ADNOC launched its Industrial Resilience Program on May 4, 2026 at the fifth Make it in the Emirates forum in Abu Dhabi. The program sits alongside ADNOC’s AED 200 billion project awards planned for 2026 to 2028 and introduces five initiatives that reward companies for manufacturing in the UAE, buying from UAE manufacturers, and building real local capacity.
The program is a direct extension of ADNOC’s In-Country Value (ICV) Program, which has been running since 2018. If your company holds an ICV certificate, supplies ADNOC or its contractors, or plans to bid on ADNOC-linked work, the rules have changed. Price alone no longer wins contracts. Where your products come from, and how much genuine local value sits behind your ICV score, now carries direct commercial weight.
What Is the ADNOC Industrial Resilience Program?
The ADNOC Industrial Resilience Program is a set of five procurement and manufacturing initiatives that make Made in the Emirates products the first choice across ADNOC’s project pipeline. ADNOC announced it on May 4, 2026, and it builds directly on the company’s ICV Program. Its purpose is to strengthen UAE supply chains, speed up local manufacturing, protect ADNOC’s operations from global supply disruptions, and grow the country’s industrial base.
Key facts at a glance:
| Detail | Figure |
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| Launch date | May 4, 2026, Make it in the Emirates forum, Abu Dhabi |
| Project awards linked to the program | AED 200 billion for 2026 to 2028 |
| Core initiatives | 5 |
| Local manufacturing target | AED 90 billion worth of products by 2030 |
| Priority products identified | More than 150 |
| Approved Local+ manufacturers at launch | 70 |
| Planned ICV flow into the UAE economy | AED 220 billion over the next five years |
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Why ADNOC Launched the Program
ADNOC launched the program to cut its exposure to global supply chain disruption and to keep more procurement spending inside the UAE economy. Events in the region over recent years showed how quickly imported supply lines can break. Locally held stock and local factories kept operations running, and ADNOC now wants that protection built into its entire value chain rather than treated as a bonus.
The groundwork was already in place. Since 2022, ADNOC has signed local manufacturing agreements worth AED 80 billion. Its partners have invested AED 4.5 billion in new factories and advanced manufacturing capability across the country. The company plans to channel AED 220 billion into the UAE economy through the ICV Program over the next five years. At the national level, the National ICV Program run by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) has redirected more than AED 473 billion into the economy since its launch.
The AED 200 billion in awards attached to this program is also the first major portion of ADNOC’s five-year capital spending plan approved in late 2025. The money is committed. The open question is which suppliers are positioned to win it.
The Five Initiatives and How Each One Affects ICV
The program rests on five initiatives: an enhanced ICV model, Local+, ICV+, the ADNOC Multiplier, and Build-to-Demand. Together they change how ICV scores are earned, how they are rewarded, and how procurement decisions are made across ADNOC projects. Here is each one in plain terms.
1. Enhanced ICV Model
The enhanced ICV model replaces one-size-fits-all procurement with fit-for-purpose award strategies. ADNOC will weigh investment value, manufacturing depth and workforce development when awarding contracts, not just a headline ICV percentage.
This matters because two companies can hold similar ICV scores while contributing very differently to the UAE economy. A trading company that imports and resells builds a thinner local footprint than a company that runs a UAE production line, employs and trains staff locally, and holds fixed assets in the country. Under the enhanced model, the second company holds the stronger position.
What to do: review what actually sits behind your ICV score. Local hiring, UAE-based procurement, fixed assets, manufacturing activity and long-term supply capability are becoming competitive factors in their own right, not just inputs to a certificate.
2. Local+: First Choice for Made in the Emirates Products
Local+ requires ADNOC EPC contractors to prioritize Made in the Emirates products from approved national manufacturers. The rule applies where products fall within defined priority categories, meet ADNOC’s technical and qualification standards, and are commercially competitive. ADNOC named the first 70 approved manufacturers on May 3, 2026 at the Make it with ADNOC Forum, and confirmed the list will keep expanding.
For UAE manufacturers, Local+ is the strongest commercial reason yet to become qualified and visible in ADNOC’s supply chain. Approved status effectively puts your products at the front of the queue for AED 200 billion pipeline.
For EPC contractors, procurement teams now need to check whether a suitable UAE-made product exists before selecting an overseas supplier. Ignoring the local option is no longer a neutral decision.
What to do: manufacturers should look beyond the ICV certificate itself. Product qualification, ADNOC supplier registration, technical approvals, production capacity and fit with ADNOC’s priority categories decide whether you can benefit from Local+.
