Contracting office · Department of State

U.S. EMBASSY KAMPALA

U.S. EMBASSY KAMPALA obligated $3.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 74 contract actions (−26% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MTN UGANDA LTD ($1.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$3.1M
Actions
74
New awards: 40
Sole-source
18%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.5MFY2017
  2. 4.4MFY2018
  3. 5.6MFY2019
  4. 3.6MFY2020
  5. 5.4MFY2021
  6. 3.7MFY2022
  7. 5.4MFY2023
  8. 7MFY2024
  9. 4.2MFY2025
  10. 3.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$681.8K22%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$1.2M38%
  2. Education & social services$795.6K26%
  3. Facilities & utilities$252.9K8.1%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$219.5K7.1%
  5. Fuel$176.8K5.7%
  6. Health & medical$133.3K4.3%
  7. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$102.2K3.3%
  8. Equipment maintenance$79.3K2.6%
  9. Professional services$74.5K2.4%
  10. Construction & real property$62.4K2.0%
  11. Transportation & logistics$25.7K0.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$3M98%
  2. California$25.5K0.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition49%
    US 39% · $1.5M
  • Sole-source awards18%
    US 30% · $562.4K
  • Single-offer competitions31%
    US 8.7% · $966.7K
  • Urgency justifications0.5%
    US 5.1% · $15.8K
  • Year-end rush4.5%
    US 6.0% · $139.3K
  • 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. JUBILEE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF UGANDA LIMITED· Education & social services· Feb 6, 2026 – Feb 6, 2026· 19UG5026F0033
  2. MTN UGANDA LTD· IT & telecom· Feb 13, 2026 – Mar 9, 2026· 19UG5026F0084
  3. MTN UGANDA LTD· IT & telecom· Feb 10, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· 19UG5026F0077
  4. MTN UGANDA LTD· IT & telecom· Mar 2, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· 19UG5026F0097
  5. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Professional services· Sep 30, 2024 – Jan 27, 2026· 19UG5024C0027
  6. INCAST (U) LIMITED· Equipment maintenance· May 21, 2025 – Aug 3, 2026· 19UG5025C0023
  7. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· 19UG5026P0388
  8. THRIVE INTERNATIONAL STORES LIMITED· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 25, 2025 – Jul 6, 2026· 19UG5025P0519

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.