DOHA: Qatar Shell, in partnership with Qatar Development Bank (QDB), yesterday sealed agreements with 5 new internal SMEs for awarding contracts. At a signing ceremony, these Qatari SMEs were awarded with contracts to turn a retailer of choice for Pearl GTL, a world’s largest gas to liquids plant delivered by Qatar Petroleum and Qatar Shell.
Wael Sawan, Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Shell, sealed a contracts with a arch executive officers of a SMEs, in a participation of Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa, Chief Executive Officer of QDB.
The 5 Qatari SMEs that have been awarded contracts are — Mozon Industries for a make of vast open-head steel drums, KEPCO for a make of low voltage cables, Pioneer Metal Company for electrical wire trays, Prince’s Lights for a maintenance, correct and re-certification of ATEX two-way radios and Rumaillah Motors for a upkeep and use of offshore diesel generators.
“Our plan is to accelerate a expansion and growth of Qatar’s private sector, and it by such corner initiatives that we are means to couple internal SMEs to world-class companies such as Shell and Qatar Petroleum. Local SMEs grow and develop by appropriation contracts that have a intensity to rouse their futures, and tellurian companies and their business get a services they need from a internal supplier, that reduces risk and provides peculiarity assurance,” pronounced Al Khalifa. “The further of 5 new Qatari SMEs to a 3 internal suppliers that were announced final year is a transparent proof to a successful partnership between Qatar Shell and QDB to accelerate a strong private zone that will assistance variegate Qatar’s economy and support a Qatar National Vision 2030.”
Sawan said, “Though we are celebrating a success of a new internal partners, a tour does not finish here. We will continue to closely concur with a partner QDB to raise internal expertise, skills and calm by actively providing business opportunities to a internal market; and we wish to be station again with we in a not too apart destiny to acquire ever augmenting numbers of SMEs to a Qatar Shell family,” combined Sawan.
The annual ‘SME Business Opportunity Workshop’ has been flourishing year on year. In 2014, 110 internal SMEs and entrepreneurs participated and 33 companies were competent to proposal opposite a 7 specific business opportunities.
This is in comparison to 2013, when usually 10 internal enterprises were competent to attend in a proposal routine that resulted in a awarding of 3 particular contracts, all of that are now behaving well.
The Peninsula