Executive Summary
- OmanPro recorded 334 floated tenders first seen during 9-15 Aug 2026; 329 were still open on 2026-08-15.
- 177 rows were marked SME and 133 were open tenders.
- 204 of the 329 still-open rows close within 14 days.
Volume is a screening signal, not a bid recommendation. Teams still need to verify scope, tender type, classification grade, document-sales access and internal preparation time.
Where the weekly flow came from
The leading five entities contributed 224 of the 329 still-open rows (68.1%). The rest of the flow spans other ministries, universities, municipalities and governorate offices. The Oman tenders by government entity analysis explains why that concentration persists.
Category mix
Supply remains the largest source category. That single label covers unrelated products, so title and document review must happen before a row reaches a bid queue.
Supplier access and deadline pressure
| Closing window from 15 August | Rows |
|---|---|
| 0-7 | 100 |
| 8-14 | 104 |
| 15-30 | 100 |
| 31+ | 25 |
204 rows close within 14 days. Separately, 31 of the 329 still-open rows already had a stored document-sales end date before 2026-08-15, so a future closing date does not prove a new supplier can still buy the documents. Grade is the other gate most teams skip - the contractor grade analysis published today measures how much of the active list each classification can actually reach.
Five notices to review
Code ranked real rows by closing timing, entity activity, category, supplier access, document-sales availability and field completeness, capped at two rows per entity. These are examples to verify, not recommendations.
| Tender no. | Tender | Entity | Type | Closing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1248/2026/MOH/PRC-39- Recall - 1 | Supply of Dust Bin for Gust House Building in Ruwi at Muscat Governorate | Ministry of Health | SME | 2026-08-20 |
| 2114/2026/MOH/DGHSNBP-105- Recall - 3 | SERVICE AND CALIBRATION OF TYMPANOMETER to The General Directorate of Health Services in North Al Batinah Governorate | Ministry of Health | SME | 2026-08-20 |
| 337/2026/MOSD/PRC-103- Recall - 1 | Ministry's headquarters building and its affiliated buildings | Ministry of Social Development | SME | 2026-08-20 |
| 350/2026/MOSD/PRC-108- Recall - 1 | Producing a video about the Social Integration Initiative for Home Care, for the Elderly Department. | Ministry of Social Development | SME | 2026-08-18 |
| 541/2026/MAFWR/DGAFWRW-1 | Supply of laptops and tablets. | Ministry of Agricultural, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources | SME | 2026-08-20 |
What businesses should do next
Start with capability fit, then apply entity, tender type, grade, location, sales-end and closing-window gates. OmanPro's tender intelligence workflow turns those checks into a business-specific queue, while the Oman Tender Market Report supplies the durable baseline.
Methodology and limitations
This article uses OmanPro's structured sync of the public Oman Tender Board dashboard. It counts rows with first_seen_at >= 2026-08-09 and < 2026-08-16; still-open status uses bid_closing_at >= 2026-08-15. Full floated-list refresh; 2,382 rows seen and 115 changed. OmanPro is independent from Tender Board.
first_seen_at is the time OmanPro first stored the row, not necessarily the portal's publication time. Titles are reproduced from the source, and some English titles are shorter than the Arabic original, so check the Arabic notice when the English one reads incomplete. Tender values, attachments, bid openings and awards are excluded. Verify the live notice before acting.
