Contracting office · Department of State

AMERICAN EMBASSY NAIROBI

AMERICAN EMBASSY NAIROBI obligated $4.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 174 contract actions (−58% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES ($1.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.2M
Actions
174
New awards: 86
Sole-source
50%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 12.7MFY2017
  2. 10.6MFY2018
  3. 11.7MFY2019
  4. 13MFY2020
  5. 8.4MFY2021
  6. 9.9MFY2022
  7. 10.7MFY2023
  8. 9.1MFY2024
  9. 10.1MFY2025
  10. 4.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$1.9M45%
  2. COMZTECH LIMITED$131.4K3.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1.1M26%
  2. IT & telecom$655.6K16%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$608.5K14%
  4. Construction & real property$492.7K12%
  5. Transportation & logistics$483.1K11%
  6. Facilities & utilities$360.8K8.6%
  7. Equipment maintenance$189.4K4.5%
  8. Fuel$124.9K3.0%
  9. Education & social services$107.5K2.6%
  10. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$78.2K1.9%
  11. Health & medical$19.3K0.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$3.8M90%
  2. California$108.1K2.6%
  3. New York$54.8K1.3%
  4. Minnesota$52.6K1.2%
  5. Texas$44.3K1.1%
  6. New Jersey$33.4K0.8%
  7. Indiana$31.8K0.8%
  8. Nebraska$31.1K0.7%
  9. Virginia$25.1K0.6%
  10. North Carolina$25.1K0.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition64%
    US 39% · $2.7M
  • Sole-source awards50%
    US 30% · $2.1M
  • Single-offer competitions14%
    US 8.7% · $576.9K
  • Urgency justifications0.4%
    US 5.1% · $17.2K
  • Year-end rush4.0%
    US 6.0% · $168.2K
  • Undefinitized contracts19%
    US 5.0% · $816.3K
  • 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. RENOVATION$284.4K
    SUNSET ELECTRO SERVICES LIMITED· Construction & real property· Sep 30, 2025 – Feb 4, 2026· 19KE5025C0122
  2. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LIMITED· Professional services· Dec 18, 2024 – Feb 25, 2026· 19KE5025C0007
  3. CRISIS RESPONSE CO LLC· Professional services· May 15, 2025 – Feb 20, 2026· 19KE5025C0056
  4. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 20, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· 19KE5025P1951
  5. RA INTERNATIONAL FZCO· Professional services· Jun 26, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· 19KE5025C0075
  6. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP· IT & telecom· Jun 23, 2026 – Jun 23, 2026· 19KE5026P1006
  7. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Transportation & logistics· Feb 17, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· 19KE5026P0349
  8. CRISIS RESPONSE CO LLC· Professional services· Jul 7, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· 19KE5025C0084

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.