Phillip L. Barker

Phillip L. Barker serves as a key procurement lead within the W07V Endist New Orleans office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing the acquisition of large-scale civil works and hydraulic infrastructure projects across the Gulf Coast. His responsibilities center on managing full lifecycle contracting for flood risk reduction, coastal restoration, and water resource management systems, including levees, dredging, channel stabilization, and storm surge barriers. Barker ensures compliance with federal construction standards while aligning procurements with the Army’s mission to enhance regional resilience against environmental hazards. He typically handles competitively bid, sealed bid, and negotiated contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation for heavy civil engineering works requiring specialized engineering oversight and environmental permitting. Barker maintains long-standing relationships with a core group of experienced contractors including WEEKS MARINE, INC., PRECISION CONSTRUCTION LLC, M.R. PITTMAN GROUP, L.L.C., MUDDY WATER DREDGING, LP, and RED BISON SERVICES, LLC. These firms are consistently selected for their proven expertise in marine construction, dredging operations, and heavy civil infrastructure execution. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical qualification, and past performance evaluation, fostering collaborative, mission-critical partnerships with vendors who possess the specialized equipment and workforce necessary for complex aquatic environments. Barker’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, with no use of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic set-asides. This reflects the agency’s operational need for contractors with unique capabilities in heavy civil engineering, where only a limited number of firms possess the requisite experience, equipment, and regulatory compliance history. While small business participation is not formally prioritized, all procurements remain fully compliant with FAR requirements and open to all qualified offerors. His primary focus is on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), encompassing projects involving hydraulic structures, shoreline protection, sediment management, and large-scale earthmoving. Barker’s technical expertise lies in procuring services requiring advanced marine engineering, environmental remediation, and geotechnical construction—domains demanding precision, regulatory coordination, and adherence to Army Corps design standards.