ENDIST Baltimore

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Baltimore, a sub-agency of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers within the Department of Defense, procures and funds infrastructure, environmental remediation, real estate leasing, and ecosystem restoration projects across the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond.

The Baltimore District has awarded 24,029 federal contracts worth a combined potential value of $23.99 billion since 1996, with $21.67 billion obligated (90% of potential value). Recent contract volume has declined: the District awarded 419 contracts in 2022, 504 in 2023, 466 in 2024, 360 in 2025, and 216 year-to-date in 2026. The most recently recorded award date is in December 2026. Among 3,417 distinct prime contractors in the portfolio, competitive concentration is fragmented by award count—Franconia Real Estate Services, Inc. and Reliance Relocation Services, Inc. lead with 435 and 402 awards respectively over the last five years—but highly fragmented by potential value. Grunley Construction Co., Inc. leads by dollar value with $750.9 million across 20 awards, followed by EA Engineering, Science, And Technology, Inc., PBC at $118.6 million across 18 awards. The top five primes by potential value account for only 4 percent of combined recent value, indicating a highly dispersed spending pattern across construction and professional services. Seventy-four percent of all awards carry no set-aside designation; small-business set-asides account for 15 percent of awards, with 8(a) sole-source awards representing 8 percent. Recent contract awards show heavy transactional volume through non-reported value awards (Schedule task orders, BPA calls, and below-threshold purchases dominate the top-by-count vendors).

The Baltimore District has awarded 13 federal grants totaling $2.7 million in federal dollars obligated since 2017, with 2 grants awarded most recently in May 2026. Recent grant volume is sparse and irregular: 2 awards in 2022, 1 in 2023, 2 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 2 so far in 2026. All 13 grants are Cooperative Agreements. The Student Conservation Association, Inc. dominates recipient concentration, holding 7 of 8 recent awards and $2.1 million of $2.7 million obligated (79 percent of recent federal dollars). Grant activity is highly concentrated among a small, stable recipient base.

Recent contract opportunities span real estate leasing, ecosystem restoration, and maintenance dredging. The Baltimore District is seeking lease proposals for multiple Armed Forces Career Centers across Pennsylvania and Maryland, including approximately 50,000 usable square feet in Silicon Valley (Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale) due by October 23, 2026; approximately 2,500 usable square feet in Hermitage, Pennsylvania due by October 18, 2026; and approximately 6,587 usable square feet in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania due by October 20, 2026. A Design-Build to Budget solicitation for the Component Rebuild Shop at Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania, with a budget of $79.6 million and a NAICS size standard of $45 million, closed for Phase I technical proposals in September 2026. The Upper Wicomico River Dredging Project in Wicomico County, Maryland, is set-aside for Total Small Business, with a magnitude of $4 million to $8 million and a 120-day construction window. The Mid-Bay James Island Restoration Phase 2 in Dorchester County, Maryland, is in pre-solicitation. Grant opportunities are not present in recent activity.