US Embassy Sarajevo

The Department of State US Embassy Sarajevo is a civilian diplomatic post that conducts contracting and grant-making in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with particular focus on rule-of-law and security-sector capacity building.

The Embassy has issued 11 federal contract awards since 2019, with combined potential value of $909 thousand and $832 thousand obligated. Award activity has been modest and irregular: 2 awards in 2019, 2 in 2021, 2 in 2023, and 5 in 2024. Over the last five years, competitive concentration is concentrated, with the top five primes accounting for 71 percent of recent awards by count and 78 percent of combined potential value. Bering Straits Professional Services, LLC leads by value at $503 thousand (1 award), followed by Kijero, LLC at $92 thousand and J.g.w. (International) LTD. at $51 thousand. The remaining vendors in the active base—Asbis D.o.o, Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, and 5 other distinct contractors—hold smaller stakes. The contractor base spans 10 distinct primes across the entire portfolio. The set-aside mix is dominated by open competition: 91 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, with only 1 award (9 percent) under a Total Small Business set-aside.

The Embassy is actively funding grant work through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). A grant solicitation posted July 30, 2026, seeks expert advisory and mentoring support to strengthen prosecutorial capacity in Bosnia and Herzegovina's specialized anti-organized crime and corruption departments (POSKOK in the Federation and its Republika Srpska counterpart). The opportunity, OFOP0003410, is open to qualified individuals and was last modified August 4, 2026, to correct award amounts. The due date is October 27, 2026. The grant supports legal reform working groups and case-based mentoring aligned with Bosnia and Herzegovina's 2014 Law on the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime, with emphasis on developing case prioritization frameworks and identifying cases with U.S. nexus in a region facing significant narcotics and migrant-smuggling pressure from the Balkan Route.