Contracting office · Department of State

U.S. EMBASSY BRASILIA

U.S. EMBASSY BRASILIA obligated $8.5M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 192 contract actions (−31% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BRADESCO SAUDE S/A ($4.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8.5M
Actions
192
New awards: 48
Sole-source
5.3%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.6MFY2017
  2. 8MFY2018
  3. 6.5MFY2019
  4. 8.1MFY2020
  5. 7.5MFY2021
  6. 9.5MFY2022
  7. 9.4MFY2023
  8. 9.8MFY2024
  9. 12.4MFY2025
  10. 8.5MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. BRADESCO SAUDE S/A$4.9M57%
  2. KM TRANSPORTE ESCOLAR LTDA$857.9K10%
  3. PLUXEE INSTITUICAO DE PAGAMENTO BRASIL S.A.$711.3K8.3%
  4. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$615.3K7.2%
  5. PLUXEE PAY BRASIL LTDA$297.5K3.5%
  6. SLC MOBILIDADE E SERVICOS INTERNACIONAIS LTDA$286K3.4%
  7. PALMACEA JARDINS LTDA$178K2.1%
  8. SODEXO PASS DO BRASIL SERVICOS E COMERCIO S/A$151.2K1.8%
  9. SUL AMERICA SEGUROS DE PESSOAS E PREVIDENCIA S.A.$120K1.4%
  10. DONE BY NATIVE LLC$80.3K0.9%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$5.2M61%
  2. Transportation & logistics$1.1M13%
  3. Professional services$1M12%
  4. Equipment maintenance$554.7K6.5%
  5. Construction & real property$211.8K2.5%
  6. Facilities & utilities$201.8K2.4%
  7. IT & telecom$155.9K1.8%
  8. Other equipment & supplies$108.2K1.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$8.5M99.6%
  2. Minnesota$16.5K0.2%
  3. Virginia$15.9K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition90%
    US 39% · $7.6M
  • Sole-source awards5.3%
    US 30% · $455.5K
  • Single-offer competitions84%
    US 8.7% · $7.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.4%
    US 5.1% · $32.5K
  • Year-end rush5.6%
    US 6.0% · $479.2K
  • Undefinitized contracts3.3%
    US 5.0% · $278.5K
  • 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. BSB|HR| PAYROLL-HEALTH/DENTAL IDIQ - JAN-FEB/2026$6.3M
    BRADESCO SAUDE S/A· Education & social services· Dec 10, 2025 – Jul 27, 2026· 19BR2526F0096
  2. BSB|HR| PAYROLL-HEALTH/DENTAL IDIQ - SEPT-DEC/2025$1.2M
    BRADESCO SAUDE S/A· Education & social services· Sep 3, 2025 – Mar 25, 2026· 19BR2525F0961
  3. BSB|GSO|SCHOOL BUS SERVICES EAB FROM AUG. UNTIL DEC. 2026$632.2K
    KM TRANSPORTE ESCOLAR LTDA· Transportation & logistics· Jul 31, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 19BR2526F0607
  4. BSB|HR PAYROLL|PLUXEE MEAL VOUCHERS APR-MAY/2026 - STATE$618.4K
    PLUXEE INSTITUICAO DE PAGAMENTO BRASIL S.A.· Professional services· Mar 12, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 19BR2526F0342
  5. BSB|GSO|SCHOOL BUS SERVICES EAB FROM JANU. UNTIL JUNE 2026$521.4K
    KM TRANSPORTE ESCOLAR LTDA· Transportation & logistics· Dec 19, 2025 – Mar 10, 2026· 19BR2526F0128
  6. BSB|GSO| SCHOOL BUS SERVICES EAB FROM JULY UNTIL DEC. 2025$505.9K
    KM TRANSPORTE ESCOLAR LTDA· Transportation & logistics· Jul 22, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· 19BR2525F0848
  7. BSB|HR| PAYROLL-HEALTH/DENTAL IDIQ - MARCH 2025$391K
    BRADESCO SAUDE S/A· Education & social services· Feb 12, 2025 – Oct 9, 2025· 19BR2525F0339
  8. BSB|HR| PAYROLL-HEALTH/DENTAL IDIQ - AUGUST 2025$382.3K
    BRADESCO SAUDE S/A· Education & social services· Jun 18, 2025 – Mar 25, 2026· 19BR2525F0716

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.