US Embassy Kinshasa

The Department of State US Embassy Kinshasa, a civilian diplomatic facility's contracting office, procures goods and services to support embassy operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The embassy awards contracts for supplies, equipment, and services required to maintain diplomatic and administrative functions in-country.

Contract activity at the embassy is minimal and episodic. The office has issued four federal contract awards since 2017, with one award in 2017 and three awards in 2023; no awards are recorded for 2024, 2025, or year-to-date 2026. Combined award potential value is $24 thousand, of which $24 thousand has been obligated. Two of the three recent awards (2023) carried no reported potential value, indicating they were likely Schedule task orders, BPA calls, or modifications transacting below typical reporting thresholds.

Competitive concentration among recent awardees is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, three distinct vendors appear in the award record: Orioncom SARL received one award worth $18 thousand; Windsor Trading FZE and Gem Supplies LLC each received one award with unreported potential value. Orioncom SARL accounts for 74 percent of combined potential value, but its single award and the unreported values for the other two primes reflect a thin portfolio with no sustained competitive pattern. Four distinct prime contractors have received awards across the portfolio lifetime.

All four awards across the portfolio are open market, with no set-aside designations applied. The award sizes and transactional patterns suggest routine procurement of consumables and routine services to support embassy operations rather than strategic or large-scale contracting activity.

No recent contract opportunities are presently solicited or open for competition. The sporadic award cadence and low transaction volumes indicate that contracting activity at this embassy office is demand-driven and tied to operational necessity rather than strategic procurement initiatives. Firms pursuing federal contracting should monitor this office for infrequent, small-dollar opportunities in embassy supply and services categories relevant to operations in sub-Saharan Africa, but activity levels do not support continuous business-development focus.