The Seneca Group LLC has been selected by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to perform a Definitional Mission to Mexico covering several surface transportation modes. USTDA is an independent federal agency that provides grants to public and private project sponsors in middle and lower income countries to carry out feasibility study, technical assistance, or pilot projects. USTDA grant-funded projects should support economic and development goals of the host country and clearly create potential for future exports of U.S.-origin goods and services. Typical USTDA grants are several hundred thousand dollars; grant awards over $1 million have been made.
Richard Sherman of Seneca will be traveling to Mexico several times as a part of this Mission, which will be carried out through September. He will be working with a range of potential sponsors in Mexico, including federal and local agencies, to develop project concepts in four areas: railroad at-grade crossing safety measures, municipal bus transit information systems, maritime port information technology and cybersecurity, and technologies for monitoring highways and analyzing and identifying causes of road accidents.
Sherman (and USTDA) has welcomed inquiries from U.S. suppliers of goods and services in the identified sectors. Seneca is particularly seeking input from providers of systems, technologies, materials and services related to railroad at-grade crossings and port cybersecurity and operations. He will be pleased to discuss his Definitional Mission activities with interested suppliers, and can arrange to meet with their employees or representatives when he is in Mexico.
