ENDIST Middle East

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Middle East, a sub-agency of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, executes construction, maintenance, and infrastructure development contracts across the Middle East region in support of Foreign Military Financing and U.S. military presence in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.

The district operates as a regional contracting hub for military base construction, facility sustainment, and engineering support across Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan. Since 1996, the district has awarded 6,162 contracts totaling $13.78 billion in combined potential value, with $18.39 billion obligated against those contracts. Recent activity has slowed: the district issued 148 awards in 2022, 101 in 2023, 125 in 2024, 104 in 2025, and 12 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is May 28, 2026.

Contract competition is concentrated among a small set of primes. By award count over the last five years, American International Contractors Inc. dominates with 206 awards totaling $111.7 million in combined potential value, followed distantly by MVL USA Inc. (27 awards, $21.1 million) and Interdyne Corp (16 awards, $27.9 million). By combined potential value, the top five primes hold only 3 percent of recent obligation dollars, indicating heavy reliance on smaller, task-order-level transactions. The district has awarded 933 distinct prime contractors across its portfolio history. Ninety-seven percent of all awards carry no set-aside designation; small-business set-asides (inclusive of 8(a), HUBZone, and veteran-owned designations) account for roughly 3 percent of awards.

Current solicitation activity reflects the district's regional mission mix. An Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity single-award task-order contract for operations and maintenance of frequency converters and electrical systems for the Egyptian Navy (W912ER27RA007) closed November 4, 2026, with a $25 million capacity. A sources-sought notice for an Integrated Design and Construction contract for the Space Campus project at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (W912ER27RAD3) closed October 30, 2026. A full-and-open firm-fixed-price design-bid-build solicitation for the Apache Alert Mission Complex at Ali Al Salem Airbase, Kuwait (W912ER26RA016) closed October 30, 2026. Pre-solicitation notices remain active for an Israel Job Order Contract covering sustainment, restoration, and modernization services across Israeli military facilities (W912ER27RA003, with an estimated capacity between $50 million and $100 million and due date of September 15, 2026) and a vehicle-lease requirement for ground transportation in Kuwait (A048912). All current solicitations restrict award to U.S. firms and operate under Foreign Military Financing authority with no offshore-procurement determinations in place.