GSS – Global Sourcing and Supply

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GSS – Global Sourcing and Supply is the contracting operation of Bahrain-based BMMI, currently operating in Bahrain, Qatar, Djibouti, Mali, Gabon, Ghana and Sudan.

The company provides temporary structures, facility management, and food and hospitality services to commercial enterprises, governmental and NGO clients.[1]

History

GSS started off as a ship chandler to naval vessels in Bahrain in the late 1990s. The company today operates in seven locations across the Middle East and Africa, providing logistics and service delivery to international governments, NGOs and industrial clients.[2]

Core business areas

The services provided by GSS to mining, construction, agriculture, oil and gas industries include:

Remote site and facilities management services

The company provides prepared meals, housekeeping, laundry, operations and maintenance, camp retail (commissary) services and leisure requirements.

Provision of camps and temporary structures

It sources, ships and integrates temporary structures for accommodation, kitchens, messing, recreation, offices and retail in remote sites.

Bespoke rations supply

Global Sourcing and Supplies supplies temperature sensitive rations in support of military, governmental, NGO and commercial clients in the Middle East and Africa.

Technical sourcing and supply

Global Sourcing and Supplies sources and supplies components, spare parts, repair engine parts and FFE requirements to remote locations.

Contract logistics services

Global Sourcing and Supplies provides warehousing and logistics services, including handling, shipping and warehousing. They also run a pre-positioning warehouse operation in East Africa and provides receipt, warehousing and redelivery of bagged commodity items in support of humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa.

Joint ventures

In 2008 GSS formed a joint venture with ODSCO Catering JV in Sudan to provide catering and camp support services. ODSCO has been operating in Sudan since 1974, providing catering and remote site management services to companies in the oil and gas sector. In January 2010, ODSCO Catering JV was renamed Global Sourcing and Supply Services Co. Ltd.

References

  1. ↑ African operation "Piracy puts wind in supplier’s sails"
  2. ↑ GSS in Africa “BMMI enters Ghana, other African countries”

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