The four contracting mechanisms to deliver business development services to the industrial sector are as follows:

I - Direct Reimbursement:
The direct reimbursement mechanism allows beneficiaries to choose their suitable
service providers for the needed services, submit financial and technical offers to IMC.
IMC check conformity to internal procedure and reimburse its percentage directly to
the beneficiary after completion of service.

2- Framework Contracts:

IMC selected specific services to be handled through a framework contracts, with a standard service terms of reference, pre-agreed cost per serv ice, list of pre-identified service provider per service.

3-Direct Award:

This mechanism applies to the services of a special nature which must award the attribution of direct services such as property rights, or services that can not be obtained except from one source or the inevitability of having compatibility with the systems in place.

Technical and financial offers are provided with a clarification of the reasons of direct award. An IMC committee examines the reasons for the need to assign and direct award and verifies prices and standards in accordance with the Centre guidelines.

Technical assistance services that require specific expertise in the areas of high professional does not have a sufficient number or quality to conduct a competitive tender by service providers.

The competitive tendering applies on technical assistance services with many service providers and that requires terms of reference according to the requirements of each BC such as:

• Increasing productivity
  
• Restructuring
  
• Strategic export plans
  
• Supply chain management
  
• International markets study
  
• Planning new investments