ENDIST Galveston

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Galveston is a sub-agency of the Army Corps of Engineers that procures and manages civil works projects across coastal and inland waterway systems in Texas, including dredging, placement area improvements, channel maintenance, and emergency streambank protection. The Galveston District (also referred to as Southwest Galveston District in recent solicitations) operates as a project delivery and contracting entity for navigation, flood risk management, and ecosystem restoration work in the Gulf Coast region.

The Galveston District has awarded 2,254 federal contracts cumulatively since its first award in October 1998, with a combined potential value of $2.44 billion and combined dollars obligated totaling $3.14 billion. Recent activity shows 13 awards in 2021, 16 in 2022, 19 in 2023, 5 in 2024, and 19 in 2025. Among prime contractors over the last five years, competitive concentration is highly fragmented by both count and value. Anamar Environmental Consulting, Inc. leads by award count with 4 awards ($1.1 million combined potential value), followed by Galveston Coastal Services A Joint Venture and Epiphany Management Solutions LLC with 3 awards each ($53.7 million and $5.8 million respectively). These top-five contractors account for only 23 percent of recent awards by count and 3 percent by combined potential value, indicating a wide supplier base with no dominant prime. The District transacts heavily through awards with no reported potential value, particularly in recent years; awards often reflect task orders, modifications, or below-threshold purchases where dollar ceilings are not disclosed in source data.

Set-asides are heavily skewed toward unrestricted competition: 77 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, 9 percent are 8(a) Sole Source, and 8 percent are designated Total Small Business. HUBZone, Competitive 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, and other designated categories together comprise 5 percent of awards.

Recent contract opportunities focus on dredging, placement area improvements, and channel maintenance. Open solicitations include FY27 CCSC Entrance Channel Maintenance Dredging (W912HY27X1C02, due October 9, 2026), Gulf Intracoastal Waterway High Island to Causeway with Channel to Port Bolivar Maintenance Dredging (W912HY26BA019, due October 29, 2026), GIWW Freeport to Matagorda Maintenance Dredging (W912HY26BA021, due October 19, 2026), and Houston Ship Channel Sims to Turning Basin Maintenance Dredging (W912HY26BA015, closed September 10, 2026). Multiple small-business set-aside opportunities are also live, including Placement Area MATOC, Texas (W912HY26RA008, due October 5, 2026) and Houston Ship Channel House Tract Placement Area Improvements (W912HY26BA004, closed August 27, 2026). Pre-solicitation notices for sources-sought feedback remain open on maintenance dredging and expansion-channel projects, with NIST supplier-risk scores required as a responsiveness threshold for bidders on certain work.