ENDIST Wilmington

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Wilmington, a sub-agency of the Army Corps of Engineers, executes federal civil works contracts and grants for navigation maintenance dredging, coastal storm risk management, emergency response support, and facility operations across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. The Wilmington District rolled up 3,123 federal contract awards totaling $4.19 billion in combined potential value since 1998, with 35 awards in 2021, 23 in 2022, 11 in 2023, 29 in 2024, and 31 in 2025, indicating recovery in award activity after a low in 2023. Combined dollars obligated reached $4.45 billion, exceeding the reported potential value. The District operates alongside the Enterprise Dredge Delivery Center (EDDC), which manages consolidated national dredging procurement strategies across multiple regions.

Contract competition is highly concentrated by value. Ashbritt Inc. dominates recent activity with 12 awards and $1.36 billion in combined potential value over the last five years, holding 35 percent of recent award count and 43 percent of combined potential value among the top five primes. The runner-up by value, Bering Straits Global Innovations LLC, holds only $251.5 million across four awards; JBW Group LLC, $124.7 million across three awards; Tmsab LLC, $62.6 million across two awards; and Kituwah Services LLC, $21.1 million across two awards. The District has awarded contracts to 1,200 distinct primes over its history, indicating a fragmented competitive base beyond the top tier. Set-aside activity skews toward open competition: 59 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 30 percent are total small-business set-asides. 8(a) sole source accounts for 4 percent, service-disabled veteran-owned small business for 3 percent, and competitive 8(a) for 3 percent, with HUBZone at 2 percent and woman-owned small business at less than 1 percent.

The District awarded one cooperative agreement in 2023 to The Student Conservation Association Inc., with federal dollars not reported in source data. No recent grant activity is recorded.

Current solicitation activity emphasizes dredging and coastal resilience. W912PM26RA0029 (Tactical Readiness – Integrated Deployment of Enterprise Services, TRIDENT) posted as a pre-solicitation on October 20 with total small-business set-aside status; an amendment added a draft statement of work and notification of an industry day on November 3. Multiple large-scale coastal storm risk management beachfill projects are in pre-solicitation phase, including W912PM27BA004 and W912PM27BA005 for New Jersey and Delaware coastal sites, with due dates in November 2026 and March 2027. Dredging opportunities include Jacksonville Harbor maintenance (W912PM27BA003, pre-solicitation, due December 31) and Calcasieu Bar River Channel, Pascagoula Harbor, and Panama City Harbor maintenance (W912PM27BA002, pre-solicitation, due March 31, 2027). The EDDC is pursuing multiple acquisition vehicles: hopper contracts, scope-dredge-to-budget contracts, and a small-business multiple award task order contract (MATOC), all posted as sources-sought notices or pre-solicitations in August and September 2026. Several smaller solicitations target small business, including crane rental (W912PM26QA048, due October 2), concrete pad installation (W912PM26QA047, due November 4), and restroom replacement (W912PM26QA041, due October 9).