Contracting office · Department of State

U.S. EMBASSY BERLIN

U.S. EMBASSY BERLIN obligated $9.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 400 contract actions (−9.5% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES ($7.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$9.2M
Actions
400
New awards: 186
Sole-source
31%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 10MFY2017
  2. 6.6MFY2018
  3. 7.1MFY2019
  4. 8.1MFY2020
  5. 9.2MFY2021
  6. 10.5MFY2022
  7. 9.1MFY2023
  8. 9.7MFY2024
  9. 10.1MFY2025
  10. 9.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$7.1M77%
  2. BERND MATTES$260.3K2.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$2.1M23%
  2. Professional services$1.8M19%
  3. Construction & real property$1.2M13%
  4. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.2M13%
  5. Facilities & utilities$964.8K11%
  6. Transportation & logistics$820.1K9.0%
  7. Other equipment & supplies$770.9K8.4%
  8. IT & telecom$180.6K2.0%
  9. Fuel$108.3K1.2%
  10. Health & medical$59.8K0.7%
  11. Education & social services$11.5K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$8.9M97%
  2. Pennsylvania$49.3K0.5%
  3. Colorado$19.7K0.2%
  4. Vermont$13K0.1%
  5. Arizona$11.9K0.1%
  6. California$8,2490.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition44%
    US 39% · $4.1M
  • Sole-source awards31%
    US 30% · $2.8M
  • Single-offer competitions13%
    US 8.8% · $1.2M
  • Urgency justifications2.9%
    US 5.1% · $267.9K
  • Year-end rush14%
    US 5.6% · $1.3M
  • Undefinitized contracts2.3%
    US 5.0% · $206.6K
  • 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. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Equipment maintenance· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 19GE2126P1717
  2. BERND MATTES· Construction & real property· Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026· 19GE2126P1052
  3. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Facilities & utilities· Dec 5, 2023 – Dec 8, 2025· 19GE2124P0264
  4. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Construction & real property· Jul 25, 2025 – Apr 24, 2026· 19GE2125P1482
  5. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Professional services· Sep 1, 2022 – Jan 7, 2026· 19GE2122P2058
  6. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Facilities & utilities· Feb 27, 2026 – Feb 27, 2026· 19GE2126P0576
  7. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Professional services· Jun 9, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026· 19GE2126P0998
  8. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Professional services· Jun 11, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· 19GE2126P0964

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.