6 June 2024
MUSCAT: The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn), represented by the Industrial Innovation Academy, has signed a cooperation agreement with the General Secretariat of the Tender Board to link government tenders with local products, aiming to boost the industrial sector and enhance local content in government projects, contracts and procurement.
This was signed by Eng Ahmed bin Hassan al Dheeb, Deputy Chairman of the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ), Eng Dawood bin Salim al Hadabi, CEO of Madayn, and Eng Badr bin Salim al Maamari, Secretary General of the Tender Board.
As per the cooperation agreement, the government tenders will be linked with local products through “Rabt Platform”, which is founded by the Industrial Innovation Academy as a unified smart data platform to connect existing industries in the industrial cities, special economic zones, and free zones with government tenders.
The platform ensures that local products and services are listed in tender documents (by integrating them with the Bill of Quantities) and government procurement processes, prioritising them as preferred products for use, purchase, and supply in projects. The platform also analyses products and services offered by companies in the industrial sector, aiming to study their potential and establish connections with other businesses and sectors.
The platform aims at empowering growth in the industrial sector and maximising local content within the Sultanate of Oman; implementing and managing a Decision Support System (DSS) for awarding government tenders; adopting an innovation-based Omani local content accreditation system; and enhancing Oman’s ranking in the Global Competitiveness Index.
Moreover, the platform lists a variety of services including identifying new investment opportunities, facilitating commercial networking among factories, linking local products with government tenders and procurement, and calculating ICV contribution rate.
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