Contracting office · Department of State

U.S. EMBASSY CAIRO

U.S. EMBASSY CAIRO obligated $3.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 197 contract actions (+135% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES ($1.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$3.6M
Actions
197
New awards: 90
Sole-source
13%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7.9MFY2017
  2. 7.4MFY2018
  3. 6.6MFY2019
  4. 6.6MFY2020
  5. 6.9MFY2021
  6. 4.7MFY2022
  7. 6.6MFY2023
  8. 5.2MFY2024
  9. 1.5MFY2025
  10. 3.6MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$1.3M36%
  2. DIGISAY LLC$179.1K4.9%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1M28%
  2. Professional services$750.7K21%
  3. Construction & real property$485.2K13%
  4. Transportation & logistics$419.9K12%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$399.1K11%
  6. Equipment maintenance$209.5K5.8%
  7. IT & telecom$176.2K4.9%
  8. Education & social services$94.1K2.6%
  9. Facilities & utilities$55.3K1.5%
  10. Health & medical$12.3K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$3.5M96%
  2. Virginia$139.7K3.9%
  3. Texas$38.6K1.1%
  4. California$37K1.0%
  5. Iowa$18.6K0.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition24%
    US 39% · $882.3K
  • Sole-source awards13%
    US 30% · $481K
  • Single-offer competitions11%
    US 8.8% · $401.3K
  • Urgency justifications6.6%
    US 5.1% · $237.5K
  • Year-end rush23%
    US 5.6% · $839.5K
  • Undefinitized contracts1.7%
    US 5.0% · $60.7K
  • 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· Dec 1, 2021 – Feb 26, 2026· 19EG3022C0001
  2. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Professional services· Aug 6, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 19EG3026P0993
  3. MOSTAFA SHAWKI OFFICE FOR ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING· Professional services· Sep 10, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026· 19EG3025C0012
  4. DIGISAY LLC· Professional services· May 12, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 19EG3026P0635
  5. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Professional services· Sep 30, 2025 – Dec 8, 2025· 19EG3025P1244
  6. MODERN AGE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS· Construction & real property· Sep 14, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026· 19EG3026C0015
  7. NEXTEP CONSTRUCTION INC· Construction & real property· Jun 30, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· 19EG3026C0010
  8. MODERN AGE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS· Construction & real property· Jul 26, 2026 – Jul 26, 2026· 19EG3026P0919

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.