ENDIST Buffalo

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District is the Army's regional office responsible for civil-works projects, environmental remediation, and water-resource management across its jurisdiction, which includes the Great Lakes region and related waterways. The District procures engineering, construction, dredging, environmental remediation, and facility-maintenance services through federal contracts.

The Buffalo District has awarded 1,835 federal contracts since 1998, with combined potential value of $678.4 million and combined dollars obligated of $813.5 million. Award activity has declined sharply in recent years: 60 awards in 2017, 80 in 2018, 50 in 2019, 8 in 2020, and 2 in 2024. The most recent award closed on November 5, 2024. Contract competition is highly fragmented across 697 distinct prime contractors over the portfolio lifetime; among the last five years of activity, top-ranked vendors by award count (Seva Technical Services, Inc. and Caprice Electronics, Inc.) collectively account for minimal combined potential value, reflecting the District's pattern of small-value task orders and purchases rather than large prime contracts.

The set-aside mix skews heavily toward unrestricted procurement: about half of awards (49 percent) carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 36 percent of awards, with 8(a) Sole Source representing 11 percent. HUBZone, Competitive 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, and Woman-Owned Small Business designations together constitute the remaining 4 percent of the portfolio.

Grant activity is minimal. The District has issued one grant award on record: a Cooperative Agreement to The Student Conservation Association, Inc. in August 2022 for $8 thousand in federal dollars obligated. No grant awards have closed since that single 2022 transaction.

Current contract opportunities include environmental-remediation support: a Pre-Solicitation notice (W912P426R1CMU, due October 9, 2026) seeks qualified firms to provide independent on-site nuclear criticality safety oversight for the Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA) environmental-remediation project in Parks Township, Pennsylvania, as a firm-fixed-price service contract with cost-reimbursable travel over a one-year base and four option years. Additional open solicitations include the Black Rock Lock High Mast Lighting Project (W912P426QA015, due October 28, 2026), Barcelona West Breakwater (W912P426RA020, due September 9, 2026, now closed), Irondequoit Harbor Dredging (W912P426BA014, due September 2, 2026, now closed), and Fairport Harbor Maintenance Dredging (W912P426BA013, due August 28, 2026, now closed) — all No Set-Aside awards reflecting the District's procurement posture toward open competition.