US Embassy Manila

The Department of State US Embassy Manila is a civilian overseas diplomatic post that procures goods, services, and vendor support for embassy operations in the Philippines. The Embassy functions as a contracting entity for its own operational needs and strategic priorities within the host country.

The Embassy has awarded 324 contracts since December 2016, with a combined potential value of $13 million and $7.3 million obligated to date. Award volume has accelerated in recent years: 33 awards in 2022, 47 in 2023, 65 in 2024, 52 in 2025, and 37 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award closed on 16 October 2026. Work is performed in the Philippines with administrative oversight at the Embassy. Across the portfolio, 89 distinct prime contractors have been awarded.

Competitive concentration is highly fragmented by award count and moderately concentrated by value. Over the last five years, miscellaneous foreign awardees dominate the award count with multiple groupings spanning 122 awards (57% of recent awards) and $2.2 million combined potential value; no single named foreign contractor surfaces across the groupings. The named contractor appearing most frequently is PLDT Inc., with 12 awards totaling $297 thousand in potential value. By combined potential value, the top five vendors account for 22% of recent awards; miscellaneous foreign awardees again lead with $1.6 million and $452 thousand across two groupings, followed by Philippine Plaza Holdings, Inc. ($303 thousand across 2 awards) and PLDT Inc. ($297 thousand). Redorange LLC holds $227 thousand across 4 awards. The fragmentation by value reflects the Embassy's reliance on small vendor awards and local procurement relationships rather than large prime-contractor awards.

All 324 awards across the portfolio carry no set-aside designation — 100% of contracts are competed or awarded under full-and-open competition or direct procurement authority without small-business, 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides. This reflects typical overseas diplomatic procurement patterns where foreign vendors and host-country nationals are eligible, and domestic small-business restrictions do not apply to embassy operational support.

No recent contract opportunities or grant activity is recorded against the Embassy. The agency's contracting is primarily award-driven rather than solicitation-based; procurement is managed through direct negotiation, local purchase authority, or classified diplomatic channels not reflected in public contracting platforms.