US Embassy Sao Paulo

The Department of State US Embassy São Paulo, a civilian diplomatic outpost that procures goods, services, and support contracts to sustain embassy operations in Brazil, has awarded four federal contracts totaling $118 thousand in combined potential value since 2019. Activity remains sparse and highly irregular: one award each in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, with no recorded awards since March 2022. Only $18 thousand has been obligated against the potential value, indicating minimal deployment or completion of work against these awards.

The contractor base is minimal and highly fragmented. Two distinct prime contractors have received awards over the five-year window; the identified prime—Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees—accounts for one award valued at $11 thousand. The remaining award recipient is not further identified in the available data. All four awards were made as unrestricted open competitions with no set-aside designation.

The embassy's contract activity is too sparse and recent activity too dormant to support active business development pursuit. The four-year gap since the most recent award, combined with the sub-$120-thousand lifetime portfolio value and the absence of any recorded contract opportunities, suggests this office currently lacks a meaningful pipeline for contractors. Federal solicitation activity against this specific embassy has not been recorded in recent months or years. Firms should monitor the embassy's procurement page or the State Department's contracting office for São Paulo region for any future opportunities, but no near-term pursuit is warranted based on current market signals.