US Embassy Khartoum

The Department of State's US Embassy Khartoum is the diplomatic mission's contracting office, procuring goods and services to support embassy operations and diplomatic functions in Sudan. The Embassy awards contracts on behalf of its administrative and program directorates.

The Embassy has issued 29 federal contracts since 2017, with recent activity centered from 2020 through 2023. Awards per year ran at 7 in 2020, 10 in 2021, 5 in 2022, and 6 in 2023; the most recent award closed in December 2023. Combined reported potential value across all awards totals $1 million, with $1 million obligated. The majority of recent contract activity—9 of 11 awards over the last five years—carries no reported potential value, typical of Schedule task orders, BPA calls, modifications, or below-threshold purchase orders that constitute much of overseas diplomatic procurement.

The contract portfolio is highly fragmented, with 15 distinct prime contractors across the lifetime awards. Over the last five years, awards dispersed across miscellaneous foreign awardees, AES Corporation, and other small vendors; no single domestic contractor dominates. The only reported dollar concentration appears in five awards to miscellaneous foreign awardees totaling $23 thousand, representing 2 percent of combined potential value. All 29 awards carry no set-aside designation.

The Embassy's procurement posture reflects typical overseas diplomatic operations: small dollar values, heavy reliance on international and local vendors, and transaction structures (task orders and modifications) that minimize reported ceilings. The absence of recent awards since December 2023 and the fragmented vendor base indicate limited standing contract vehicles and ad-hoc procurement aligned with mission needs rather than centralized acquisition strategy. Business development professionals should expect episodic opportunity rather than sustained contracting cadence, with vendor selection likely constrained by in-country availability and diplomatic protocols.