Dorothy Pitre

Dorothy Pitre serves as a key procurement lead within the W07V Endist New Orleans office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing the acquisition of critical civil infrastructure projects aimed at enhancing flood risk reduction and coastal resilience across the Gulf Coast. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of complex engineering contracts, from solicitation and evaluation to award and contract administration, with a primary focus on large-scale hydraulic structures, dredging operations, and erosion control systems. She plays a central role in executing the agency’s mission to protect vulnerable Louisiana communities through sustainable water resource management and infrastructure modernization. Pitre maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including WEEKS MARINE, INC., M.R. PITTMAN GROUP, L.L.C., and MUDDY WATER DREDGING, LP, all of which possess deep expertise in heavy civil construction and aquatic engineering. Her procurement approach favors long-term, performance-based partnerships with firms experienced in marine construction, sediment management, and structural rehabilitation, ensuring technical proficiency and operational reliability on high-stakes projects in sensitive environmental zones. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong institutional commitment to small business participation, with over 57% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She also regularly utilizes Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and HUBZone set-asides, demonstrating a deliberate strategy to promote equitable economic opportunity while leveraging the niche capabilities of specialized small firms in civil works execution. Pitre’s portfolio is dominated by NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), reflecting her focus on non-highway infrastructure such as levees, floodwalls, and channel stabilization. She also procures related services under NAICS 238210 for electrical integration in hydraulic structures and 237310 for associated roadway and embankment work. Her technical domain expertise lies in the intersection of civil engineering, environmental compliance, and marine construction, ensuring projects meet rigorous federal standards for durability and ecological impact mitigation.