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$173,694,640

Department of State·Department of State

to BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC

diplomacyactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM19C0141_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

NEC - PODGORICA MONTENEGRO

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: medium
In plain English

Support operations at the U.S. Embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro, likely covering facility management, staffing, or diplomatic mission costs.

Sub-sectors
embassy-operationsforeign-aidstate-department-contracts
Why this matters

Maintains U.S. diplomatic presence in the Balkans, a strategically important region for NATO and European stability.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained demand for facility services, security, and administrative support contractors serving U.S. diplomatic missions abroad.

U.S.–China competition angle

Reinforces U.S. diplomatic engagement in Eastern Europe to counter Chinese Belt-and-Road influence in the Balkans.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002190.

Period of performance
Start
2019-09-25
End
2027-03-25
Status
activein 312 days
Sources

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