Tender Details

Social Media Management and Marketing Consultancy and Strategy in China

Tender Number: 788/2025/BTB (25-11-2625-BTB)

PA Ref Number: 25-11-2625-BTB

Tender Description

Gulf Air is seeking to appoint a marketing agency in China to manage Gulf Air’s social media activity. The airline seeks expert guidance to tailor its content and marketing strategy for the local market. Gulf Air expects the appointed vendor to deliver the services below during their appointment Social Media Management Marketing Consultancy and Strategy Data Reporting and Administration

Issued by
Gulf Air Group
Internal/External
External
Invitation Method
Public (INTERNATIONAL)
Initial Bond
BD 2500
Bid Validity / Initial Bond Validity Period (Days)
180 days
Tender Fees
BD 100
Contract Duration
3 Year
Is Alternate Bid Allowed
No
Publish Date
Monday, 29 December 2025
Purchase Before
Saturday, 17 January 2026
Closing Date
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Opening Date
Thursday, 29 January 2026
Is this tender/auction allocated exclusively for SMEs?
No

Additional Notes

Gulf Air is seeking to appoint a marketing agency in China to manage Gulf Air’s social media activity. The airline seeks expert guidance to tailor its content and marketing strategy for the local market.

Gulf Air expects the appointed vendor to deliver the services below during their appointment:

Social Media Management

Marketing Consultancy and Strategy

Data Reporting / Administration

Knock Out Criteria

Agencies who fail to have the below compliance (evidence must be submitted to support the below – one document may be used to cover more than 1 of the below points):

1.     China-based legal entity (especially for tenders involving government entities or state-owned enterprises).

2.     No blacklisting or legal disputes with government or major clients in the last 3 years (formal certification provided on official company letterhead in English endorsed by Company Secretary or Legal Department).

3.     Minimum 3 years of experience operating in the local market.

 


 

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تسعى طيران الخليج لتعيين وكالة تسويق في الصين لإدارة نشاط طيران الخليج على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي. تبحث الشركة عن إرشادات خبراء لتكييف محتواها واستراتيجيتها التسويقية للأسواق المحلية.

تتوقع طيران الخليج من البائع المعين تقديم الخدمات التالية خلال فترة تعيينه:

·        إدارة وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي

·        استشارات وتسويق استراتيجية

·        إعداد التقارير البيانية / الإدارة 

تتضمن الوكالات التي تفشل في تحقيق المتطلبات التالية (يجب تقديم أدلة لدعم النقاط أدناه - يمكن استخدام وثيقة واحدة لتغطية أكثر من نقطة واحدة):

  1. وجود كيان قانوني مقره الصين (خصوصاً للمناقصات التيتتضمن كيانات حكومية أو مؤسسات مملوكة للدولة).
  2. عدم وجود أي قوائم سوداء أو نزاعات قانونية مع الحكومة أوالعملاء الرئيسيين في السنوات الثلاث الماضية (يجب تقديم شهادة رسمية علىورقة رسمية للشركة باللغة الإنجليزية مصدقة من أمين الشركة أو الإدارةالقانونية).
  3. حد أدنى من 3 سنوات من الخبرة في السوق المحلية.


How to Participate?

  • Those who are capable and wish to participate in the above tender have to purchase the Tender Documents online through the Bahrain Tender Board’s portal https://etendering.tenderboard.gov.bh starting from Monday, 29 December 2025
  • Bidders are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above or at the rate of 1% of the tender value whichever amount is lesser, provided that no initial bonds value shall be less than BD 100/-. (Except for the Two-envelope tenders).
  • For Two-envelope tenders, bidders, are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above.
  • The initial bond should be in the form of a Certified Cheque, Bank Guarantee, or Insurance Policy.(or as specified in the Tender Documents) valid for the duration specified above.
  • The bids deposit place: (As Mentioned in the Tender Documents)
  • This tender is subject to the provisions of the Tender Law issued by the Legislative Decree No. 36 of 2002, its amendments, and its Implementing Regulations issued by the Decree No. 37 of 2002.
  • In addition, these conditions have to be considered:
    • Enclose copy of a valid Commercial Registration Certificate (CR) in line with the tender's subject.
    • Enclose copy of a valid certificate of compliance with the employment percentages for Bahraini manpower (Bahranization Certificate) issued by the Ministry of Labour.
  • This advertisement is considered supplementary to the tender documents. In case of any discrepancy between the Advertisement and the Tender Document, the Tender Document prevails.
  • Small and Medium Enterprises are eligible to obtain 10% preference in the financial evaluation stage, when submitting the "SMEs Classification Certificate" during bidding for this tender. The certificate is awarded by Ministry of Industry Commerce and Tourism to the SMEs and can be obtained when applying on the SMEs Registration System which can be reached via the following link: https://www.moic.gov.bh/en/eServices/sme
  • Vendors who are not registered in the Tender Board's e-tendering system shall be required to register through the below-mentioned link, and for assistance please contact the Tender Board through email helpdesk@tenderboard.gov.bh or call on Tel No. +97317566617.
  • For Registration

Inquiries

For further inquiries please contact on:

Gulf Air Group
  17927999