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$544,658,997

Department of State·Department of State

to BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC

diplomacyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-09-28·LATEST ACTION2026-05-14·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM22C0144_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

NEC - KINSHASA REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

Latest obligation on the 2022 New Embassy Compound construction project in Kinshasa, Republic of Congo.

Sub-sectors
embassy-constructionstate-department-infrastructurecongo-operations
Why this matters

Embassies are critical U.S. diplomatic infrastructure; this multi-year, $545M project strengthens State Department presence in Central Africa amid regional geopolitical shifts.

Supply-chain signal

Construction and facility management contracts typically involve local and international suppliers for materials, labor, and engineering services in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. embassy modernization in Congo counters China's expanding diplomatic and economic footprint in Central Africa.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002916.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-28
End
2029-02-19
Status
activein 952 days
Sources

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