Michelle J Bertoline

Michelle Bertoline serves as a key procurement professional within the W2SD Endist Philadelphia office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, supporting critical civil infrastructure and maritime engineering missions essential to national defense readiness. She manages complex acquisitions for large-scale construction, dredging, and engineering services that maintain coastal resilience, navigable waterways, and military installation infrastructure. Her portfolio centers on heavy civil engineering projects requiring technical precision and regulatory compliance, including port rehabilitation, shoreline protection, and navigation channel maintenance. Bertoline ensures procurements align with federal contracting standards while advancing the Army’s strategic priorities in infrastructure modernization and climate adaptation. She maintains long-standing relationships with leading contractors in the civil works sector, 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 preference for experienced, vertically integrated firms capable of delivering multidisciplinary solutions across engineering, construction, and environmental remediation. Her contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes, with a focus on firms possessing proven expertise in federal dredging, marine construction, and structural engineering services. Bertoline’s procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 88.9% of awards issued without set-asides, reflecting the scale and technical complexity of projects requiring specialized capabilities. Small business participation is present but limited, with 8.9% of awards allocated under Total Small Business Set-Asides and 2.2% under 8(a) competed programs, indicating a measured but intentional approach to socioeconomic contracting where feasible within mission constraints. Her primary focus lies in NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), followed by 541330 (Engineering Services) and 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction). She procures services involving geotechnical design, hydraulic modeling, marine structure fabrication, and environmental compliance, demonstrating deep domain expertise in federal infrastructure delivery and civil works project execution.