Contracting office · Department of State

U.S. EMBASSY PRETORIA

U.S. EMBASSY PRETORIA obligated $6.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 142 contract actions (+54% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES ($1.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$6.2M
Actions
142
New awards: 67
Sole-source
42%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.1MFY2017
  2. 4.9MFY2018
  3. 5.6MFY2019
  4. 5.2MFY2020
  5. 4.8MFY2021
  6. 5.8MFY2022
  7. 21.6MFY2023
  8. 9.2MFY2024
  9. 4MFY2025
  10. 6.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$1.6M26%
  2. KEYSTONE TECH$808.1K13%
  3. PAINT IQ$213.3K3.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$1.9M31%
  2. Transportation & logistics$1.7M27%
  3. IT & telecom$934.5K15%
  4. Facilities & utilities$683.3K11%
  5. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$264K4.3%
  6. Equipment maintenance$226K3.7%
  7. Other equipment & supplies$195K3.2%
  8. Professional services$189.5K3.1%
  9. Education & social services$83K1.3%
  10. Fuel$17.1K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$6.1M99.6%
  2. Minnesota$17.7K0.3%
  3. Pennsylvania$9,3180.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition44%
    US 39% · $2.7M
  • Sole-source awards42%
    US 30% · $2.6M
  • Single-offer competitions1.4%
    US 8.7% · $83.3K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush19%
    US 6.0% · $1.2M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.9%
    US 5.0% · $52.9K
  • 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. KEYSTONE TECH· Construction & real property· Feb 4, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· 19SF7526C0001
  2. CELLUCITY (PTY) LTD· IT & telecom· Apr 2, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026· 19SF7526F0354
  3. FUEL$477K
    THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LTD· Facilities & utilities· Jun 4, 2025 – Feb 4, 2026· 19SF7525F0457
  4. STEYN CITY PROPERTIES (PTY) LTD· Transportation & logistics· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· 19SF7526F0065
  5. ZOE TRANSPORT (PTY) LTD· Transportation & logistics· Nov 14, 2025 – Nov 14, 2025· 19SF7526F0084
  6. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Construction & real property· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 19SF7526C0005
  7. A N DU TOIT GARDENS· Facilities & utilities· Jun 4, 2025 – Aug 19, 2026· 19SF7525P0469
  8. STEYN CITY PROPERTIES (PTY) LTD· Transportation & logistics· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· 19SF7526F0068

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.