The Latin American University Research And Education Networks Foundation, Inc.

The Latin American University Research And Education Networks Foundation, Inc., doing business as Lauren Foundation, is a for-profit small disadvantaged business based in New Orleans, Louisiana, that provides membership services and telecommunications support to the federal government as a prime contractor operating entirely in the full-and-open competitive space with no set-aside designations.

Lauren Foundation's federal footprint is narrow and concentrated: all 15 awards in the source data—yielding $831 thousand in combined potential value—flow from a single customer, the Smithsonian Institution, which accounts for 73% of awards and 72% of combined potential value. The vendor has worked exclusively with the Smithsonian across two organizational units: the Office of Information Technology and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. All work has been procured through firm-fixed-price purchase orders for membership services, with ceiling values ranging from $15 thousand to $40 thousand per order. Representative recent awards include a $20 thousand purchase order in September 2026 for membership services (performance through September 2027), a $20 thousand order in November 2024 (performance through September 2025), and a $40 thousand order in September 2022 (performance through September 2025).

Award activity is sparse and episodic—one award in each of 2024, 2025, and 2026—and the combined value across the entire portfolio ($831 thousand) represents fully obligated dollars with no remaining potential value. The vendor holds no parent IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs. Category concentration centers on telecommunications carriers and network management (NAICS 517210, 517919) and IT telecommunications services (PSC codes under information technology and data broadcasting), reflecting the nature of membership or subscription services in those domains. One purchase order carrying $20 thousand in potential value reaches completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime; no subcontract activity appears in the source. This is a single-customer, membership-services relationship with minimal federal revenue scale and no leverage into broader federal markets or parent vehicles.