IT & Telecom tenders in United Arab Emirates

28 open notices

Software, hardware, networking, cloud, cybersecurity and telecom contracts — from system builds to managed services and support.

Who buys it & telecom in United Arab Emirates

These are the organisations with the most it & telecom notices open in United Arab Emirates 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.

IT & Telecom market snapshot

Since 27 Jul 2026, FreeTender has recorded 111 it & telecom notices in United Arab Emirates, 28 of them open today. The median bid window is 9 days, so plan to have documents ready before a notice appears.

Notices on record: 111
Open now: 28
Median bid window: 9 days
Median stated value: —

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Most active it & telecom buyers

Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi14 notices
ADPIC - Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT)12 notices
Abu Dhabi Heritage Authority-10 notices
Abu Dhabi Vocational Education and Training Institute6 notices
Department of Education and Knowledge4 notices
ITC - Integrated Transport Centre4 notices
Abu Dhabi Customs4 notices
Institute of Applied Technology4 notices
Abu Dhabi Hazardous Material Management Centre3 notices
Department Of Culture and Tourism3 notices

By sub-sector

Hardware & Networking6 notices
Software & Applications4 notices
IT Services & AMC3 notices

Where the work is

United Arab Emirates1 notices
Ethiopia1 notices
Somalia, Federal Republic of1 notices

Procedures used

Request for quotation72 notices
Open tender23 notices
rfi13 notices
Contract award2 notices
Request for proposal1 notices

Computed by FreeTender from the notices we hold, refreshed nightly. Monthly market reports.

How they buy

Procurement in the UAE is split between federal entities and each emirate's own system, with Abu Dhabi and Dubai operating separate platforms and large government-related entities buying independently. The federal Ministry of Finance publishes federal opportunities, while much of the significant work sits with emirate-level authorities, utilities and free-zone bodies.

Across the it & telecom notices we currently hold for United Arab Emirates, the most common form is the request for quotation, followed by open tender or invitation to bid and rfi. Each has its own rules — see RFP, RFQ and EOI compared and tendering procedures explained.

What qualifies you

Supplier registration with the relevant entity is normally a precondition, and many categories require a local trade licence and, outside the free zones, a local partner or agent. Bid and performance guarantees are usually required from a UAE-licensed bank. Because the systems are separate, registration with one authority does not carry across to another.

IT and telecom tenders range from software development, ERP and system integration to hardware supply, networking, data centres and annual maintenance contracts. Evaluations are often quality-and-cost based (QCBS), so a strong technical proposal, relevant case studies and certified personnel matter as much as price. Watch for scope creep in the requirements, licensing and support obligations, and data-security or localisation clauses.

Before committing effort, it is worth running a deliberate bid/no-bid decision and checking your submission against the responsiveness checklist.