The U.S. Export-Import Bank awarded a follow-on purchase order valued at $151.5K to Garza Gomez Y Asociados, S.C., a Mexico City-based legal services firm specializing in asset recovery and collection investigations. This firm-fixed-price contract, posted as a special notice on October 17, 2022, with an award date of November 17, 2022, will be performed entirely in Mexico and extends through November 16, 2027. The contract requires no small business set-aside and was awarded on a sole-source basis to support EXIM Bank's mission of recovering funds related to U.S. export transactions.
Garza Gomez Y Asociados will provide legal recovery services focused on investigating and collecting debts owed by Mexican obligors and guarantors to EXIM Bank. The firm's scope of work encompasses collection investigations, asset searches, credit analysis, extrajudicial collection attempts, and potential legal proceedings to recover export-related funds. The contract operates under a contingency-based payment structure whereby the contractor receives compensation as a percentage of actual cash recoveries achieved. This engagement represents a continuation of EXIM Bank's established relationship with the firm, which has received multiple contract awards totaling over $930K since 2020, establishing Garza Gomez Y Asociados as the agency's primary legal recovery partner in Mexico.