Orange County M00000116842

Agreement Y25-2216 FY 2024- 2025 October 1, 2024 thru September 30, 2025 $753,453 in two equal payments of $376,726.5...

This purchase order is a contract awarded by Orange County, a county government in Florida, to Orlando Economic Partnership Inc. for the fiscal year 2024-2025, covering services from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025. The contract total is $793,453, paid in two installments of $376,726.50 each. The services include promoting the county as a business location, providing economic development information, supporting the motion picture and television industry, and managing international economic development initiatives. The contract also involves biannual reporting on activities and efforts to retain and expand local businesses. The award includes two line items: one for general economic development services valued at $376,726.50 and another for international development initiatives valued at $40,000. The vendor receiving payment is Orlando Economic Partnership Inc.

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Agreement Y25-2216 FY 2024- 2025 October 1, 2024 thru September 30, 2025 $753,453 in two equal payments of $376,726.50 OEP will provide the following services: (A) Promote the County as a location for business operations, economic development, branching and employment through its local, national and international marketing campaigns and report biannually to the County's Department of Economic Development on activities specifically to the County on this service. (B)Serve as an information source and point of contact for realtors, developers, corporations, site-selection consultants, management consultants and other representatives interested in economic development. (C) Provide the County with information regarding matters that could adversely impact the County's ability to attract or retain business on a timely basis. (D) Maintain economic development data and serve as an information source for demographic, market and property data and provide it to interested parties and the County's Economic Development Department as requested. (E) Promote the County to the motion picture and television industry as a location for production. In that capacity, and to the extent requested by a motion picture or television business, the OEP will coordinate permitting activity with the County staff so as to expedite the needs of producers and directors. (F) Monitor and assist in the retention and expansion of local business and report biannually to the County's Economic Development Depar; FY 2024- 2025 October 1, 2024 thru September 30, 2025 $40,000 OEP will provide the following services: (J) Manage international economic development initiatives through an additional forty thousand dollars to be paid pursuant to section 4 herein. International Development Funds are to be used for: staff travel expenses for international missions to potential sites for development of targeted businesses; planning logistics in support of the County's international travel related to sales missions; expenses related to meetings, conferences or marketing-related events held during the county's international missions, hosting international companies in the Metro Orlando region with potential for direct foreign investment. International Development Funds may be used for other initiatives only after prior written approval from the County