The advanced online Business-to-Business (B2B) marketplace provided by innovative Dubai-based Tejari.com has become an essential strategic tool for The Oman National Engineering and Investment Company’s Information Technology (ONEICIT) center. ONEICIT’s parent company ONEIC has the high-profile role of providing electricity, water and telecommunications utility to the Sultanate of Oman. To support ONEIC’s core businesses, ONEICIT has successfully made both online purchases and open tenders using Tejari.com, the leading B2B online marketplace in the Middle East. To date, ONEICIT has engaged in an impressive 68 auctions, with a total value of more than 750 000 US dollars, through Tejari.com’s online portal that provides ONEICIT with direct access to the largest online network of buyers and sellers in the region.

Using Tejari.com’s innovative and robust business platform makes complete sense for ONEIC which has been committed to its vision of embracing the most modern purchasing solutions in order to provide the best services to its Omani clients since its founding 1978. In fact, ONEICIT is so taken with the new procurement technology offered by Tejari.com that it has recently transferred all of its purchasing procedures online with the help of Tejari’s robust business platform.
According to Mr. Mohammed Al-Adhoobi, Head of the Information Technology Interior Section of ONEIC: “We have become increasingly aware of the competitive edge that Tejari’s online trading platform offers its members.” He went on to say that: “Since joining Tejari we have ordered a variety of different products ranging from I.T. hardware and software, office automation and other general items related to the I.T. services, and we continue to be very pleased with the quality of the products received and the ease of the whole procurement process.” Mr. Al-Adhoobi also added that: “Prior to joining Tejari, ONEICIT spent a considerable amount of time searching for reputable suppliers in order to source exact product specifications. We would then have to qualify them and follow up for final pricing information. Becoming a member of Tejari has completely streamlined the procurement process. We are now able to contact numerous suppliers at a click of a mouse, and have found Tejari suppliers to not only be reliable, but they also have a much wider range of products on offer, and at a lower cost.”

It’s worth mentioning that ONEIC has signed an agreement with Omania E-Comemrce (OEC) to move its procurement process online via Tejari.com on February 2008. Omania E-Commerce (OEC) is a 100% Omani company and was established in 2005 with a vision to become the leading e-solutions provider in Oman, as well as an active and major contributor to Oman’s drive towards a digital society. It has partnered with Tejari - the leading Online B2B Marketplace - to serve the Omani market with Tejari solutions with a goal to change the routine traditional procurement & purchasing processes to a more efficient and advanced automated online process, which in turn will help in energizing the business environment in the Sultanate.