Federal Ministry of Finance, tenders

Federal Ministry of Finance, tenders (mof.gov.ae) is the federal digital procurement channel. It is one of the 14 sources the TRINTA registry maps for public tenders in the United Arab Emirates.

No single source carries the whole market. Beside the named national channels, 11 more sources in the United Arab Emirates publish their own notices, counted by category on the United Arab Emirates page. Watching one platform is not watching the market.

You can follow mof.gov.ae directly, or let a radar do it: TRINTA reads Federal Ministry of Finance on the daily scan, beside the other sources in the United Arab Emirates, and scores every notice 0 to 100 against your company's real catalogue, with the reasoning shown.

Any company that wants to sell to the UAE's federal entities, foreign companies based outside the UAE included: the Ministry of Finance calls registration in the Federal Supplier Register the first step to contracting with them, and lists foreign companies based outside the UAE among the categories that may register. 1. Open the supplier registration service on the Ministry of Finance website or smart app and select "Start Service". 2. Log in to the government procurement platform with UAE PASS, the UAE digital identity, and accept the terms and conditions. 3. Choose the supplier type, Foreign Supplier being a company located outside the UAE without a local branch there, and complete the mandatory fields for that type. 4. The basic information covers the supplier category, the trade licence number, the licence issuing authority, the type of activity and the supplier's representative. 5. Upload the documents the supplier type requires, the trade licence among them, and submit the request. The service carries no fee. 6. Add the banking information and documents the review asks for; the account is activated once the Ministry approves the company as a qualified supplier, and it then submits technical and financial bids on the Digital Procurement Platform. Checked on 12 Oct 2026 against the official sources linked above. Procedures change, and each tender's own documents decide.

Procurement by federal entities is governed by Federal Law No. (11) of 2023 on Procurement in the Federal Government, and its executive regulation is Cabinet Resolution No. (122) of 2024. It applies to federal ministries, central agencies and independent federal agencies; article 4 leaves out, among others, the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence, construction projects and contracts, and medicines and medical supplies.

Contracts and tender documents are drafted in Arabic; English may be used instead where the federal entity deems it necessary (law, article 39).

A margin of preference may be granted to bidders offering the best public interest or added national value, to locally produced goods, or to local SMEs, as the regulations set (law, article 22). The value of the National In-Country Value (ICV) programme is one of the bid evaluation criteria (regulation, article 28). Federal entities allocate 10% of annual procurement spend to SMEs, and an SME bidding gets an extra 10% of the total points at award (regulation, article 13).

A participating supplier may file a grievance with the federal entity within 5 business days of being notified of a decision, or of the award decision being issued (law, article 38).