Contracting office · Department of State

U.S. EMBASSY BERN

U.S. EMBASSY BERN obligated $14M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 318 contract actions (+1,277% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES ($8.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$14M
Actions
318
New awards: 145
Sole-source
39%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.3MFY2017
  2. 6MFY2018
  3. 3.6MFY2019
  4. 5.9MFY2020
  5. 1MFY2021
  6. 980.8KFY2022
  7. 1.7MFY2023
  8. 4.4MFY2024
  9. 1MFY2025
  10. 14MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$8.8M63%
  2. SIXT RENT-A-CAR AG$4.8M34%
  3. PLANZER TRANSPORT AG$244.9K1.8%
  4. SCHINDLER AUFZUGE AG$52.7K0.4%
  5. DRIVER NOW GMBH$27.9K0.2%
  6. VALLEY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES LLC$22.1K0.2%
  7. VOGEL GARTENBAU AG$17.6K0.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Transportation & logistics$8.3M60%
  2. Equipment maintenance$5M36%
  3. Professional services$349.7K2.5%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$102.6K0.7%
  5. Construction & real property$68K0.5%
  6. IT & telecom$36.4K0.3%
  7. Facilities & utilities$17.6K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$14M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition44%
    US 39% · $6.1M
  • Sole-source awards39%
    US 30% · $5.4M
  • Single-offer competitions4.9%
    US 8.8% · $685.3K
  • Urgency justifications1.3%
    US 5.1% · $175K
  • Year-end rush0.4%
    US 5.6% · $53.6K
  • 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. TRAVEL$2.4M
    SIXT RENT-A-CAR AG· Equipment maintenance· Dec 23, 2025 – Feb 23, 2026· 19SZ2326F0072
  2. TRAVEL$617.8K
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Transportation & logistics· Dec 19, 2025 – Jan 7, 2026· 19SZ2326F0091
  3. TRAVEL$554.8K
    SIXT RENT-A-CAR AG· Equipment maintenance· Dec 23, 2025 – Feb 4, 2026· 19SZ2326F0077
  4. TRAVEL$516.3K
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Transportation & logistics· Dec 19, 2025 – Jan 7, 2026· 19SZ2326F0092
  5. TRAVEL$515K
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Transportation & logistics· Dec 19, 2025 – Jan 7, 2026· 19SZ2326F0085
  6. TRAVEL$483.3K
    SIXT RENT-A-CAR AG· Equipment maintenance· Dec 25, 2025 – Feb 4, 2026· 19SZ2326F0079
  7. TRAVEL$469.3K
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Transportation & logistics· Dec 19, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025· 19SZ2326F0083
  8. TRAVEL$423.4K
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Transportation & logistics· Dec 19, 2025 – Jan 24, 2026· 19SZ2326F0089

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.