ENDIST New England

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New England, a subordinate office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers within the Department of Defense, manages civil works and military construction projects across Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, procuring construction services, facility maintenance, real-estate leases, and engineering support through federal contracting.

The Engineering District New England has awarded 9,559 federal contracts since 1994 with a combined potential value of $4.09 billion and $4.52 billion in obligated dollars. Recent contract activity shows 302 awards in 2022, 279 in 2023, 279 in 2024, 257 in 2025, and 170 year-to-date in 2026. The district has transacted with 2,249 distinct prime contractors across its portfolio history. Many recent awards, particularly among top primes by count, carry unreported potential values, indicating heavy reliance on Schedule task orders, BPA calls, modifications, and below-threshold purchase orders.

Competitive concentration is highly fragmented. Among the top five primes by recent award count (covering 9 percent of recent awards), Redstart, Inc. leads with 28 awards but only $616 thousand in combined potential value; North-Eastern Tree Service, Inc. and New England Forestry Consultants, Inc. each hold 25 awards. By potential value over the last five years (covering 1 percent of combined potential value), Credere Associates, LLC, Mabbett & Associates, Inc., and GEI Consultants Inc. report $10 million, $4.6 million, and $4.5 million respectively, suggesting the district sources large-dollar work from a broad vendor base rather than concentrating awards.

Small-business set-asides dominate the portfolio: 6,285 awards (66 percent) are total small-business set-asides, with an additional 329 awards (3 percent) as 8(a) sole-source contracts. No set-aside awards account for 2,769 awards (29 percent). Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, HUBZone, and woman-owned small-business designations each represent less than 1 percent of volume.

Grant activity is minimal. The district has awarded 7 federal grants totaling $1.2 million obligated since 2016, with awards in 2016, 2021, 2023, 2025, and 3 awards so far in 2026. Both recurring recipients—Mi'kmaq Nation (2 awards, $509 thousand) and The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (3 awards, $183 thousand)—transact via Cooperative Agreements exclusively. Mi'kmaq Nation accounts for 59 percent of recent federal grant dollars despite fewer award counts than the other recipient.

Recent contract opportunities focus on seasonal and preventive-maintenance work at dam and water-resource projects across New England, nearly all set-aside for small business. Open solicitations include snow-removal and sanding services at multiple lake projects (Franklin Falls Dam in Franklin, New Hampshire and Hopkinton Lake in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, both due early to mid-October 2026); guardrail installation at Mansfield Hollow Lake, Mansfield, Connecticut (due October 30, 2026); dike-generator installation at Mansfield Hollow Dam (due November 5, 2026); and maintenance dredging of the Isle au Haut Thoroughfare near Isle au Haut, Maine (due November 10, 2026). Pre-solicitation announcements signal upcoming work including float-well pipe repairs at Surry Mountain Dam, Surry, New Hampshire (planned solicitation winter 2026, construction summer 2027, estimated cost $350,000 to $500,000) and demolition and construction of a radio tower at Mount Wachusett, Princeton, Massachusetts (planned spring 2027 solicitation, construction summer 2027, estimated cost $100,000 to $500,000). The district is also soliciting real-estate leases for multiple Armed Forces Career Centers across the region and a special notice for branded hydraulic-control-system components for the Stamford Hurricane Barrier in Stamford, Connecticut. No recent grant opportunities are open.