Federal since 2021
Launched by ADNOC in 2018, nationalised under MoIAT
National ICV Programme · MoIAT
ZS Chartered Accountants is an ICV consultant in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. We prepare your ICV certification template, coordinate the audit with a MoIAT-approved certifying body, and work the score up before it is locked in for 14 months.
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National ICV ProgrammeWho this is for
The National ICV Programme measures how much of your spending stays inside the UAE economy: local procurement, Emiratisation, expatriate workforce, and in-country investment. Your ICV score is then weighed in tender evaluation.
A certificate runs for 14 months from your audited financial statements, so the score you register now is the score you bid with until the next renewal. It is required per legal entity, so a group cannot certify once and cover every licence.
There is no minimum score required to hold a certificate or to enter a tender, so any valid certificate puts you ahead of a competitor who does not have one. The cost of skipping it is not a rejected bid, it is a lost one.
What you receive
One page, issued through the MoIAT ICV Platform by an approved certifying body. Three things on it matter when you submit a bid.
The percentage that carries weight in tender evaluation. 70.04% on the sample shown.
Runs 14 months from the issue date of the audited financial statements used for certification, not from the certificate date.
The MoIAT-authorised firm that signed off after the audit, plus the ICV version used.
Sample certificate · company details and verification code removed
The mechanics
Your ICV score is a weighted percentage built from five components, all taken from your last audited financial statements. Knowing which lever moves the number is the difference between a score you accept and a score you improve.
| Score component | Maximum weight |
|---|---|
| Goods manufactured and third-party spend inside the UAE | 50% |
| Investment and fixed assets held in the UAE | 25% |
| Emiratisation | 15% |
| Expatriate contribution | 10% |
| Bonus: export revenue, Emirati headcount, investment growth | 5% |
Local procurement is half your score, which is why your suppliers' certificates matter as much as your own. A UAE mainland vendor without a valid ICV certificate is credited at only 10%, and a vendor based outside the UAE counts as zero. Chasing certificates from your own supply chain is often the fastest single gain available.
Before you start
Most delays happen here, not at the audit. Two rules catch people out: stand-alone audited statements under IFRS for the exact legal entity being certified, and NAFIS registration regardless of your current Emirati headcount.
How it runs
Send your trade licence and last audited statements. We model an indicative ICV score.
We show where the score is leaking and what can still be fixed before you lock it in.
We build the ICV certification template and assemble every supporting schedule.
Apply on the ICV Platform with UAE Pass. We gather quotations from MoIAT-approved certifying bodies and run the audit with them.
Certificate lands on the MoIAT ICV Platform. We diarise the renewal before the 14 months run out.
Questions
Next step
No cost, no obligation, and you will know where you stand before you commit to a certifying body.