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$614,652,572

Department of State·Department of State

to CADDELL CONSTRUCTION CO. (DE), LLC

diplomacyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-11-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-11·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM22C0159_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND LOCATED IN JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN.

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 Juba, South Sudan, with work underway since November 2022.

Sub-sectors
embassy-constructionstate-department-infrastructureafrica-operations
Why this matters

Establishes permanent U.S. diplomatic presence in South Sudan, a strategically important but fragile East African nation with significant geopolitical implications.

Supply-chain signal

Large construction contract supporting domestic and international supply chains for materials, labor, and specialized embassy security/infrastructure systems.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. embassy investment in South Sudan counters Chinese diplomatic and economic expansion in East Africa and the Horn of Africa region.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002927.

Period of performance
Start
2022-11-01
End
2028-08-19
Status
activein 781 days
Sources

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