ENDIST Kansas City

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Kansas City, a sub-agency of the Army Corps of Engineers and the principal engineering and construction authority for the Kansas City District's civil-works and military-construction portfolio in the Midwest, awarded 9,642 federal contracts with combined potential value of $9.33 billion since 1997 and obligated $10.61 billion against those awards.

Contract activity has remained steady across recent years, with 120 awards in 2022, 129 in 2023, 114 in 2024, 120 in 2025, and 118 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award dates to August 1, 2026. Among 2,598 distinct prime contractors in the portfolio, competitive concentration is highly fragmented by award count and by potential value. Over the last five years, Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering Company, Inc. leads by count with 28 awards worth $85.5 million in combined potential value, followed by HDR Engineering Inc. with 19 awards and $9.4 million, and Olgoonik General, LLC with 17 awards and $14.1 million. The top five contractors account for 15 percent of recent awards and 2 percent of combined potential value, indicating a highly dispersed prime base dominated by engineering and construction firms competing on individual projects rather than through sustained account relationships.

The set-aside mix reflects a balanced approach between unrestricted and small-business competition: 54 percent of awards carry no set-aside, while 35 percent are small-business set-asides (including 6 percent 8(a) sole-source and 2 percent competitive 8(a)), 1 percent service-disabled veteran-owned small business, 1 percent HUBZone, and the remainder distributed across woman-owned and economically disadvantaged categories. Recent contract opportunities span civil infrastructure, military construction, environmental services, and facility operations. The Atchison Storm Sewer Separation Improvements solicitation (W912DQ27BA002) closes November 13, 2026, as a small-business set-aside for construction. The SB ERS MATOC (W912DQ26RA109) for environmental remediation services supporting USACE Northwestern Division and EPA Region 2 is a small-business set-aside due November 16, 2026. Multiple presolicitations for office-space leases across Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa remain under market research, while the Renovate Building 736 pre-solicitation (A050955) at Fort Leonard Wood seeks contractors for a 40,640-square-foot barracks renovation and 3,000-square-foot addition due October 27, 2026. An industry webinar on Fort Leonard Wood Other Transaction Authority projects is scheduled for October 16, 2026.

The District awarded 19 federal grants totaling $7.2 million in obligated federal dollars since 2014, with recent cadence of 1 award in 2020, 2 in 2021, 1 in 2023, 1 in 2025, and 5 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent grant award dates to July 30, 2026. Among seven distinct recipients, The Student Conservation Association, Inc. holds 4 awards worth $207 thousand, while Missouri Department of Conservation and Kansas State University each hold 1 award worth $250 thousand and $231 thousand respectively. Grant assistance is predominantly structured as Cooperative Agreements (89 percent) with smaller shares of Block Grants and Formula Grants. The top-five recipients account for 100 percent of recent awards and 10 percent of obligated federal dollars, reflecting high concentration among a small recipient pool focused on environmental conservation and natural-resource management.