The Supplier Development Project for High-Technology Multinational Companies was established in late 1999, with an eye to enhancing domestic value added in high-technology MNCs' production and to improving domestic SMEs' competitiveness. This project had three key components: Pilot Procurement Program; Comprehensive Information System, and the creation of a domestic supplier development office (“Costa Rica Provee”.)
From 2003 on, Costa Rica Provee operated out of The Foreign Trade Corporation of Costa Rica (PROCOMER,) but only in 2005 it became one more management unit of PROCOMER. This latter organization includes Costa Rica Provee in its strategic plan, as a key component of value added for domestic exports.
