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§ LCX Verified Standard v2.1 · Mining (Local Content) Regulations 2018 · 2025 Amendments

One verified profile.
Every buyer
in Tanzania.

LCX is the private-sector supplier qualification exchange. Certify once against the published TPSF standard, carry the badge, and bid to the country's largest buyers — from mining and energy to telecoms, banking and FMCG.

Get verified — as a supplier Procure locally — as a buyer

1,243
Verified suppliers: TZS 218bn
Awarded on-platform: 4.2 days
Median verification

Held by

Nyanza Welding & Fabrication Ltd

100% INDIGENOUS WELDING & FABRICATION ACTIVE · 12 MONTHS

No. LCX-VR-2026-01187
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Why LCX

Compliance as a by-product, not a burden.

Reports assemble from real transactions — never typed. Suppliers register once; buyers procure from a trusted pool; regulators see it live.

Verified once, accepted everywhere

Upload your BRELA, TIN, tax clearance and ownership documents a single time. One profile and one badge, reused for every buyer on the platform — with annual renewal as a delta check only.

A trusted pool for buyers

Search certified suppliers by category, region, grade and indigenous status. Due diligence is already done — to a shared, published standard, with a second reviewer on every certificate.

Live local content, not annual PDFs

Regulator-ready reports assemble automatically from awards, purchase orders and invoices. Every figure traces to its source record; nothing is retyped.

The mandate

Local content isn't optional.
It's the law.

The Mining (Local Content) Regulations 2018 — amended 2025 — and the Petroleum (Local Content) Regulations 2017 place binding obligations on every large buyer. LCX turns each one into evidence you already hold.

Instruments

Mining Act, Cap. 123
Mining (Local Content) Regulations, 2018
Mining (Local Content) Amendments, 2025
Petroleum (Local Content) Regulations, 2017

LC REGS 2018 · PROCUREMENT

Give preference to local suppliers, and procure by competitive bidding.

A certified local pool and sealed-bid tendering — preference and process, built in.

GAZETTE · RESERVED LIST

Goods and services on the gazetted list are reserved for 100% Tanzanian-owned firms.

Reserved categories lock eligibility to indigenous suppliers automatically at tender creation.

2025 AMDT · JOINT VENTURES

Non-indigenous suppliers must partner with a 100% Tanzanian-owned firm holding at least 20% equity, with agreements submitted for approval.

The JV desk matches partners, e-signs the counsel-drafted template, and tracks submission to the Commission.

2025 AMDT · SOLE SOURCE

Sole-sourced contracts above USD 10,000 must be notified to the Mining Commission.

Every sole-source award generates its notification record — the log is always current.

LC REGS 2018 · REPORTING

Submit local content plans and annual performance reports to the Commission.

Reports assemble themselves from awards, POs and invoices; every figure traces to its source.

2025 AMDT · BANKING

Maintain a banking services sub-plan transacted through locally owned banks.

Sub-plan actuals tracked live against plan, evidenced from platform payments.

How it works

From first registration
to first award.

Median timeline across the exchange

Day 0

Register & submit

Create your company profile on the web or over WhatsApp, declare ownership, and pay the tier-based fee by mobile money. Listing itself is free.

Day 1–2

First analyst review

A Kinara analyst opens your file within 2 working days, runs registry and document checks, and asks clarifications in chat if anything is missing.

Day 5

Badge issued

Decision within 5 working days, second reviewer on every outcome. Your certificate carries a QR, a grade, and the standard version it was issued under.

Day 9+

Bid & win

Matched tenders reach you within minutes of publication. Submit sealed bids, accept awards, and unlock financing against your purchase orders.

Who it's for

Five parties. One register.

Suppliers

Party 01

Tanzanian firms of every size, micro to large.

Free listing, profile & tender feed Bankable trade-history statement Financing offers on your POs

Buyers

Party 02

Mines, energy contractors, telcos and banks.

Certified supplier pool Sealed-bid tendering, blind evaluation Automatic local content reporting

TPSF

Party 03

The badge authority and standards owner.

Publishes & versions the standard Rules on appeals Platform-wide dashboards

Regulators

Party 04

Mining Commission, PURA and partners.

Live local content view Badge verification by QR Aggregate sector statistics

Financiers

Party 05

Partner banks lending to SMEs.

See opted-in awards & POs Make and track offers No access to bid pricing

The LCX Verified badge

Earned against a published standard. Never granted.

Open, versioned and appealable criteria — legal existence, ownership, tax standing, capacity, HSE and track record. Every certificate records the version of the standard it was issued under.

Standard owned by the
badge authority, TPSF

A All criteria met verified track record · no findings

B All mandatory criteria met limited track record

C Legal & ownership met capacity self-declared

Public verification

Verify any supplier in seconds

Scan the QR or enter a certificate number — grade, ownership status, scope and validity. No account needed.

Sectors covered

Six sectors.
One standard.

One certificate is accepted by every buyer on the exchange, whichever sector they procure in.

01 Mining Mining Commission ● COVERED

02 Petroleum & Gas PURA ● COVERED

03 EACOP & LNG PURA · EWURA ● COVERED

04 Telecoms TCRA ● COVERED

05 Banking BoT ● COVERED

06 FMCG TBS ● COVERED

Get on the exchange.

Listing, your profile and tender viewing are free. You only pay for the badge — VAT-inclusive, tiered to your size, from TZS 100,000.

One verified profile. Every buyer in Tanzania.