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$818,669,847

Department of State·Department of State

to BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC

diplomacyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-01-14·LATEST ACTION2026-06-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM22C0048_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

BASE AWARD FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR CLIN-001 FOR DESIGN-PHASE SERVICES FOR HANOI NEC.

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-phase services for the Hanoi New Embassy Compound, a multi-year State Department construction project that began in 2022.

Sub-sectors
embassy-constructionhanoi-necdesign-phase
Why this matters

The Hanoi NEC is a strategic diplomatic infrastructure investment in Southeast Asia, reflecting U.S. commitment to regional presence amid geopolitical competition.

Supply-chain signal

This modification sustains demand for construction management, design engineering, and materials supply chains supporting major embassy builds in Asia.

U.S.–China competition angle

Enhanced U.S. embassy infrastructure in Vietnam signals sustained diplomatic and economic engagement in a region central to U.S.-China strategic competition.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002941.

Period of performance
Start
2022-01-14
End
2029-11-30
Status
activein 1249 days
Sources

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