Robert W. Hutcheon, Jr.

Robert W. Hutcheon serves as a key procurement lead within the W2SD Endist Philadelphia office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing complex civil infrastructure and maritime engineering acquisitions critical to national defense readiness. His responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contracts for coastal resilience projects, dredging operations, port maintenance, and military installation enhancements. Hutcheon specializes in large-scale construction and engineering services under the Department of Defense’s civil works mission, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with strategic infrastructure priorities. He routinely handles competitive solicitations for heavy civil engineering, shipyard modernization, and environmental remediation efforts. Hutcheon maintains consistent working relationships 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 preference for vendors with proven expertise in maritime construction, naval vessel repair, and large-scale environmental engineering. His procurement approach emphasizes technical capability, past performance, and regulatory compliance, fostering long-term vendor collaboration on mission-critical projects requiring specialized engineering and dredging capabilities. A strong advocate for small business participation, Hutcheon prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, which account for over half of his awarded contracts, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to expanding economic opportunity within the defense industrial base. While the majority of awards are set aside for small businesses, he also conducts open competitions when specialized capabilities are required. Women-Owned Small Business set-asides represent a minor but intentional component of his socioeconomic strategy. His procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), reflecting the agency’s emphasis on naval support infrastructure, followed by 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) for coastal and waterway projects. He regularly procures services related to dredging, bulkhead construction, navigation channel maintenance, and heavy machinery integration, underscoring deep technical expertise in maritime civil engineering and defense logistics.