3. ICV+: Extra ICV Credit for Buying Local
ICV+ gives EPC contractors a top-up on ICV credit for purchases made from local manufacturers. ADNOC confirmed the extra credit will appear on both the ADNOC Project ICV certificate and the EPC Contractor’s own ICV certificate.
This turns local sourcing from a policy preference into a scoring advantage. When a contractor buys from a UAE manufacturer instead of importing, the purchase now directly improves the contractor’s ICV position on paper. That improves their standing in current and future tender evaluations.
For local manufacturers, ICV+ is a sales argument. Your proposal is no longer only about product and price. It also helps your customer’s ICV performance, and you should say so clearly in bids and negotiations.
What to do: contractors should map their vendor lists and flag every overseas purchase that has an approved local alternative. Manufacturers should quantify and communicate the ICV benefit of buying from them.
4. ADNOC Multiplier: Deeper Local Content Inside Products
The ADNOC Multiplier is a tool that enables national manufacturers to increase the locally produced content used in their final products. The aim is to maximize ICV impact and strengthen local supply chains below the surface, not just at final assembly.
A product assembled in the UAE from fully imported parts creates limited local value. The same product built with UAE-made components, local materials, local labour and local services creates far more. The Multiplier pushes manufacturers toward the second model.
What to do: review your bill of materials and supplier base. Every imported input that can be replaced with a UAE-sourced alternative deepens your local content, strengthens your ICV story, and improves your standing under the enhanced ICV model.
5. Build-to-Demand: Demand Visibility Before You Invest
Build-to-Demand gives manufacturers long-term demand visibility and commitment from ADNOC to establish or expand local production of critical industrial products. It covers strategic products essential to business continuity and supply chain resilience in ADNOC’s projects and core operations.
Demand uncertainty is the biggest reason companies hesitate to build factories. Build-to-Demand tackles it directly. If ADNOC signals committed long-term demand for a product category, the business case for local production becomes far easier to approve.
What to do: study ADNOC’s priority product categories and assess honestly whether you can manufacture, assemble or partner locally to serve that demand. Companies that move early on categories with committed demand will face less competition than those that wait.
How the Program Affects Your ICV Score and Certificate
The Industrial Resilience Program does not replace the ICV certificate. It raises the commercial value of a strong, well-documented ICV position. Your certificate is still issued by a MoIAT-approved certifying body, still calculated from your audited financial statements, and still valid for 14 months from the date those statements were issued.
What changes is how the score is earned and how much it is worth:
- Purchases from Local+ manufacturers feed your local goods spend, one of the main components of the ICV formula alongside investment, Emiratization and workforce contribution.
- ICV+ adds top-up credit on both project-level and contractor-level certificates, so sourcing decisions now move your score directly.
- Deeper local content through the ADNOC Multiplier strengthens both your score and your standing under the enhanced ICV model.
- The Green ICV bonus still applies. Companies with verified sustainability, water management, recycling and emissions reduction practices can earn up to 3 percent extra on their ICV score.
- Companies applying for ICV certification must be registered on the Nafis platform, which supports Emiratization tracking.
- Without a valid ICV certificate, your ICV score is treated as zero in tender evaluation. You may still submit a bid, but you concede the full ICV weighting to every certified competitor.
The practical shift is simple. ICV is moving from a once-a-year certification exercise to a live input in procurement strategy. Companies that plan local spend, hiring and investment with ICV in mind through the year will consistently outscore companies that only think about ICV at renewal time.
Which Products ADNOC Wants Made in the UAE
ADNOC has identified more than 150 high-priority industrial products it wants manufactured locally, including drilling equipment, process chemicals, valves and oil country tubular goods (OCTG). The full list is published in the Make it with ADNOC mobile app and on the ADNOC supplier portal at supplierhub.adnoc.ae.
These products sit inside ADNOC’s target of locally manufacturing AED 90 billion worth of products by 2030. If your company makes, assembles or can localize anything on or near this list, you are looking at defined demand with committed spending behind it. If you are a contractor, this list tells you where local sourcing pressure will be strongest.
Financing Support: The AED 1 Billion National Industrial Resilience Fund
Manufacturers that need capital to expand have a new option. At Make it in the Emirates 2026, MoIAT, Emirates Development Bank and ADNOC signed an agreement making ADNOC the first partner behind the AED 1 billion National Industrial Resilience Fund. The fund is managed by Emirates Development Bank over five years and finances local manufacturers, with a focus on existing facilities expanding their capacity.
