ENDIST Detroit

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Detroit is a sub-agency of the Army Corps of Engineers that procures construction, environmental remediation, infrastructure repair, and facility maintenance services, primarily across the Great Lakes region and within its district footprint spanning Michigan and portions of adjoining states. The Detroit District has awarded 3,008 federal contracts cumulatively since 1996, with combined potential value of $784.3 million and combined dollars obligated reaching $917.9 million. Recent award activity has declined sharply: 15 awards in 2022, 5 in 2023, 11 in 2024, 7 in 2025, and 1 year-to-date in 2026, with the most recently recorded award date of September 28, 2026.

Competitive concentration is highly fragmented by both count and value over the last five years. The top five primes by award count hold 46 percent of recent awards, led by Caprice Electronics Inc. (8 awards, $1 thousand combined potential value), The Office Group Inc. (5 awards), and Roen Salvage CO. (2 awards, $5.6 million). The top five primes by potential value hold only 2 percent of combined potential value, dominated by Roen Salvage CO. at $5.6 million, followed by Mark Schaffer Excavating & Trucking Inc. ($3.5 million), and Kokosing Industrial Inc. ($2.4 million). Many awards carry potential values not reported in source data, indicating heavy use of Schedule task orders, BPA calls, or below-threshold purchase orders alongside firm-fixed-price definitive contracts.

Set-asides favor full and open competition, with 60 percent of awards carrying no set-aside designation. Small business set-asides account for 29 percent of awards combined, dominated by 8(a) sole-source awards at 8 percent of total, followed by competitive 8(a) at 1 percent. HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, and woman-owned small business set-asides each represent 1 percent or less of the portfolio.

Representative open opportunities reflect ongoing district priorities in marine, environmental, and facility maintenance work. The Detroit District posted a pre-solicitation for New Lock Stoplogs (W911XK27BA005) as a total small business set-aside, due November 4, 2026, seeking certified fabricators to deliver two complete sets of stoplogs to the Soo Project Office in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. A pre-solicitation for the C 219 Detroit Lead Service Line Removal project (PANGLR-26-P-0000027925), also set aside for small business, closes October 28, 2026 and involves lead service line removal across Detroit neighborhoods. The Tar Lake Superfund environmental remediation effort (W911XK26BA030), a small-business set-aside with amendments 0001 through 0003 addressing bidder inquiries, carries a September 21, 2026 due date and includes excavation of contaminated soil and biosparge system expansion in Mancelona Township, Michigan. The 9-Mile Pump Station (W911XK26BA028) in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, is a firm-fixed-price construction contract under full and open competition with bid due October 20, 2026 following four amendments that reopened bidding. The Duluth Vessel Yard Phase III Repairs (PANGLR-26-P-0000030113), a total small business set-aside with anticipated fall 2026 solicitation, involves heavy marine and civil construction infrastructure repairs including pier encapsulation, mooring bollards, fendering systems, and electrical distribution upgrades at the historic Duluth Vessel Yard in Minnesota.