Production of a theatrical performance for participation in the 8th Gulf Theatre Festival for persons with disabilities in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ministry of Social Development & Family
- Location
- Qatar
- Closes
- 29 Nov 2026
2 open notices
Gender equality and women's empowerment, social protection and cash transfers, child and youth programmes, disability inclusion, human rights and social cohesion.
These are the organisations with the most social development & inclusion notices open in Qatar right now. Buyers in this sector tend to repeat — following the few that award the work you do is usually more productive than watching the market as a whole.
Qatari public procurement is concentrated in a small number of large buyers: the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) for infrastructure and buildings, QatarEnergy for oil, gas and petrochemical work, Kahramaa for water and electricity, and the ministries for services. Tender volumes are lower than in larger markets but individual contract values are high, and most significant work is issued through the buyers' own portals rather than a single national system.
Across the social development & inclusion notices we currently hold for Qatar, the most common form is the open tender or invitation to bid. Each has its own rules — see RFP, RFQ and EOI compared and tendering procedures explained.
Most major buyers require vendor registration and prequalification before you may collect documents, and many categories effectively require a local presence or a Qatari partner. Bid bonds and performance guarantees must generally be issued by a bank acceptable to the buyer, which usually means a locally licensed one. Expect strict conformity to the issued forms — Gulf buyers tend to reject on administrative grounds without exercising discretion.
Social development assignments are commissioned across the UN system, development banks and international NGOs, and are as much about how work is done as what is delivered. Proposals are assessed on safeguarding and do-no-harm arrangements, on whether affected groups genuinely participate in design, and on the bidder's own record — organisations are increasingly asked to evidence their internal policies on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse before award. Work on gender-based violence, child protection or trafficking carries confidentiality and referral obligations that must be reflected in the methodology and staffing. Where the contract touches social protection systems, expect to work with government registries and payment infrastructure, which brings data-protection duties alongside the programme design itself.
Before committing effort, it is worth running a deliberate bid/no-bid decision and checking your submission against the responsiveness checklist.
Ministry of Social Development & Family
Qatar Museums Authority
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