IRA F Jaffe

IRA F Jaffe, a sole proprietorship based in Potomac, Maryland, provides arbitration and alternative dispute resolution services to civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. Jaffe operates as an individual arbitrator delivering neutral third-party adjudication and hearing facilitation across 29 distinct federal agencies, with work classified under NAICS 561110 (All Other Legal Services) and PSC Support-Professional: Legal.

The customer concentration is acute and skewed heavily toward the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS accounts for 34 of 98 total awards (35% by count) and $126 thousand of combined potential value, anchoring the vendor's footprint through repeated small purchase orders for arbitration services spanning employment disputes, tax-related grievances, and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. The next tier includes the Securities and Exchange Commission (5 awards, $16 thousand), the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (5 awards, $90 thousand), the Department of Labor's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (4 awards, $46 thousand), and the Department of State Office of the Secretary of State (3 awards, $132 thousand combined potential value). The top five customer agencies by either count or dollar value account for 53% to 54% of all awards and potential value, with the IRS remaining the dominant customer by volume. Notable outliers exist — a single $100 thousand Social Security Administration award and the State Department's $132 thousand across three awards represent larger individual engagements than Jaffe's typical IRS work.

Jaffe's activity trajectory has declined markedly. The award cadence was 7 awards in 2023, 3 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 1 in 2026, with only one award (valued at $15 thousand) scheduled to complete within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete. Over the full history in the source data (spanning 2003 to 2026), 98 total awards have generated $918 thousand in combined potential value, with $704 thousand obligated (77% of potential). Jaffe places task orders under two blanket purchase agreements: DHS's HSSCCG12A00015 (6 task orders, $28 thousand) and SEC's SECHQ115A0007 (2 task orders, $5 thousand). The vendor operates with no subcontractors — the prime-versus-sub split is 100% prime, reflecting the sole-proprietor model in which Jaffe personally delivers arbitration services rather than delegating work or building a larger organization.

Representative arbitration work includes a $32.4 thousand labor-hours purchase order from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Office of General Counsel (awarded October 2023, completing September 2026), a $47.7 thousand definitive labor-hours contract from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (awarded June 2023, completed February 2025), and a $13.5 thousand firm fixed-price IRS purchase order for arbitrator services in tax dispute cases (awarded September 2023, completing September 2024). Across all engagements, Jaffe presides over hearings, resolves employment and operational grievances, and supports federal agencies' alternative dispute resolution initiatives through neutral third-party adjudication.