ENDIST New Orleans

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New Orleans, a sub-agency within the Army's civil works and military engineering mission, procures dredging, water-resource management, construction, and ancillary services to support navigation, flood control, and coastal protection projects across Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley Division.

The New Orleans District has awarded 13,168 federal contracts totaling $33.67 billion in combined potential value since 1997, with $18.92 billion obligated to date. Recent activity shows 60 awards in 2023, 68 in 2024, 110 in 2025, 105 in 2026, and 1 year-to-date in 2027. The district works through 1,822 distinct prime contractors, reflecting a highly fragmented competitive landscape. Over the last five years, Meyer Engineers LTD leads by award count with 25 awards, followed by Resilient Services LLC Joint Venture with 19 awards and Pine Bluff Sand And Gravel Company with 18 awards; these three account for 22 percent of recent awards. By combined potential value, Manson Construction Co dominates with $268.3 million across 11 awards, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co, LLC with $170.8 million across 6 awards, and Weeks Marine, Inc. with $158.9 million across 8 awards; however, the top five represent only 2 percent of total combined potential value, indicating that large-value work is dispersed across the portfolio. The district transacts heavily through Schedule task orders, BPA calls, and modifications — recent awards with no reported potential value comprise a substantial segment.

Contract awards break down as follows: 54 percent carry no set-aside, 27 percent are total small-business awards, 14 percent are 8(a) sole-source awards, 2 percent are HUBZone, 2 percent are competitive 8(a), and 1 percent are service-disabled veteran-owned small business; the remaining one percent spans HBCU/MI, woman-owned, and emerging designations.

Recent contract opportunities span dredging, construction, environmental mitigation, and supplies. Solicitation W912P826BA023 for Calcasieu River and Pass maintenance dredging (magnitude $25 million to $100 million, unrestricted) closed October 27, 2026. Solicitation W912P826BA009 for Lake Pontchartrain foreshore risk-reduction repairs (magnitude $25 million to $100 million, unrestricted, firm-fixed-price) was extended to October 27, 2026 with amendments posted through September. Solicitation W912P826QA039 for a 3-way control valve and controls for the U.S. Dredge Wheeler is a total small-business set-aside closed October 30, 2026. A pre-solicitation notice for sources sought on the Calcasieu River saltwater barrier FRP tainter gate (W912P827SS0001) closed November 4, 2026. Multiple architect-engineer IDIQ opportunities and environmental mitigation bank credit solicitations remain active, with performance expected across five years and shared pools up to $90 million. The district maintains steady intake of small-business set-asides for supplies, services, and specialized construction work, with typical firm-fixed-price awards and BPA structures.