Contracting office · Department of State

AMERICAN CONSULATE DUBAI

AMERICAN CONSULATE DUBAI obligated $4.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 75 contract actions (+1.2% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO (DUBAI BRANCH) ($2.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.3M
Actions
75
New awards: 38
Sole-source
23%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.3MFY2017
  2. 1.7MFY2018
  3. 1.5MFY2019
  4. 1.8MFY2020
  5. 1.9MFY2021
  6. 2.8MFY2022
  7. 2.4MFY2023
  8. 5.6MFY2024
  9. 4.2MFY2025
  10. 4.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$1.6M38%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$2.6M61%
  2. Transportation & logistics$820.2K19%
  3. Professional services$255.6K6.0%
  4. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$233.4K5.5%
  5. IT & telecom$143.1K3.3%
  6. Facilities & utilities$128.8K3.0%
  7. Construction & real property$44.2K1.0%
  8. Equipment maintenance$17.4K0.4%
  9. Other equipment & supplies$14.7K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$4.3M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition54%
    US 39% · $2.3M
  • Sole-source awards23%
    US 30% · $966K
  • Single-offer competitions31%
    US 8.8% · $1.3M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush1.7%
    US 5.6% · $71.2K
  • Undefinitized contracts85%
    US 5.0% · $3.6M
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO (DUBAI BRANCH)· Education & social services· Dec 8, 2025 – Dec 8, 2025· 19TC1226F0011
  2. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO (DUBAI BRANCH)· Education & social services· Mar 12, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· 19TC1226F0029
  3. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO (DUBAI BRANCH)· Education & social services· Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· 19TC1226F0074
  4. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO (DUBAI BRANCH)· Education & social services· Jun 22, 2026 – Jun 22, 2026· 19TC1226F0049
  5. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Transportation & logistics· Jan 12, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026· 19TC1226P0161
  6. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Professional services· Feb 28, 2022 – Jan 28, 2026· 19TC1222C0001
  7. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Professional services· Jun 26, 2024 – Aug 12, 2026· 19TC1224C0002
  8. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Transportation & logistics· Jan 12, 2026 – Jan 21, 2026· 19TC1226P0162

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.