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the small and medium enterprises
business opportunities program is a
strategic partnership between Qatar
Development Bank and Qatar shell it aims
to support the economic development
pillar of the Qatar national vision 2030
by providing local SMEs with access to
business opportunities within our supply
chain helping raise operating standards
in order to fulfill global requirements
together we create our program has
awarded 18 contracts to Qatari SMEs with
a total value of 30 million dollars
since its inception in 2013 but this is
just the beginning the beginning of our
journey the extraordinary journey of
growth and economic development in Qatar
we are honoured to be a passenger on
this exciting ride and we are proud to
be making it with you since 2006 we have
invested twenty billion dollars in Qatar
making us the largest foreign investor
in the country and our flagship project
pearl GTL is the world's largest GTL
plant right here in Qatar research is
conducted out of our world-class
facility Qatar shell research and
Technology Centre all operations are
managed out of our Qatar headquarters
Almer cab but this story is not just
about us it's about collaboration it's
about working together it's about how we
can become a team and how you can become
a Qatar shell vendor
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we are proud to be partnered with Qatar
Development Bank to assist SMEs Qatar
Development Bank can support your
business with access to funding programs
access to business advisory supports
access to potential strategic partners
and guidance on local regulatory and
support institutions we will supplement
this by assisting SMEs with contracts
for goods or services through a
competitive tender process all our
prospective vendors will have a grace
period of up to 18 months where possible
from the contract awarding until
readiness to supply Qatar shell with the
agreed goods or services before the
process can begin
every SME must fit our tendering
criteria you must be at least 51% Qatari
owned have or planning to have a
physical office and operations that are
based in Qatar have an annual turnover
of less than a hundred million Qatari
reals and have been operating for at
least one year if you meet these
criteria we can carry on the
conversation and start our tendering
journey together the first part of the
journey is health safety security and
environmental compliance we are
committed to a safe and secure workplace
in a healthy environment therefore we
would like you to be committed to that's
why we can only proceed with a tender if
you meet all our HSSE standards if you
don't meet all of them we can still
start but you will need to meet these
standards by a certain time if you do
not meet any of them then we can still
do business but just not at this point
you must address these issues before we
can start now that you have passed the
entry requirements we can start the
tender process the first step is to
register your company in shells
qualification system you can find this
on our website the tender process is
split into four stages the invitation to
tender the technical bid evaluation the
commercial bid evaluation and the
awarding of the tender good luck and
that's the process it's straightforward
its business friendly and it's aimed to
bring us together we want to work with
you because we support made in Qatar
products and services
if you want to work with us and become
one of our partners in Qatar then please
visit this website for more information
we are looking forward to hearing from
you soon
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