The Contractor’s duties shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, providing representation services for EDT: a. operate and maintain the STMO; b. represent the interest of the State of Texas in the market; c. review host country and regional government policies that may affect Texas businesses; d. develop and implement a robust economic development strategy that successfully promotes the Texas business climate; e. conduct high profile meetings with local and federal leaders as well as with private sector leaders to discuss the Texas business advantage; f. assist EDT in promoting and marketing Texas as a premier business destination; g. generate measurable results from trade and investment events (virtual and in-person); h. contribute to the development of talking points on foreign trade and investment matters from a Mexican-perspective; i. assist in the development of marketing strategies for trade expansion and investment opportunities for Mexican companies in Texas; j. assist EDT in planning, organizing, and executing investment promotion and export development missions to/from Mexico, which may include, but is not limited to: logistics, meetings, recruitment, venue selection, and invitation dissemination; k. act as a liaison with Texas companies and communities, including chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, higher education institutions and regional groups with regard to exporting to Mexico and investment opportunities in Texas; l. interact and develop business networks with other trade and investment, economic development, and other allied organizations, external to EDT as appropriate to accomplish the STMO’s mission; m. assist Texas communities with specialized searches of companies creating primary jobs with the potential to set up industrial facilities and corporate operations in Texas; n. provide government liaison and sales assistance/orientation and general legal business orientation for businesses interested in foreign investment and/or export promotion; and o. assist in on-going collaboration with economic development officials from interested cities in Texas to organize trade and investment missions to Mexico.
