Curtis Cole Jr.

Curtis Nmi Cole serves as a key procurement lead within the W076 Endist Galveston office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing the acquisition of large-scale heavy civil engineering projects critical to national defense and water resource infrastructure. Responsible for managing complex contracts under the Department of the Army, Cole specializes in the planning, solicitation, and award of construction services related to dredging, channel stabilization, coastal resilience, and navigation system enhancements. Their procurement activities align with the agency’s mission to maintain and modernize the nation’s inland and intracoastal waterways, ensuring operational readiness through robust infrastructure investment. Cole maintains long-standing relationships with a core group of experienced maritime and heavy civil contractors, including Orion Government Services LLC, Curtin Maritime Corp, The Dutra Group, Callan Marine Limited, and Russell Marine LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in marine construction, dredging equipment operations, and large-scale earthmoving in sensitive aquatic environments. The working relationships are characterized by consistent recompetition and repeat awards, indicating a high level of contractor reliability, technical proficiency, and compliance with federal construction standards. Set-aside preferences are overwhelmingly aligned with open competition, with 96.8% of awards issued without socioeconomic set-asides, reflecting the specialized nature and scale of the work requiring highly qualified, large-capacity contractors. Only 3.2% of awards are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a strategic focus on capability over socioeconomic criteria in this high-risk, technically demanding domain. The agency’s procurement activity is entirely concentrated under NAICS 237990 — Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction — encompassing projects requiring advanced marine engineering, hydraulic construction, and environmental mitigation. Cole’s portfolio demands deep technical expertise in heavy civil construction, including deep-dredging, bulkhead installation, revetment systems, and sediment management, ensuring compliance with Army Corps engineering standards and environmental regulations.