In 2025, Samruk-Kazyna Fund’s purchases from domestic manufacturers increased by 98% to reach 2.2 trillion tenge. This was reported by the fund’s press service.

Over the past year, the group’s companies concluded nearly 9,000 contracts with Kazakhstani manufacturers for the supply of goods worth 2.177 trillion tenge. This amount also includes purchases of goods from domestic manufacturers as part of the performance of works and provision of services—totaling 242.4 billion tenge. For comparison: in 2024, the volume of such purchases amounted to 1.1 trillion tenge, and in 2023—625 billion tenge.

The share of domestic value at the end of the year reached 83%. Additionally, 363 off-take contracts were signed for a total of 257.5 billion tenge. This allowed for the creation of approximately 500 new jobs and attracted 150 billion tenge in investments. The Fund notes that these results were made possible by a comprehensive support system for domestic producers.

Today, the Samruk-Kazyna procurement system includes 16 support measures for Kazakhstani companies. Key measures include prioritizing purchases from domestic manufacturers, advance payments of at least 30%, payment terms of up to 5 days, a minimum delivery period of at least 60 days, and exemption from all types of collateral.

The procurement operator, Samruk-Kazyna Contract, is simultaneously developing mechanisms for import substitution and the launch of new production facilities.

As noted by the company’s CEO, Eldar Doskenov, off-take contracts remain one of the key tools, allowing new enterprises to secure long-term orders and stimulate the development of related industries. According to him, the net import pool currently includes more than four thousand items totaling 414 billion tenge.

In turn, Yerkhanat Makanov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Union of Machine Builders of Kazakhstan, emphasized that the Fund’s procurement system has proven itself to be an effective mechanism for supporting the localization and modernization of production. By the end of 2025, the share of domestic value in machine-building product procurement stood at 46%, while the share of purchases from domestic manufacturers reached 76%, exceeding the figures for other regulated sectors.

He also noted the growth in the volume of off-take contracts in the industry: in 2024, this amounted to 115.4 billion tenge, and last year—242 billion tenge, which is double the figure from the previous year.

The Fund’s procurement has been fully transitioned to an electronic format and is conducted through the web portal zakup.sk.kz.

 The system automates the entire cycle—from planning and announcing procedures to online auctions, contract signing, and performance monitoring. Format and logical checks help minimize errors and violations by participants.

Supplier inquiries are reviewed by customers and the Centralized Procurement Control Service. To enhance transparency, integration has been implemented with regulatory authorities, the Atameken NCE’s Single Procurement Window, and the Unified Procurement Portal. The portal is also integrated with the KGD’s ESF information system, which prevents the attachment of illegitimate documents.

Two mechanisms are in place to access open data: a unified service (to which 67 organizations, including banks and private companies, are connected) and an integration bus through which 99 organizations, including the Fund’s subsidiaries and government agencies, interact.

The Fund is also consistently implementing solutions that utilize artificial intelligence. A chatbot for user consultations and a service for selecting codes from the Unified Nomenclature Reference Book of Goods, Works, and Services based on the analysis of textual information, including technical specifications, have been put into commercial operation. This improves the accuracy of procurement item classification and reduces the number of errors.

The high transparency of the Fund’s procurement system was noted in the OECD’s baseline report on anti-corruption reforms. Additionally, the system has been recognized as compliant with the best practices of the EBRD, ADB, and OECD.

Currently, 165 organizations within the group operate through the Fund’s procurement system, and more than 148,000 potential suppliers are registered on the web portal.

Source: zakon.kz