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$328,507,039

Department of State·Department of State

to CADDELL CONSTRUCTION CO. (DE), LLC

diplomacyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-09-30·LATEST ACTION2026-04-28·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM24C0122_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR A NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND IN PRAIA, CAPO VERDE.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Design and construction of a new U.S. embassy compound in Praia, Cape Verde. This is a modification to the ongoing 2024 project.

Sub-sectors
embassy-constructionstate-department-infrastructurecape-verde
Why this matters

Modernized diplomatic infrastructure strengthens U.S. presence in West Africa and supports regional engagement amid growing geopolitical competition.

Supply-chain signal

Large construction contract will engage U.S. and local Cape Verdean contractors, materials suppliers, and engineering firms for multi-year build-out.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. embassy investment in Cape Verde counters Chinese Belt and Road influence in Atlantic island nations and West African strategic corridors.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002967.

Period of performance
Start
2024-09-30
End
2028-11-08
Status
activein 862 days
Sources

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