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$227,007,508

Department of State·Department of State

to BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC

diplomacyactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-30·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM22C0145_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND IN PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Design and construction of a new U.S. embassy compound in Port Louis, Mauritius.

Sub-sectors
embassy-constructionstate-department-infrastructuremauritius
Why this matters

Strengthens U.S. diplomatic presence and infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa, a region of strategic geopolitical importance.

Supply-chain signal

Large construction contract will engage architectural firms, engineering consultants, and construction contractors with international project experience.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. embassy expansion in Africa counters China's Belt and Road infrastructure investments and growing influence on the continent.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002133.

Period of performance
Start
2022-11-01
End
2026-11-27
Status
activein 195 days
Sources

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