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A document for a tender committee

Tender qualification

A page for tender committees, procurement departments and clients checking a supplier’s compliance with qualification requirements. It sets out exactly what evidences each requirement and which document we provide on request.

The full package of certified copies is sent within one working day upon an official request.

  • For clients in public procurement and quasi-public sector procurement
  • For social entrepreneurship corporations, local executive authorities, national companies and development institutions
  • For companies that engage us as a subcontractor and need to show our qualifications in their own bid

Principal activity under the national register: business and management consultancy. Smart Asian Business Relations LLP, BIN 250640030182, city of Astana, status — active.

34

full-cycle projects

over 250 million

USD — total value of projects

01 / Compliance

Compliance with qualification requirements

Below are the standard qualification requirements for a supplier of investment consulting services and what evidences each of them in our case. Documents are provided as notarised copies upon an official request.

Qualification requirement
What evidences it
Document
RequirementCommand of foreign languages. An employee with English at Intermediate level or above, and an employee with Chinese at Intermediate level or above
What evidences itEnglish — IELTS 6 (Upper-Intermediate), 2020. Chinese — HSK, level 7 of 8, 2008. Kazakh and Russian — native level
DocumentCertificate of proficiency in English. Certificate of proficiency in Chinese (HSK), the State Commission for the Chinese Proficiency Test, Beijing — notarised translation
RequirementRelevant education. Higher education in finance and in business (MBA), at master’s level or above in both
What evidences itMBA, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2018–2020. MSc in Finance, Pavlodar State University, 2015–2017. In addition: PhD in Economics, Toraighyrov University, 2020–2025
DocumentMBA diploma (notarised translation). Master’s diploma in finance. PhD diploma
RequirementResearch publications on investment promotion topics in Kazakhstani and international publications
What evidences itFive publications: two in journals on the CQASE list, one in a Scopus-indexed publication, and two in international conference proceedings. The subject is investment in the digitalisation of Kazakhstan’s agro-industrial complex
DocumentA list of research works with bibliographic details and a DOI for each item (given in a separate block below)
RequirementExperience in investment at regional level, national level and in international organisations
What evidences itRegion — director of the strategic development department of the investment promotion agency of Pavlodar Region (2015–2017), freelance adviser on investment to the regional Akim. National — head of the Asia department at head office and regional director of Kazakh Invest national company (2017–2018). International organisations — national expert of CIPE (2023–2024), national coordinator of a FAO of the UN project (2021–2022)
DocumentAn extract confirming the periods of employment. The CIPE national expert employment contract. The FAO of the UN national consultant contract (notarised translation)
RequirementParticipation in investment events — forums, conferences and business meetings in Kazakhstan and abroad
What evidences itKazakhstan Global Investment Forum (co-organiser, 2017 and 2018), Irtysh Invest, the investment forum in Aksu (moderator), the Kazakhstan–Korea Forum in Seoul, the B5+1 forum in Almaty, forums in Nanjing, Xi’an and Shenzhen, Digital Bridge 2023, KazEcology 2018, China Machinery 2022
DocumentEvent programmes, outcome reports, photographic materials of participation
RequirementExperience in organising investment events — road shows, organisation of delegations to forums abroad
What evidences itHead of delegations to forums in Nanjing, Xi’an, Shenzhen and Warsaw; delivery lead on the Kazakhstani side at the forum in Seoul (2018); participation in organising road shows in Korea and China
DocumentForum programmes, reports on the events held, and materials prepared for them
RequirementSkills in developing investment proposals — analysis and development of projects, preparation of image and investment materials
What evidences itOne-page investment teasers in four languages (more than 20 prepared), business plans and feasibility studies with financial models, analytical reports on the region’s priority sectors, and investment passports of cities and districts
DocumentExamples of work previously performed. Contracts for the provision of investment consulting services
RequirementExperience in delivering investment projects in various sectors of the economy
What evidences it34 full-cycle projects worth over USD 250 million: metallurgy, chemicals and petrochemicals, machine building, industrial gases, building materials, food production, logistics, IT
DocumentProject delivery contracts. Letters of appreciation from enterprises and partners
RequirementProject management and government relations (GR)
What evidences itPMP certification, membership of the presidium of the Union of Project Managers of Kazakhstan. Over five years of direct work inside the investment promotion system: the regional investment promotion agency, Kazakh Invest national company, and adviser to a regional Akim
DocumentPMP certificate. Documents on periods of employment, contracts, and reports on work performed

Every item is evidenced by an original or a notarised copy. The package is compiled to fit the specific tender documentation — the composition and order of documents are aligned with the form of the client’s bid.

02 / Publications

Publications on investment promotion topics

Journals on the CQASE list of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

  1. Adaptation of the international experience of digitalization of the AIC // Problems of AgriMarket. 2023. No. 1. Pp. 32–40. DOI: 10.46666/2023-1.2708-9991.03 Co-authors: V. Shelomentseva, A. Narynbayeva
  2. Prospects and problems of the digitalisation of agriculture // Bulletin of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 2023. No. 1. Pp. 395–410. DOI: 10.32014/2023.2518-1467.447 Co-authors: V. Shelomentseva, M. Mirkovic, A. Nurgaliyeva, B. Quantqan

Scopus index

  1. Economics of Digital Tools in Kazakh Agriculture // International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies. ISSN 2617-6548. 2024. Vol. 7 (2). P. 92–106. DOI: 10.53894/ijirss.v7i2.2629 Co-authors: V. Shelomentseva, M. Mirkovic

International research conferences

  1. The economic effect of investing in the digitalisation of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan // XXI Satpayev Readings. 2021. No. 1. Pp. 253–260. No co-authors
  2. Restoring Kazakhstan’s soils through digitalisation and new technology. A technical and economic analysis // Problems of food security: proceedings of an international research and practice conference. 2023. Co-authors: G. Iskakova, V. Shelomentseva, A. Narynbayeva

