— Service · Brian O'Halloran

ICV / IKTVA
Localisation Compliance

In-Country Value strategy that makes you preferred — not penalised — in Saudi industrial procurement. Designed and executed inside the procurement window, not retrofitted after award.

— Scope

What an engagement covers.

ICV / IKTVA scoring strategy and certification
Localisation roadmaps for tender bid scoring
Local content joint-venture structuring
In-Kingdom service partnership design
Regulatory liaison through procurement and operations phases

— Outcomes

What clients walk away with.

Tender-grade scorecards

ICV positioning that turns a baseline submission into a preferred-bidder file.

Aramco-eligible structures

Local content arrangements that hold up under Aramco, SABIC, and ADNOC scrutiny — not just on paper.

Five-month execution

Renewable-energy clients have moved from ICV strategy to first Aramco-tender win inside a single fiscal half.

— Partner

Led by name.

— Riyadh / Bahrain / Dublin

Brian O'Halloran · MSc, MCIPS

Managing Director

Brian is the Owner and Managing Director of Aontas Advisory. An executive leader and independent advisor with over thirty years of international experience, based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with deep regional expertise across the Gulf. His track record includes a €23m Letter of Intent on a Turkish project, more than SAR 25m in new oilfield-chemicals revenue inside a single year, and named engagements with Saudi Aramco and SABIC. Featured in The Energy Year Saudi Arabia 2023; speaker and panelist at Kingdom Manufacturing 4.0 in 2024.

— Engagements