Joesph Warby

Joseph Warby serves as a key procurement lead within the W076 Endist Galveston office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to deliver critical civil infrastructure for national defense and water resource management. He specializes in managing complex acquisitions for heavy civil engineering projects, particularly those involving dredging, channel maintenance, and coastal resilience systems. His portfolio centers on engineering services, surveying, and marine construction, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and aligning procurements with strategic infrastructure priorities. Warby’s work directly enables the agency’s operational readiness through timely delivery of mission-critical waterway infrastructure. He maintains long-standing partnerships with leading marine and civil construction contractors, including Orion Government Services LLC, Curtin Maritime Corp, The Dutra Group, Callan Marine Limited, and Russell Marine LLC. These relationships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in maritime engineering, dredging operations, and large-scale earthmoving. Warby consistently engages these firms through competitive sealed bidding and negotiated contracts, prioritizing technical capability, safety compliance, and past performance in high-risk, environmentally sensitive environments. Warby demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 60% of his acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. His contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity among small firms capable of delivering specialized civil and marine services, while maintaining a balanced 40% open competition to ensure market competitiveness and innovation. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541370 (Surveying and Mapping Services), where he secures geospatial data collection, hydrographic surveys, and topographic mapping essential for infrastructure planning. He also procures security systems services (NAICS 561621) for site protection and electronic computer manufacturing (NAICS 334111) for navigation and monitoring equipment, demonstrating technical fluency in both civil engineering and defense-related electronics.