Iris Bates

Iris Bates serves as a key procurement professional within the Public Buildings Service’s PBS R00 Center for Broker Services, where she manages real estate acquisition and leasing contracts to secure commercial office space and nonresidential properties for federal agency operations. Her role is central to executing the agency’s mission of optimizing the federal footprint through strategic space planning and market-driven leasing solutions. She primarily handles complex real property transactions under long-term lease agreements, ensuring compliance with federal real estate standards and cost-efficiency mandates across diverse geographic markets. Bates maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of experienced real estate entities, including TWO CON LLC, ONNI TIMES SQUARE LP, CVD MAIN LLC, BELTSVILLE GSA FDA LLC, and CC OWNER LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on institutional landlords and property holding companies with established portfolios of Class A and Class B commercial buildings suitable for federal occupancy. Her contracting approach emphasizes stability, long-term tenancy, and property performance metrics over competitive bidding, often resulting in direct negotiations and sole-source or limited-source lease awards. Her procurement activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic prioritization of market efficiency and property suitability over socioeconomic preference programs, aligning with the agency’s mandate to secure optimal space regardless of vendor size or certification status. The bulk of her acquisitions fall under NAICS 531190 (Lessors of Other Real Estate Property) and 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings), indicating deep expertise in commercial real estate leasing, tenant improvement allowances, and space planning for federal use. She specializes in procuring turnkey office environments, including build-outs, utilities, and security integrations, requiring technical knowledge of building systems, ADA compliance, and federal workspace standards.