03 / Team

Specialists who meet the qualification requirements

Olzhas Ryskeldi, director of SABR

Olzhas Ryskeldi

director, project lead

18 years of experience in investment and international cooperation

Education

  • PhD in Economics, Toraighyrov University, 2020–2025
  • MBA, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2018–2020
  • MSc in Finance, Pavlodar State University, 2015–2017
  • BSc in Finance, Pavlodar State University, 2010–2014
  • Beihang University, Chinese language, 2006–2010

Languages and certificates

  • Chinese — HSK, level 7 of 8, certificate of 2008
  • English — IELTS 6, certificate of 2020
  • Kazakh and Russian — native level

Qualifications

  • PMP — Project Management Professional, PMI PMBOK Guide 7th Edition methodology
  • Trade Rules, Sustainable Development and the Law — University of Cambridge
  • Knowledge Capitalization: Methodology for Gathering, Analyzing, and Achieving Social Benefits — United Nations

Professional affiliations

  • Member of the presidium and Vice-President of the Union of Project Managers of Kazakhstan
  • Corresponding member of the International Academy of Informatization
  • Member of the state attestation commission of M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University

Yerlan Dukembayev

director of digitalisation

Over 15 years of experience, more than eight of them managing IT projects

  • Director of the digitalisation department at the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2024 — February 2026)
  • Head of the digitalisation project office at the Akimat of Pavlodar Region; director of the consulting department at an IT company
  • Government information systems: the 112 and 109 unified emergency dispatch services, the registers of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the “Shekteu” unified debtor database
  • Graduate of S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University in Information Systems and Technology

Meets the requirements on the technical and digital side: automation of production and management processes, technical appraisal of projects, and deployment of information systems.

Almas Idrissov

director of legal support and financial control

Over 20 years of experience in law, public administration and audit

  • Doctor of Law (PhD); Master of Laws (KAZGUU), Master of Economic Sciences in Finance (Financial Academy of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan), Master of Audit (Nanjing Audit University, PRC)
  • Chief consultant — state auditor at the Supreme Audit Chamber of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2022 — December 2025): audit of ministries, national companies and quasi-public sector organisations
  • Deputy director of the foreign trade development department at the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan; head of the foreign trade negotiations division
  • State auditor certificate, certified professional accountant, ACCA IPSAS, ACCA F8 “Audit and Assurance”, PRINCE2 Foundation. Chinese — HSK 3
  • Author of about 50 research works; research placement at King’s College London

Meets the requirements on the legal and financial control side: legal appraisal of contracts and documentation, compliance with procurement requirements, audit and foreign trade regulation.

For each tender project a team of specialists is assembled by discipline: financial modelling, sector analysis, technical appraisal and digitalisation of production processes, translation and language support, and engagement with government authorities. The composition of the team and the supporting documents for each member are sent together with the bid for the particular procurement.

04 / Public sector

Experience of working with government authorities

Working with the public sector is not an incidental competence but the professional biography of the company’s head. He spent five years inside the investment promotion system: at a regional agency, at a national company and as adviser to a regional Akim. That means the procedures, approval timescales and reporting requirements are known from the side of the table where they are set.

Regional level

2015–2017 — director of the strategic development department of the investment promotion agency of Pavlodar Region. Investment promotion strategies for the region for 2016 and 2017 were developed.

National level

2017–2018 — head of the Asia department at head office and regional director of Kazakh Invest national company, and freelance adviser on investment to the Akim of Pavlodar Region. In 2017 the region came first in Kazakhstan for attracting investment into manufacturing.

International organisations

2021–2022 — national coordinator of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) project on the use of digital technology in agriculture.

2023–2024 — national expert of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) on the formation of the national business agenda in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The result: rules on freight forwarding in transport, which had not previously existed in Kazakhstan, were introduced into legislation; calculations of the consequences of a change in the VAT rate were presented in Parliament.

Current contracts with the public sector

Investment consulting support of a social entrepreneurship corporation: an investment promotion strategy for the region, analytical reports on priority sectors in four languages, one-page investment teasers, investment passports of cities and districts, organisation of business events and support of delegations.

05 / References

Letters of appreciation

Letters from enterprises and partners following work done together. Originals are provided on request.

Trafigura

international commodity trading

Alef Trade

a delivered investment project from the portfolio

Fonet Ertai Mining

extraction and primary processing of copper ore

KazWaste Green Energy

waste processing and green energy

Schneider & Danzey

international business cooperation

The letters relate to projects delivered with the participation of the company’s head and specialists.

06 / Company details

Details for a contract

Full name

Limited Liability Partnership “SMART ASIAN BUSINESS RELATIONS”

Short name

SABR LLP

BIN

250640030182

Registering authority

Astana branch of the Government for Citizens State Corporation NJSC

Type of activity

Business and management consultancy

Registered address

010000, Republic of Kazakhstan, city of Astana, Yesil district, 12/2 Dinmukhamed Konayev Street, office 51

Bank

ForteBank JSC

BIC

IRTYKZKA

IBAN (KZT)

KZ5396503F0015153056

Kbe

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Head

Director Ryskeldi Olzhas Kanatuly, acting under the charter

Person responsible for tender procedures

Olzhas Ryskeldi, director

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00–18:00, Astana time (UTC+5)

Languages of correspondence: Kazakh, Russian, English, Chinese

WhatsApp +7 701 817 6109

07 / Request

Request the document package

Send an official request stating the announcement number and the list of documents required — we will compile the package to fit the form of your bid and send notarised copies within one working day.

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The information is current as at 11 August 2026.