For ICV planning, the fund closes a gap. Local+, Build-to-Demand and the AED 90 billion manufacturing target all create demand for UAE production, while the fund can help manufacturers finance the capacity needed to meet that demand. A manufacturer can now point to committed demand from ADNOC and targeted financing from Emirates Development Bank in the same investment case.
What UAE Manufacturers Should Do Now
Manufacturers should treat the next 12 months as a qualification window. The Local+ list is expanding, the priority product list is public, and financing is available. The companies that prepare now will be on the inside of a AED 200 billion pipeline.
Priority actions:
- Confirm your ICV certificate is valid and your score reflects your real local contribution
- Register and complete supplier qualification on the ADNOC supplier portal
- Check the priority product list and map your products against it
- Review technical documentation, quality standards and production capacity against ADNOC requirements
- Increase UAE-sourced inputs in your bill of materials to deepen local content
- Prepare an expansion case using Build-to-Demand visibility and National Industrial Resilience Fund financing where relevant
What EPC Contractors and Suppliers Should Do Now
Contractors should connect their procurement, finance and ICV teams before the next major tender. Under Local+ and ICV+, supplier selection now changes ICV performance directly, and companies where these functions work separately will leave score on the table.
Priority actions:
- Audit current overseas purchases and identify approved UAE-made alternatives
- Match your buying categories against ADNOC’s priority product list
- Build the ICV impact of supplier selection into procurement decisions, not just price and delivery
- Keep documentation for local purchases, payroll, assets and investment audit ready
- Start ICV renewal and improvement work well before tender deadlines, not after them
How to Prepare Your ICV Position: 8 Steps
- Pull your current ICV certificate and break down where your score comes from.
- Identify the components with the most room to improve: local spend, Emiratization, investment or workforce.
- Separate your supplier list into UAE-based and overseas suppliers, then quantify the spend in each group.
- Find approved local manufacturers that can replace imported products or materials.
- Tighten documentation for local purchases, payroll, fixed assets and investment so audits run clean.
- Complete or update ADNOC supplier registration if you plan to work in ADNOC-linked supply chains.
- Time your ICV certification or renewal so a fresh certificate is in hand before major tenders.
- Set a 12-month ICV improvement plan with owners and deadlines instead of reacting at tender time.
Final Thought
ADNOC’s Industrial Resilience Program confirms the direction ICV has been heading for years. The certificate is the entry ticket, but contracts will increasingly go to companies with real local manufacturing, real local sourcing and clean documentation behind their score.
For suppliers, manufacturers and contractors, that is an opportunity rather than a burden. The demand is published, the money is committed, the approved manufacturer list is growing, and financing is available. The companies that align their ICV strategy with these initiatives now will be competing for AED 200 billion in awards with a structural advantage.
If you want to improve your ICV score, prepare for ADNOC-linked tenders, or work out how local sourcing can lift your ICV position, our team can review your certificate, identify improvement areas, prepare your documentation and build a practical ICV plan before the next procurement window opens.
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FAQs
What is the ADNOC Industrial Resilience Program?
The ADNOC Industrial Resilience Program is a procurement and manufacturing program launched on May 4, 2026 that links AED 200 billion in project awards for 2026 to 2028 to local sourcing and local production. It builds on ADNOC’s ICV Program and contains five initiatives: an enhanced ICV model, Local+, ICV+, the ADNOC Multiplier and Build-to-Demand. Its goal is to make UAE-made products the first choice across ADNOC projects.
When was the ADNOC Industrial Resilience Program launched?
ADNOC announced the program on May 4, 2026 at the opening of the fifth Make it in the Emirates forum in Abu Dhabi. One day earlier, on May 3, 2026 at the Make it with ADNOC Forum, the company named the first 70 national manufacturers approved under the Local+ initiative. The AED 200 billion in linked project awards covers 2026 to 2028.
What is the Local+ initiative?
Local+ is an ADNOC requirement that EPC contractors give first priority to Made in the Emirates products from approved national manufacturers. It applies where products fall within defined priority categories, meet ADNOC’s technical and qualification standards, and are commercially competitive. In practice, contractors must consider qualified UAE-made options before turning to overseas suppliers, which gives approved local manufacturers a structural advantage in ADNOC’s pipeline.
How many manufacturers are on the Local+ approved list?
ADNOC announced the first 70 approved national manufacturers on May 3, 2026 at the Make it with ADNOC Forum. The company confirmed the list will continue to expand over time to widen the local supplier base. Manufacturers not yet on the list should complete ADNOC supplier registration, pursue product qualification and hold a valid ICV certificate to position themselves as the list grows.
