diff --git a/backend/routes/cardApi.js b/backend/routes/cardApi.js
index bc71039..f377b9f 100644
--- a/backend/routes/cardApi.js
+++ b/backend/routes/cardApi.js
@@ -556,11 +556,13 @@ function createCardApiRouter() {
      * POST /enrich-batch
      *
      * Batch lookup IPs in CARD to extract Granite loader fields. Fetches team
-     * assets (paginated, across confirmed and unconfirmed dispositions) and
-     * matches against the provided IPs. Returns enrichment results for each IP.
+     * assets (paginated, across confirmed, unconfirmed, and candidate
+     * dispositions) and matches against the provided IPs. When no team is
+     * specified, searches both NTS-AEO-STEAM and NTS-AEO-ACCESS-ENG.
+     * Returns enrichment results for each IP.
      *
      * @body {string[]} ips - Non-empty array of IP address strings (max 200)
-     * @body {string} [team="NTS-AEO-STEAM"] - Team name to search assets under
+     * @body {string} [team] - Team name to search assets under. Defaults to both NTS-AEO-STEAM and NTS-AEO-ACCESS-ENG if omitted.
      * @response 200 - { results: object[], enriched_count: number, not_found_count: number, total: number }
      *   Each result: { ip: string, found: boolean, equip_inst_id: string|null, hostname: string|null, site_name?: string|null, mgmt_ip_asn?: string|null, responsible_team?: string|null, equipment_class?: string, equip_template?: string|null, equip_status?: string|null, serial_number?: string|null, error?: string }
      * @response 400 - { error: string } — invalid or empty ips array, or exceeds 200
@@ -586,13 +588,16 @@ function createCardApiRouter() {
         // Strategy: fetch team assets (paginated) and match against our target IPs.
         // The team assets endpoint returns the full enriched record with ncim_discovery,
         // card_flags, netops_granite_allips, etc.
-        const teamName = team || 'NTS-AEO-STEAM';
-        const dispositions = ['confirmed', 'unconfirmed'];
+        const teams = team ? [team] : ['NTS-AEO-STEAM', 'NTS-AEO-ACCESS-ENG'];
+        const dispositions = ['confirmed', 'unconfirmed', 'candidate'];
         let foundCount = 0;
 
-        for (const disposition of dispositions) {
+        for (const teamName of teams) {
             if (foundCount >= targetIps.size) break;
 
+            for (const disposition of dispositions) {
+                if (foundCount >= targetIps.size) break;
+
             let page = 1;
             const pageSize = 200;
             let hasMore = true;
@@ -635,6 +640,7 @@ function createCardApiRouter() {
                 }
             }
         }
+        }
 
         // Build results array in the same order as input IPs
         const results = [];