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Department of State·Department of State

to BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC

diplomacyactive
ACTION DATE2026-05-14·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM22C0144_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

NEC - KINSHASA REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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 for U.S. embassy or diplomatic operations in Kinshasa, Republic of Congo.

Sub-sectors
embassy-operationsforeign-aidcongo-kinshasa
Why this matters

Maintains U.S. diplomatic presence and influence in strategically important Central African nation with significant mineral resources.

Supply-chain signal

Signals sustained U.S. engagement in Congo's governance and stability, relevant to supply chains dependent on Congolese cobalt and other critical minerals.

U.S.–China competition angle

Counters Chinese economic and political influence in Congo, a major source of cobalt critical to battery and semiconductor supply chains.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-16. Cost: $0.002163.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-28
End
2029-02-19
Status
activein 1010 days
Sources

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