U.S. Department of Commerce Helped American Company Secure $12.5 Million Deal Abroad
March 22, 2013
(ITA)
WASHINGTON — Under Secretary of Commerce for
International Trade Francisco Sánchez today
announced that TCI International, a Fremont,
California-based subsidiary of SPX Corporation,
signed a contract in December 2012 with
Macedonia’s Agency for Electronic
Communications (AEC). TCI will supply a
national spectrum monitoring system in
Macedonia, install, integrate, and test the
system, provide training on its use, and
provide a warranty for its operation. The total
value of this procurement is $12.5 million –
with 100 percent of that revenue staying in the
United States – and will support 63 American
jobs.
“TCI is one of the many American companies
benefiting from our commercial advocacy efforts
to make sure U.S. businesses are competing on a
level playing field,” said Under Secretary of
Commerce for International Trade Francisco
Sánchez. “Exports support nearly 10 million
jobs around the country and reached an all-time
high of $2.2 trillion in 2012. The work of our
Advocacy Center is more important than ever,
and I congratulate TCI on receiving this
important contract.”
The company requested commercial advocacy from
the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advocacy
Center in December 2012. Coordinated through
the Advocacy Center, representatives of the
U.S. government stressed the importance of a
fair and transparent tender process to the AEC
directly. The company also received
consultation from the team regarding economic
conditions in Macedonia and its
telecommunications and IT sector. In addition,
U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia Paul Wohlers
advocated on behalf of TCI.
TCI ultimately beat out two German companies,
Rohde & Schwarz and LS Telecom, for the
contract.
Since its creation in 1993, the Advocacy Center
has coordinated U.S. Government resources to
help hundreds of American companies, including
small, medium and large enterprises in various
industry sectors, win government contracts
across the globe. In Fiscal Year 2012, the
Advocacy Center recorded the U.S. Government’s
best year to date: client companies reported 53
wins with a total estimated value of $87.1
billion and U.S. export content of $73.9
billion. The U.S. export content supports an
estimated 369,500 American jobs.
For more information on the Advocacy Center,
please visit http://export.gov/advocacy/.
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