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Markets · Bahrain

Government tenders in Bahrain,
with who won before.

Bahrain's government tenders in one workspace, in Arabic and English: what each authority buys, who it awarded and at what price, and which contracts come back next. A Manama bid team sees what is new, what closes this week and who won last time.

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Arabic and English · Award history per buyer · One pipeline across six markets

Open tenders

Ministries and authorities in one list

Filter by status, closing window, authority, sector and award value, with a count on every option. Save the view and share it with the team by link.

How Bahrain buys

A compact market where buyers repeat

Bahrain's ministries and government authorities tender centrally, with state-owned companies buying beside them. It is a compact market: a smaller set of buyers that come back to tender often, so each buyer's history repays reading, and the same competitors meet again and again.

The steps follow the shared pattern: an announcement with a bond and a closing date, technical review, then price, then an award on the public record. Bidders usually need a local commercial registration, and many teams that sell into Bahrain also bid in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The tender lifecycle lesson covers each stage.

Who buys
Ministries, government authorities and state-owned companies
How it runs
Central tendering, from announcement to award
Who can bid
Usually a locally registered company
What Ishara adds
Who won before, at what price, and who bid beside them

Buyers and suppliers

Read the authority's buying history before you bid

Each Bahrain government authority has a profile: awards by year, the sectors it buys in and the suppliers it awards to most. Each supplier has one too: its wins, the authorities it serves and who bids beside it. Watch a buyer or a competitor and a dated feed tells you what changed. Track buyers and competitors.

Radar and benchmarks

Time the recompete and price with the field in view

The radar shows contracts ending inside your horizon, six to 24 months out, with the incumbent named on each, so the pursuit starts before the notice. Benchmarks show how many bidders a tender like yours draws, where award values fall and how far the winner sits from the median. The recompete radar and bid benchmarks.

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Six markets

Bid in Manama and Riyadh from one pipeline

QatarBahrainSaudi ArabiaKuwaitOmanUnited Arab Emirates Government tenders across Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and the UAE, in the same views your team already keeps.

A supplier that bids across borders keeps one pipeline, one set of buyer profiles and one radar. Read the other markets: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and the UAE, or take the tender intelligence tour.

The connected view

Connect the opportunity to its market.

A tender is the starting point. Bring the buyer, relevant market context and your relationship history into the same working picture.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I see who bid and at what price?

A tender profile shows the published bidder table, sorted by price, with the winner marked. The same tables feed the supplier profiles and the benchmarks.

Why does buyer history matter so much in Bahrain?

Because it is a compact market: a smaller set of buyers tender often, and the same competitors meet again. Reading what a buyer awarded before, and to whom, is the quickest way to price and position the next bid.

Your next Bahrain tender, with the last award in view.

When your invite arrives, open the authorities your team already bids for and see who won last time.

Early access in waves · A work email reserves 5,000 credits ($50) · Arabic and English