James Spenn

James Spenn serves as a key procurement professional within the W076 Endist Galveston office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing the acquisition of large-scale civil infrastructure projects critical to national defense and water resource management. He specializes in managing complex contracts for heavy civil engineering works, including dredging, channel stabilization, coastal resilience, and navigation system enhancements. His role is central to executing the agency’s mission of maintaining and modernizing the nation’s inland and intracoastal waterways, ensuring operational readiness through timely and compliant contract execution under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Spenn handles full-life-cycle procurements, from solicitation through contract administration, with a focus on engineering-driven deliverables requiring specialized marine and geotechnical expertise. He maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of highly specialized contractors, including ORION GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC, CURTIN MARITIME CORP, THE DUTRA GROUP, CALLAN MARINE LIMITED, and RUSSELL MARINE LLC. These firms are recognized for their proven capabilities in marine construction, dredging operations, and heavy civil engineering under challenging environmental conditions. Spenn’s procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and contractor technical proficiency, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors who demonstrate reliability in executing high-risk, high-precision projects in sensitive aquatic environments. Spenn’s contracting patterns reflect a balanced approach to socioeconomic goals, with approximately one-third of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses in the heavy civil engineering sector. While the majority of procurements remain open to all competitors, his office consistently prioritizes small business participation where technical capability and capacity align, reinforcing the Army’s broader goals for equitable access to federal contracting. His procurement activity is exclusively focused on NAICS 237990—Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction—reflecting deep specialization in marine infrastructure, hydraulic structures, and large-scale earthmoving operations. He procures services involving dredging equipment deployment, bulkhead installation, shoreline protection, and navigation channel maintenance, requiring contractors with advanced marine engineering expertise and compliance with environmental permitting regimes.