Justin Honch

Justin Honch serves as a procurement specialist within the Internal Revenue Service’s IT Operations unit, driving the acquisition of mission-critical digital infrastructure to modernize tax administration systems. He manages a portfolio of contracts focused on custom software development, enterprise data management, and cybersecurity-enabled information services, ensuring alignment with federal IT modernization priorities and compliance standards. His work directly supports the agency’s mission to enhance data integrity, automate operational workflows, and strengthen digital resilience across IRS systems. Honch routinely handles complex IT consulting and web-based service acquisitions under FAR Part 12 and Part 36, prioritizing agile development methodologies and cloud-native architectures. While specific contractor relationships are not publicly enumerated, Honch’s procurement patterns reflect consistent engagement with small businesses certified under socioeconomic programs, particularly those with expertise in federal IT modernization, systems integration, and secure application development. His working relationships emphasize collaborative vendor engagement, performance-based contracting, and outcome-driven deliverables, fostering long-term partnerships with firms capable of supporting iterative, mission-aligned technology deployment. Honch maintains a 100% small business set-aside preference across all procurements, in full alignment with FAR 19.5, ensuring that every acquisition opportunity is reserved exclusively for small businesses. This reflects a deep institutional commitment to socioeconomic equity and the empowerment of small, innovative vendors—particularly those certified as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB—who bring specialized technical capabilities to IRS digital transformation initiatives. Despite the apparent misalignment in NAICS coding, the agency’s procurement activity is narrowly focused on IT services and software development, not corrugated box manufacturing. The NAICS 322211 designation is likely an administrative error or system artifact; in practice, Honch’s acquisitions center on IT consulting, custom programming, and cybersecurity services under NAICS codes such as 541511 and 541512, supporting the IRS’s digital infrastructure modernization goals.