ENDIST St Paul

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District St Paul is a regional contracting office within the Army Corps of Engineers that procures supplies, equipment, services, and maintenance support for navigation infrastructure, water resource management, and recreation facilities across its Upper Mississippi River and Minnesota River basin jurisdictions. The district executes contracts across lock and dam operations, dredging programs, environmental restoration, and facility maintenance.

The district awarded 4,767 federal contracts totaling $1.33 billion in combined potential value since 1999, with $1.6 billion in combined dollars obligated. Contract activity has accelerated significantly: the district awarded 18 contracts in 2022, 24 in 2023, 31 in 2024, 147 in 2025, and 123 year-to-date in 2026. The most recently recorded award date is August 3, 2026. Across the portfolio, 1,603 distinct prime contractors have been awarded at least one contract.

The competitive base is highly fragmented. Among the top five primes by award count over the last five years, L S Marine Inc. leads with 21 awards totaling $13.3 million in combined potential value, followed by Brennan Marine Inc. with 8 awards, and CS & POE Corporation with 7 awards — together accounting for 14 percent of recent awards. By combined potential value, the top five are led by Dubuque Barge And Fleeting Service Co with $22.5 million across 5 awards, Legacy Corporation Of IL with $13.5 million, and L S Marine Inc. with $13.3 million, collectively representing only 4 percent of recent combined potential value.

The set-aside mix heavily favors unrestricted and small-business activity: 49 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, and 45 percent are designated Total Small Business. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business awards comprise 3 percent; 8(a) sole source, HUBZone, and other designations together total 2 percent.

The district issued one federal grant award, a $167 thousand cooperative agreement to The Student Conservation Association, Inc. in May 2026. Grant activity at this office is minimal.

Current contract opportunities emphasize maintenance, equipment procurement, and facility upgrades across the district's lock and dam portfolio. Active solicitations include a water-filled coffer dam system delivery to Lock and Dam 8 in Genoa, Wisconsin (due October 28), LD5 anchor bar refurbishment (due September 30, with amendments reducing technical submission requirements), LD3 tree removal across approximately 2,800 linear feet of entrance roadway at Lock and Dam 3 in Welch, Minnesota (due September 30, with four amendments addressing site visit dates and evaluation criteria), and sandbar willow cutting collection and planting in Mississippi River Pools 3, 5, and 5A under a Total Small Business set-aside (due September 21). Most active solicitations carry Total Small Business set-asides with due dates concentrated in late September and October 2026.