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Oman Tender Board Weekly Update - 11-17 October 2026: 405 newly seen tenders

Floated tenders first seen from 11-17 October 2026; still-open status checked on 2026-10-17.

Oman Tender Board Weekly Update - 11-17 October 2026: 405 newly seen tenders

Executive Summary

  • OmanPro recorded 405 floated tenders first seen from 11-17 October 2026; 396 were still open on 17 October.
  • 245 rows were marked SME and 141 were open tenders.
  • 267 of the 396 still-open rows close within 14 days, but only 347 still had document sales open at the snapshot.

Volume is a screening signal, not a bid recommendation. Teams still need to verify capability fit, tender type, grade, document access and preparation time.

Where the weekly flow came from

Entities with the most still-open rows11-17 October 2026; n=396
Ministry of Health156
University Of Technology And Applied Sciences35
Ministry of Education27
Ministry of Social Development24
Ministry of Agricultural, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources23

The leading five entities contributed 265 rows (66.9%). The Oman Tender Market Report provides the broader concentration baseline.

Category mix

Largest Tender Board categoriesStill-open weekly rows; n=396
Supply240
Services78
Construction and Maintenance38
Information Technology Services19
Construction of Ports Roads Bridges Railways Dams and Maintenance9

The category mix is a screening view, not a substitute for the notice scope. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources analysis isolates one exact entity from the same active market.

Supplier access and deadline pressure

Closing window from 17 October Rows
0-7 157
8-14 110
15-30 85
31+ 44

267 rows close within 14 days. Separately, 49 of the 396 still-open rows had passed their stored document-sales end date, leaving 347 with sales still open on 17 October. A future bid-closing date does not prove that documents are still obtainable.

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
1037/2026/UTAS/HCTDO-324- Recall - 1 Rehabilitation and Painting of the Front Entrance Areas of the Buildings, Including Damp Proofing Treatment, at the Muscat University Branch University Of Technology And Applied Sciences SME 2026-10-22
1102/2026/UTAS/STCDO-42 simultaneous translation services University Of Technology And Applied Sciences SME 2026-10-21
4263/2026/MOH/RSTQHP-325 Speech therapy for children Ministry of Health SME 2026-10-22
499/2026/MOSD/PRC-171- Recall - 1 Rental of 1 minibus equipped with a lift, with a driver, for the Ministry of Social Development, General Directorate for the Care and Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities, Department of Special Ministry of Social Development SME 2026-10-22
519/2026/MOSD/DSDDHG-57 Reposting the tender for adding a bathroom to the department manager's office Ministry of Social Development SME 2026-10-20

What businesses should do next

Filter in this order: capability fit, tender type, grade, document-sales status, then bid-closing date. OmanPro's tender intelligence workflow applies those gates to each company's profile. The OmanPro homepage explains the customized monitoring workflow.

Methodology and limitations

This article uses OmanPro's structured sync of the public Oman Tender Board dashboard. It counts rows with first_seen_at >= 2026-10-11 and < 2026-10-18; still-open status uses bid_closing_at >= 2026-10-17. Latest recorded full floated-list refresh; 5,000 rows seen and 557 changed. This generator did not run a crawler or sync job. OmanPro is independent from Tender Board.

first_seen_at is when OmanPro first stored the row, not necessarily the portal publication time. Some English titles are shorter than their Arabic originals. Tender values, attachments, bid openings and awards are excluded. Verify the original notice before acting.

Methodology & limitations

This article uses structured Oman Tender Board data in OmanPro. OmanPro is independent from Tender Board.