USAID/US Embassy Seoul Korea

US Agency for International Development US Embassy Seoul Korea is a civilian agency sub-office that executes development assistance, humanitarian aid, and capacity-building programming in South Korea through federal contracts. The Embassy Seoul office represents USAID's in-country contracting and grant management function for the Korean peninsula.

The agency has issued 35 federal contract awards since 2006, totaling $2.38 billion in combined potential value and $376.6 million in obligated dollars. Award activity peaked in 2017 with 13 awards, followed by 10 awards in 2018, then declined to 3 awards in 2019 (the most recent recorded award date). The portfolio reflects episodic rather than steady-state procurement: 1 award in 2014, 5 in 2016, then the surge period of 2017–2018, then tapering through 2019. No contract awards are recorded after 2019, indicating a seven-year gap in contracting activity as of the current date.

All 35 contract awards carry no set-aside designation — the entire portfolio consists of open-market or unrestricted competitive awards with no 8(a), small-business, WOSB, SDVOSB, or HUBZone carve-outs. Across 15 distinct prime contractors awarded, competitive concentration is not reported in sufficient detail to characterize dominance; the condensed portfolio history does not break out individual prime-contractor dollar rankings or award-count rankings. The potential-value figure ($2.38 billion against 35 awards) suggests significant per-award contract values typical of USAID development and reconstruction projects, which often support infrastructure, governance, health, and education initiatives abroad. The 16-percent obligation rate (obligated dollars as a share of combined potential value) is consistent with longer-term contracts where not all potential value has been obligated to date.

The seven-year gap between the most recent recorded award in April 2019 and the current date warrants clarification — the absence of recorded awards since 2019 may reflect portfolio data lag, consolidation of awards under parent-office tracking, or genuine hiatus in new contracting at this location. Business development professionals should verify current contracting status with the Embassy Seoul office and confirm whether new solicitations are planned or whether this sub-office is transitioning its contracting load to other USAID regional hubs or Washington-based programs.