The Contracting Committee at the Eastern Chamber plans to discuss eight axes within the mechanisms of the new government tenders and procurement system; by organizing a workshop entitled: “The most important features and features of the tender system”, presented by Dr. Salem bin Saleh Al Mutawa, legal advisor and head of the development team of the government tenders and procurement system at the Ministry of Finance, at the Chamber's headquarters in Dammam on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 10 a.m..

The workshop will discuss in detail the mechanisms of the new government tenders and procurement system. <In this context, Hamad Al-Hammad said that the workshop will discuss in detail the mechanisms of the new government tenders and procurement system and highlight its most important provisions such as advance planning for purchases and government works and its impact on achieving transparency; as government agencies publish in proportion to their predetermined budget their plan for purchases and contracts at the beginning of the fiscal year, as well as explaining how to use the electronic portal, explaining the meaning of the downtime and contractor evaluation system, which the government entity performs upon completion of the contract implementation, using the retiree evaluation form <Al-Hammad emphasized that the new government tenders and procurement system establishes modern development concepts that meet the needs of the concerned parties from the public and private sectors, which contributes to promoting economic development and supporting the local component in the national economy in accordance with the objectives of achieving the Kingdom's Vision 2030. By organizing procedures related to government procurement according to best practices, achieving the best value for public money when contracting items, contracting, consulting and non-consulting services, and implementing them at fair competitive prices, promoting integrity and competition, preventing the influence of personal interests on them to protect public money, providing fair treatment for competitors, achieving the principle of equal opportunities, and ensuring transparency in all government procurement procedures. Promoting economic development, including supporting local content and local small and medium enterprises.