Hope Edge

Hope Edge serves as a Contract Specialist within the W2SD Endist Philadelphia office of the Department of the Army, where she manages complex acquisitions supporting critical civil infrastructure and maritime engineering missions. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts for large-scale construction, dredging, and engineering services essential to military readiness and national defense. She specializes in procuring services under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that enhance coastal resilience, waterway navigation, and military installation infrastructure, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and mission-critical timelines. Her portfolio primarily involves competitive sealed bidding and negotiated procurements for heavy civil works and environmental engineering projects. Hope routinely collaborates with a core group of experienced contractors including Boh Environmental, L.L.C., CONRAD SHIPYARD, L.L.C., HDR ARCHITECTURE, INC., BUCHART HORN INC, and NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY. These partnerships reflect a pattern of sustained engagement with firms possessing proven expertise in marine construction, environmental remediation, and large-scale civil engineering. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical capability, past performance, and regulatory compliance, fostering long-term vendor relationships built on reliability and mission alignment rather than transactional interactions. While the majority of her acquisitions—approximately 80%—are conducted without set-asides, Hope consistently reserves 20% for Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to small business participation. She actively prioritizes small businesses with demonstrated capacity in engineering and environmental services, aligning with Department of the Army socioeconomic goals without favoring specific categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, thereby maintaining broad-based small business access. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), complemented by significant activity in 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), 541330 (Engineering Services), and 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services). She specializes in procuring dredging, shoreline protection, structural design, and environmental impact mitigation services, reflecting deep technical expertise in federal infrastructure delivery within the maritime and civil engineering domains.