Edwina D. Whipple

Edwina D. Whipple serves as a Contract Specialist within the W2SD Endist Baltimore office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where she manages the full lifecycle of complex infrastructure and engineering acquisitions on behalf of the Department of the Army. Her responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, awarding, and administering contracts for critical military and federal facility projects, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-driven outcomes. She specializes in engineering services procurement to support the construction, maintenance, and environmental remediation of installations nationwide, aligning acquisitions with the Army’s operational readiness goals. Whipple maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors, including GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO, LLC, MATTHEWS GROUP INC, CURTIN MARITIME CORP, and CHEROENHAKA NOTTOWAY ENTERPRISES, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven technical expertise in civil engineering, maritime construction, and facility modernization. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluations, and long-term vendor collaboration to ensure quality and mission continuity across high-stakes federal projects. Notably, Whipple’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside strategy, indicating a focus on full and open competition for technically complex engineering services. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her process remains transparent and competitive, ensuring that only qualified, capable vendors are selected based on technical merit and past performance. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing design-build, construction management, environmental engineering, and infrastructure planning. She routinely procures services related to structural design, geotechnical analysis, hazardous material remediation, and facility modernization, demonstrating deep expertise in technical specifications, performance standards, and federal engineering requirements.