IN a bid to further connect local suppliers with oil and gas companies, the Local Content Secretariat is hopeful of operationalising a mobile application in February.
This was according to Director of the Local Content Secretariat, Dr. Martin Pertab during the Ministry of Natural Resources’ 2024 end-of-year review, on Tuesday.

Dr. Pertab said that while the mobile application (app) is something that has been in the media since last year, it is something that they have been working on, and for there to be a finished product, it has to go through several iterations of testing.

As such, he revealed, “So far we have received approval from the App Store, we are working on the approval for the Google Play Store and we are in the final stage of testing. So, hopefully we will have this app launched at the upcoming energy conference.”

Adding to this, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat said that they want to ensure that when the app is released that there are no issues with it and it is fully registered for the end users.
He noted that the app will be available for anyone with a smartphone; however, only those who are registered and have a local content certificate will be able to access certain capabilities and carry out certain operations.
“So, everyone can access it, you can see when there are jobs or vacancies available, you can see when companies are requesting goods and services but only those with local content certificates and are registered – that is the Guyanese companies, can actually access the portals,” Bharrat said.

At the 2024 Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo, Dr Pertab announced that the local content secretariat was developing the local content app with an aim of better connecting local companies with the oil and gas sector and enhancing job access.

At that time, he indicated that many times locals would have difficulties accessing information about the available opportunities in the oil and gas sector.
The app is hailed as another important element of the secretariat’s drive to prioritise Guyanese nationals and companies to enable local capacity development.