How can my company get onto the Local+ list?
ADNOC has stated that Local+ manufacturers must be national manufacturers whose products fall within defined priority categories, meet ADNOC’s technical and qualification standards, and are commercially competitive. The practical starting points are registering on the ADNOC supplier portal at supplierhub.adnoc.ae, qualifying your products against ADNOC’s standards, maintaining a valid ICV certificate, and checking your products against the priority list in the Make it with ADNOC app.
What is the ICV+ initiative?
ICV+ gives EPC contractors a top-up on their ICV credit when they purchase from local manufacturers. The additional credit is reflected on both the ADNOC Project ICV certificate and the EPC Contractor’s own ICV certificate. The initiative gives contractors a direct scoring reason to source from UAE manufacturers instead of importing, and gives local manufacturers a concrete selling point when bidding for contractor business.
What is the ADNOC Multiplier?
The ADNOC Multiplier is a tool that enables national manufacturers to increase the locally produced content used in their final products. Rather than rewarding only final assembly in the UAE, it pushes manufacturers to use more UAE-made components, materials, labour and services inside their products. Deeper local content maximizes ICV impact and strengthens the layers of the supply chain that sit below the finished product.
What is the Build-to-Demand initiative?
Build-to-Demand is an ADNOC commitment that gives manufacturers long-term demand visibility so they can establish or expand local production of critical industrial products. It covers strategic products essential to business continuity and supply chain resilience in ADNOC’s projects and core operations. By signalling committed future demand, it reduces the investment risk that normally holds companies back from building or expanding UAE factories.
Do I still need an ICV certificate after this announcement?
Yes. The Industrial Resilience Program builds on the ICV Program rather than replacing it, so the
ICV certificate remains effectively mandatory for competitive bidding. Certificates are still issued by MoIAT-approved certifying bodies based on audited financial statements. What has changed is the commercial weight of the certificate. Initiatives like Local+ and ICV+ make a strong, well-documented ICV position more valuable in winning ADNOC-linked work.
How long is an ICV certificate valid in the UAE?
An ICV certificate is valid for 14 months from the date of issuance of the audited financial statements used in the assessment. Companies should time certification and renewal so a valid certificate is in hand before major tender submissions. Letting a certificate lapse means your ICV score is treated as zero in evaluations until a new certificate is issued, which is a serious disadvantage in ADNOC-linked tenders.
What happens if I bid on ADNOC-linked work without an ICV certificate?
You can usually still submit a bid, but your ICV score is treated as zero in the evaluation. Since ICV carries meaningful weight in ADNOC and wider UAE government tender scoring, a zero effectively hands the advantage to every certified competitor. With Local+ and ICV+ now increasing the commercial value of ICV performance, bidding without a certificate is harder to justify than ever.
Which products are on ADNOC's priority manufacturing list?
ADNOC has identified more than 150 high-priority industrial products across its value chain, including drilling equipment, process chemicals, valves and oil country tubular goods (OCTG). The complete and updated list is published in the Make it with ADNOC mobile app and on the ADNOC supplier portal at supplierhub.adnoc.ae. These products support ADNOC’s target of locally manufacturing AED 90 billion worth of products by 2030.
Does the program change the National ICV formula?
The announcement does not rewrite the National ICV formula administered under MoIAT, which continues to assess local spend on goods and services, investment, Emiratization and workforce contribution, with bonuses such as the 3 percent Green ICV. The changes sit at the ADNOC level. The enhanced ICV model shifts how awards weigh ICV factors, and ICV+ adds top-up credit for local purchases on ADNOC-related certificates.
Does the program affect companies outside oil and gas?
Yes, indirectly and increasingly. The priority product categories reach into chemicals, fabrication, equipment and industrial services, and ADNOC’s localization push flows down through EPC contractors to subcontractors and material suppliers in many sectors. The wider National ICV Program also continues to expand across UAE government and major entity procurement, so ICV performance now matters to most companies selling into government-linked supply chains.
What is the National Industrial Resilience Fund?
The National Industrial Resilience Fund is a AED 1 billion financing fund announced at Make it in the Emirates 2026 and managed by Emirates Development Bank over five years. MoIAT, Emirates Development Bank and ADNOC signed the founding agreement, making ADNOC the fund’s first partner. It finances local manufacturers, with a focus on existing facilities expanding capacity, and links confirmed procurement demand with targeted funding.
