Contracting office · Department of State

U.S. EMBASSY BEIRUT

U.S. EMBASSY BEIRUT obligated $8.9M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 285 contract actions (+44% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. (LEBANON BRANCH) ($4.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8.9M
Actions
285
New awards: 157
Sole-source
10%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.6MFY2017
  2. 2.9MFY2018
  3. 8.9MFY2019
  4. 7.8MFY2020
  5. 7.6MFY2021
  6. 8.3MFY2022
  7. 8.2MFY2023
  8. 8MFY2024
  9. 6.2MFY2025
  10. 8.9MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$1.4M15%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$5.1M57%
  2. Fuel$2.1M23%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$516.4K5.8%
  4. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$420.8K4.7%
  5. IT & telecom$261.8K2.9%
  6. Transportation & logistics$201.1K2.3%
  7. Professional services$159.7K1.8%
  8. Equipment maintenance$126.2K1.4%
  9. Construction & real property$63.5K0.7%
  10. Facilities & utilities$35.2K0.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$8.8M98%
  2. Pennsylvania$136.9K1.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition10%
    US 39% · $927.3K
  • Sole-source awards10%
    US 30% · $917.1K
  • Single-offer competitions0.1%
    US 8.7% · $10.2K
  • Urgency justifications0.2%
    US 5.1% · $16.5K
  • Year-end rush17%
    US 6.0% · $1.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • 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. (LEBANON BRANCH)· Education & social services· Aug 20, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026· 19LE2026F0710
  2. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. (LEBANON BRANCH)· Education & social services· May 18, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 19LE2026F0441
  3. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. (LEBANON BRANCH)· Education & social services· Feb 2, 2026 – Feb 5, 2026· 19LE2026F0030
  4. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. (LEBANON BRANCH)· Education & social services· Feb 10, 2026 – May 11, 2026· 19LE2026F0281
  5. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. (LEBANON BRANCH)· Education & social services· Aug 7, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025· 19LE2025F0820
  6. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· IT & telecom· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 19LE2026F0767
  7. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 19LE2026P0357
  8. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 19LE2026P0508

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.