ENDIST Memphis

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District, a sub-agency within USACE, executes civil works projects and operational support across the Mississippi River Valley, awarding contracts for channel maintenance, flood control infrastructure, dredging, and related engineering services within its jurisdiction spanning Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi.

The Memphis District has awarded 7,828 federal contracts with a combined potential value of $1.45 billion since 1996, with $1.83 billion obligated cumulatively. Recent activity has declined substantially: 24 awards in 2021, 29 in 2022, 18 in 2023, 14 in 2024, and 6 year-to-date in 2026. The most recently recorded award dates to May 2026. Competition among prime contractors is highly fragmented across the portfolio; the top five awardees by count (Ice Technical Services Inc., Divine Imaging Inc., Chustz Surveying LLC, Seva Technical Services Inc., and Blink Supplies Inc.) account for only 37 percent of recent awards, collectively representing roughly $610 thousand in combined potential value. By potential value, concentration is negligible: Fabritex Inc., the top vendor by value, holds a single $4.8 million award, and the next four vendors combined total roughly $2.6 million across nine awards. This vendor fragmentation reflects the District's reliance on small, localized service and supply purchases rather than large prime-contractor engagements.

The set-aside mix skews heavily toward unrestricted competition: 68 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 26 percent of awards. Within those, 8(a) sole-source awards represent 3 percent of the total portfolio, competitive 8(a) about 2 percent, and HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned small-business, woman-owned small-business, and economically disadvantaged woman-owned small-business designations each represent less than 1 percent.

Current solicitation activity reflects the District's core mission: Bayou Meto Canal Phase 4.1 and 4.2 (pre-solicitations for check structure and canal construction, due November and October 2026 respectively), Belle Fountain Ditch Cleanout Phase 2 (SDVOSB set-aside, due November 2026), Ensley Engineer Yard East Connector Bridge (small-business set-aside for steel bridge fabrication and delivery, due October 2026 with amendments addressing technical specs), Hickman Borings Drilling and Testing (river-based rotosonic boring and rock coring near Hickman, Kentucky, due October 2026 under LPTA basis), Aerial Brushkill and Imagery (small-business set-aside for herbicide application and digital imagery across 1,300 miles of channel network, due October 2026), and several sole-source notices for towboat services, equipment procurement, and dredge modification. The District also hosted a Mat Casting Industry Day on September 17, 2026, to brief vendors on articulated concrete mattress programs supporting bank stabilization on the Mississippi River.