US Embassy Port-Au-Prince

The Department of State's US Embassy Port-Au-Prince, a civilian diplomatic mission, procures goods and services to support embassy operations and diplomatic initiatives in Haiti. The Embassy executes contracts through open-market solicitations and standing procurement vehicles without reliance on small-business or minority-owned set-asides.

The Embassy has awarded 41 contracts since 2017, with combined potential value of $1.3 million and $1.3 million obligated. Activity has been uneven: 24 awards in 2017, 2 in 2018, then a gap until 2022 when awards resumed at 3 per year. Recent cadence stands at 6 awards in 2023 and 6 in 2024. Over the last five years, the Embassy issued 15 awards; six of those awards (40 percent) carry no reported potential value, typical of Schedule task orders, BPA calls, modifications, or below-threshold purchase orders that rely on these vehicles rather than definitive contracts.

Contract activity is highly fragmented across foreign and domestic awardees. By award count over the last five years, miscellaneous foreign awardees dominate with 8 awards totaling $468 thousand in combined potential value, followed by Distributeurs Nationaux SA and Minburn Technology Group, LLC (each with 2 and 1 award respectively, with value not reported in source data). By potential value, foreign awardees again lead with $468 thousand across 8 awards, while Bushtex Inc. and Inmarsat Government, Inc. hold minor positions. All 41 awards carry no set-aside designation.

The Embassy sources almost exclusively from Haiti and the Caribbean region given its geographic location and mission constraints. Most recent recorded award date is September 26, 2024. No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the Embassy's organizational rollup. The agency's contract footprint reflects the operational reality of a small diplomatic post serving a developing nation: limited transaction volume, low individual award values, heavy use of off-the-shelf procurement vehicles, and reliance on regional suppliers and foreign vendors who can service embassy operations and support diplomatic programming on the ground.