Procurement

Overview

To deliver, operate and maintain world-class airport infrastructure and facilities, we need to work with the best available suppliers of goods and services.

The procurement operations at Abu Dhabi Airports are aligned with our guiding principles, which provide us with purpose and direction.

This ensures that our Procurement team always remain: 

• Committed
• Collaborative
• Exceptional

How We Procure:

Working primarily from our headquarters, our procurement team’s main objectives are obtaining the best value for money and securing maximum operational benefits for Abu Dhabi Airports.

We support all the Abu Dhabi Airports’ departments to accomplish their requirements and meet their goals.

Ethics-Based Procurement

As a responsible corporate entity in a competitive marketplace, our procurement team at Abu Dhabi Airports focuses on:

1. Ensuring accountability in our relationships with both potential and established vendors. Read about how we achieve this using our e-Sourcing technology
2. When soliciting bids or proposals, achieve the highest degree of market competition.
3. Imparting equal, fair and non-preferential treatment to all bids and proposals throughout the procurement process. All bids and proposals are uniformly solicited, evaluated, and awarded on this basis.
4. Maintaining the highest standards of corporate responsibility in relation to all stakeholders and the environment.

Sustainable Procurement

Abu Dhabi Airports is committed to conducting its business operations environmentally and socially responsibly. As part of this commitment, we recognise the importance of sustainability in our supply chain and are committed to promoting sustainable practices throughout our supply chain.

 

At Abu Dhabi Airports, we take seriously our responsibilities to the communities and the environment in which we operate. To this end, some of our key procurement initiatives have included:

1. Promoting the use of Khalifa Fund companies: The Fund aims to create a new generation of Emirati entrepreneurs by instilling and enriching the culture of investment amongst young people and supporting and developing small to medium-sized investments in the Emirate.
2. In-country Value (ICV): In our tenders, the suppliers are requested to provide their ICV certification scores, which are considered in the overall evaluation, emphasising the supplier's commitment to developing the UAE economy.
3. Moving towards a paperless office environment: Our procurement tendering process is electronic, which helps reduce paper consumption and energy while increasing process efficiencies, such as reducing the procurement cycle time.
4. Reduce carbon footprint: Electronic tendering reduces printing, chemical emissions, and electricity use. Online meetings reduce physical communication. Both together contributed to the reduction of carbon footprint.
5. Abu Dhabi Airports is committed to engaging with vendors that can provide sustainable solutions.

In this regard, the vendors participating in the Abu Dhabi Airports tendering process are required to contribute to Sustainable Procurement and are expected to:

• Comply with all the applicable laws and regulations related to sustainability, including but not limited to environmental regulations, labour laws, and human rights laws.
• Take steps to minimise the environmental impact in the supply of goods or provision of services by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving natural resources, maximising the use of recycled materials and minimising waste.
• Treat their employees respectfully and provide fair working conditions, including safe working conditions, healthy living conditions and fair wages.
• Respect human rights and not engage in any practices that violate human rights.
• Provide transparency to Abu Dhabi Airports with regard to their supply chain and disclose any potential sustainability risks or issues that may impact Abu Dhabi Airports’ business.
• Demonstrate their firm contribution and commitment towards Emiratisation, offering opportunities for young Emiratis and residents to learn and develop through internships and graduate opportunities.
• Continuously improve their sustainability practices and work with Abu Dhabi Airports to identify opportunities to promote sustainability throughout the supply chain.
• Submit ICV certification.
• Submit carbon offset certification or equivalent sustainability certificates if their business is certified by accredited agencies.

 

E-Sourcing Technology

Our online tendering solution ensures that your company, as a prospective vendor, relishes transparency and two-way communication throughout the procurement process.

Our online tendering system, e-Sourcing, is a secure and best practice compliant solution with significant benefits for all parties involved in Abu Dhabi Airports’ procurement opportunities.

A system that maximises transparency, enhances interactions between buyers and suppliers and ensures good governance throughout all our procurement activities, e-Sourcing allows prospective vendors:;

• Registering as a vendor with Abu Dhabi Airports.
• Participating in tenders.
• Secure online interactions with Abu Dhabi Airports.
• Links to helpful information and documentation.
• 24-hour helpdesk support..

As a prospective or existing vendor, your company will benefit from:

• Cost and time efficiencies in the preparation and submission of tenders.
• Secured tender submissions, complete with time and date electronic stamps.
• A transparent process.

Registration and Pre-Qualification

Vendor registration is a straightforward online process which your company must complete using our e-Sourcing portal. Vendor pre-qualification is generally required. However, a more tailored pre-qualification process takes place for more specific projects.

When you register online on our e-Sourcing system, your company is added as a registered vendor to our database, which our procurement team uses to find vendors capable of fulfilling the relevant requirements of a tender.

Registering with us online does not guarantee an invitation to participate in tender opportunities. However, by applying to register as a vendor, your company will be registered and categorised accordingly to assist our team in finding the best possible vendor for our requirements.

We maintain sole discretion to register a vendor. The registration will only be confirmed once the vendor submits all the required documents and meets the requirements outlined in applicable laws to do business in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.