METRIC, Inc. is a woman-owned, small disadvantaged business. We maintain partnering relationships with a wide range of small and large businesses, as well as with colleges and universities. Our collaborative relationships with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) and other minority-owned businesses has proven to be an effective approach to assisting program managers meet their contracting goals. Our outreach and partnering strategies ensure that the contract team has the management and contracting tools to successfully fulfill program requirements. Our CAGE Code is 1QV78 and our DUNS number is 95821190. Partners METRIC has a long term teaming arrangement with an 8(a) certified firm, NewTech Co. whose primary business focus is product and process improvement. This means that a contract team led by NewTech, partnered with METRIC,Inc., can be tailored to specifically meet a program manager's needs and requirements. OPIC METRIC, Inc. was recently invited to join the Enterprise Development Network (EDN), in a strategic alliance between the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the private sector. Through a growing network of private sector organizations, EDN greatly extends OPIC’s ability to provide financing and political risk insurance (PRI) to more micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) doing business in developing countries. As the primary U.S. government agency focused on supporting private sector investment in the developing world, OPIC recognizes that MSMEs are increasingly looking to grow through overseas investment. But MSMEs launching overseas projects often find it difficult to obtain financial support and encounter unique challenges in executing their business plan overseas. To help meet these needs, METRIC works within the EDN structure to increase access to OPIC products and services. Working through an established network of financial institutions, business consultants, associations, law firms and regional investment promotion agencies, METRIC can provide technical assistance and support to MSMEs to ensure a more efficient, cost-effective delivery of OPIC financing and insurance. As a Loan and PRI Originator, METRIC serves as a local service provider to MSMEs to help develop the OPIC application package, refine marketing strategies, and draft or enhance business plans. The network also consists of financial institutions that serve as designated lenders to establish OPIC-backed lending facilities that are used to make loans to MSMEs or their affiliates for projects in OPIC-eligible countries. Currently Wells Fargo and HSBC are participating lenders. EDN Advisers are specialists in particular business sectors and geographic areas throughout the world that support the network by assisting OPIC in credit underwriting and due diligence on OPIC-funded loans. HBCU/MI The Federal Government has an established policy of promoting participation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) in Federal procurements. The Department of Defense has an aggressive program of outreach efforts, technical assistance programs, advance payments, set-asides, and evaluation preferences to meet its contract and subcontract goals for use of HBCUs and MIs. The HBCU/MIs represent an opportunity to access some of the most highly trained and experienced technical and professional resources, state-of-the-art facilities and research and technology development capability in a cost-effective manner. METRIC, Inc. can assist program managers and contracting officers in achieving their HBCU/MI goals.