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Assistant Associate Director, Small Business Programs SWD and SPD
(469) 487-7105

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers buys a variety of supplies, services, construction and engineering services.

Examples of these acquisitions:

  • Construction -- Barracks, dining facilities, maintenance shops, hangers, hospitals, airfields, roads, levees, dams, hazardous and toxic waste remediation, dredging.
  • Engineering Services -- Concept studies, master planning, engineering studies, all types of surveying and mapping, engineering design and construction and inspection services.
  • Other Services -- Trash collection, grass mowing, janitorial, oversee and maintain recreational parks, stenography, and real estate appraisal.
  • Supplies and Equipment -- Generators, turbines, HVAC equipment, kitchen equipment, electronic gear, petroleum products, repair parts, lumber, cement, computers and peripheral equipment, and publications.

How To Do Business With Us:

  1. The Army Corps of Engineers is very interested in doing business with qualified small, small- disadvantaged, and woman-owned business concerns. We offer the following tips for selling/marketing to us:
  2. Call, write or visit the Corps of Engineers Deputy for Small Business at the District(s) with which you desire to do business. Districts may be found at: www.usace.army.mil/organizations.htm#Divisions
  3. Discuss your capabilities, interest and capacities to perform with the Deputy for Small Business.
  4. Construction and Supply and Service contractors should go to the home page of the District they are interested in doing business with and look up Contracts branch. Here you will find information on current advertised solicitations and it will also contain an area for future procurements. The Districts no longer maintain a bidders list. Architect-Engineer contractors should obtain and complete SF 330 forms and forward as indicated below.

Architect-Engineer Services -- Complete the Standard
Form 330, A-E Qualifications, and mail to:
U.S. Army Engineer Division, North Pacific
Attn: CENWP-CT
P.O. Box 2946 Portland, OR 97208-2946

  1. FedBizOps is the official FREE online listing of Government contracting opportunities. All routine procurement proposed by the Army must be publicized by certain prescribed methods.
  2. Review the Request for Proposals and Invitations for Bids, with plans and specifications for construction work which are furnished to organizations such as the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), minority contract associations and construction industry associations. These organizations maintain plan display rooms for the benefit of contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers at no charge.
  3. As of March, 1998, the Department of Defense is requiring all contractors to register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Contractors must be registered before they can be awarded a contract. The only exceptions will be for purchases made with the government-wide commercial purchase card (VISA), contracting offices located outside the U.S., classified contracts, and contracts executed to support contingency or emergency operations. Registration can be accomplished by:

A paper form for registration may be obtained from:
DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center
1-888-227-2423.
Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) Numbers can be obtained by calling 1-800-333-0505.

Subcontracting Opportunities

Large business concerns receiving contract awards valued in excess of $1,000,000 for contraction, and $500,000 for other than construction, are required to submit subcontracting plans for the approval of the Contracting Officer. The plans include goals for small business, small disadvantaged business, and woman-owned business. See the Small Business Administrations Pro-Net (external link) which allows small businesses to advertise to federal and state agencies, and to prime contractors.

Versatile SF 330 software package is available from a variety of vendors, including:

Wind-2 Software, Inc.
Fort Collins, CO
800-779-4632

Parallel Resources, Inc.
Auburn, AL
205-821-9000

Custom Time & Materials Software, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
800-749-2974

A/E Management Services, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI
313-761-9410

Simplified Acquisition Purchase is generally regarded as:

  • $100,000 or less
  • Acquisitions valued between $2,500 and $100,000 are advertised thru Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
  • Simplified Purchasing procedures are used
  • FAR Part 13 and its supplements apply
  • Requirements are not advertised in the CBD
  • Acquisitions valued between $5,000 and $25,000 are also posted on the buying activity's bulletin board
  • Acquisitions valued at $2,500 or less do not require competition and are classified as micro-purchase requirements. These requirements are generally purchased using the government credit card.


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