Local Content, Govt.,Procurement Authority Offer 1st Agreements’ Set

The Local Content and Governmental Procurement Authority announced the launch of five limited competitions, by the National Company for the Unified Purchase of Medicines, Devices and Medical Supplies (NUPCO), as one of the fruits of activating the contracting method to localize the industry and transfer knowledge.

The aim is to localize 5 products that fall under the classification of medical protection products, which are: masks, medical mask, medical glasses, medical isolation apparel and medical gloves.

The introduction of localization competitions is one of the important steps to activate the method, as it is one of the government procurement methods developed in the government competition and procurement system, which was announced by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef, last July.

The process of activating the method goes through a series of stages, starting with determining the localization opportunity, then studying the feasibility of the opportunity to be localized, preparing the offering documents in coordination with the Spending Efficiency Authority, Government Projects and other relevant authorities, and submitting them to the Ministry of Finance for approval.

In addition to holding introductory workshops on competition and incentives offered to competing companies, then a limited competition would be offered to some specialized companies, that were selected according to specific criteria.

And eventually, followed by the evaluation of the offers and awarding them to the winning companies, and the follow-up to the implementation of the process of activating the method to achieve the desired goals.