# California eProcure #0000040623

GO-Biz Medical Device Export Accelerator and International Market-Entry Services

**Posted:** October 12, 2026
**Respond By:** October 30, 2026
**Identifier:** 0000040623
**NAICS:** 541720, 541611, 541613, 541618, 611430, 541910

GO-Biz is seeking a provider to help California medical-device companies assess overseas markets and prepare to enter them.
- **Government buyer:** California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), Business & Economic Development, International Affairs and Trade.
- **Program scope:** Research and prioritize international markets for California medical-device companies whose products have applicable U.S. FDA clearance, approval, authorization, or exemption; deliver training, company-specific market-fit assessments, coaching, and connections to overseas partners.
- **Program phases and services:**
  - Market research: develop an evaluation methodology and scoring matrix, prioritize markets, and provide reports and supporting research.
  - Virtual training: recruit companies and provide export-readiness training on the five highest-priority markets, including captioned, transcribed MP4 modules and live office hours.
  - Company diagnostics: assess up to three priority markets requested by each eligible company, provide written comparisons and recommendations, and hold an individual 30-minute consultation.
  - Accelerator delivery: support selection of up to **20 eligible California small medical-device companies**; coach each selected company on a market-entry action plan for one market, arrange **three to five virtual matchmaking meetings per company**, and organize legal seminars covering up to five company-selected markets.
  - Measurement and reporting: track program participation, training, assessments, coaching, partner meetings, market-entry plans, outcomes, and participant satisfaction; provide progress reports and a final report.
- **Notable requirements:** Training materials must include captions and transcripts and be delivered to GO-Biz in MP4 format. The program also requires partner due-diligence records, meeting summaries, and final company and program assessments.
- **Budget:** Recommended budget is **$120,000**; proposals above **$150,000** will not be considered.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No product manufacturers, OEMs, or prospective service providers are named in the opportunity. This is a professional-services program, not a purchase of medical devices.

### Description

GO-Biz International Affairs and Trade is seeking proposals from qualified organizations to research, identify, and evaluate international markets for California medical-device companies. The selected proposer will identify markets with strong commercial potential, feasible regulatory pathways, and appropriate market-entry opportunities for products with applicable U.S. FDA clearance, approval, authorization, or exemption. The proposer will design and implement a market-acceleration strategy providing participating companies with market intelligence, individualized market-fit assessments, coaching, and connections to qualified in-market partners. Offers are due October 29, 2026, at 5:00 PM PDT; the stated contract term is November 23, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

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