ATO boundaries, typically within FedRAMP-authorized cloud environments such as AWS GovCloud. A Precision-Federal-owned FedRAMP package is on the roadmap for proprietary SaaS products. FedRAMP readiness checklist: /resources/fedramp-ato-checklist.

NIST 800-53 (Moderate and High baselines), NIST 800-171 for CUI, FedRAMP Low and Moderate, DISA Cloud Computing SRG impact levels 2-5, and HIPAA for federal health data work. The relevant framework is identified at engagement kickoff and control implementation responsibilities documented.

Not currently. The founder operates at public trust and sensitive-but-unclassified levels. For classified programs, Precision Federal partners with cleared primes who hold facility clearances and can sponsor cleared personnel.

Customer data is held only under signed data processing agreements, stored in environments authorized by the customer, encrypted at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.2+), and deleted per the agreement at engagement close.

Cyber liability coverage is obtained as engagement requirements dictate, with coverage limits scaled to contract. Certificates of insurance are added per-engagement when required by the customer or prime.

Yes. AWS GovCloud is the primary cloud environment. The team is fluent in ECS, Fargate, Lambda, S3, RDS, EKS, and Terraform-driven deployments into GovCloud regions. Azure Government is secondary for agencies standardized on it.

FastAPI or Next.js application layer; PostgreSQL or Databricks data layer; an inference layer combining commercial frontier models and self-hosted open-source models; Terraform-driven infrastructure; centralized structured logging to a tamper-evident store; per-action audit records. Variations are scoped per engagement.

Every production model includes a held-out evaluation harness, fairness testing across relevant demographic groups, calibration checks, and adversarial probe testing. Evaluation artifacts are versioned alongside model weights and deployment manifests.

For unclassified work with an executed agreement, engineering can start within 1-3 business days. The bias is toward early working prototypes — typically a functional deliverable within the first two weeks.