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$264,225,871

Department of State·Department of State

to BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC

diplomacyexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-12-07·LATEST ACTION2026-05-26·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM22C0032_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

LILONGWE, MALAWI NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.

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 services for a new U.S. embassy compound in Lilongwe, Malawi, a project that began in December 2021.

Sub-sectors
embassy-constructionstate-department-infrastructuremalawi
Why this matters

Embassy infrastructure modernization strengthens U.S. diplomatic presence and operational security in sub-Saharan Africa amid regional geopolitical shifts.

Supply-chain signal

Ongoing construction contract supports demand for international engineering, construction management, and building materials supply chains in East Africa.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. embassy modernization in Malawi counters China's Belt and Road infrastructure influence and reinforces diplomatic engagement in a strategically important region.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002951.

Period of performance
Start
2021-12-07
End
2025-07-04
Status
expired361 days ago
Sources

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