The requirements and their documents
As the Local Content and Government Procurement Authority publishes in its manufacturer and service provider registration card, and as the Etimad platform publishes in its IT contract template and the Ministry of Finance in its guide to qualifying bidders. Reviewed on:
| The requirement as the buyer publishes it | The document in our package, by code |
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| The quality-assurance manual specified for the corporate system |
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| Policies (from doooqs's experience of supplier qualification) |
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| Procedures (from doooqs's experience of supplier qualification) |
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| Records for quality, occupational health and safety and the environment (from doooqs's experience of supplier qualification) |
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What the documents do not cover
- An accredited certification body issues the certificate after auditing your management system. doooqs prepares the documents for that system.
- The quality-assurance programme within 14 days and the quality assurance and control plan are contractual obligations in the template concerned, which you prepare with the contractor.
- The card asks for the product to be included in the Mandatory List; a valid commercial register and an activity that matches the services; a valid industrial licence covering the product; the product specifications; a Saudi technical certificate for technical products; issue of the local content certificate; a licence from the competent authority for services; and a certificate of origin and an origin report for Gulf products, with an exception explained for the cases that fall under clause 13 of the rules of proof of origin. Etimad allows access to the register owner or the authorized person through the Saudi Business Center or through Nafath, and a foreign supplier without a register has a separate account route.
- Check each buyer’s requirements in its own portal, since they change and may include licences and registrations the documents do not cover.
Questions
Does Etimad and government tenders require an ISO certificate, or is a documented system enough?
The Ministry of Finance guide includes quality assurance in the assessment of technical and administrative capabilities, at levels that include an ISO certificate or its equivalent, and a quality manual. The IT contract template published on Etimad accepts, in the evidence clause, a valid ISO certificate or a quality-assurance manual.
Which management system documents does Etimad and government tenders ask for by name?
The government IT contract template asks for a quality-assurance programme within 14 days, a valid ISO certificate or the quality-assurance manual specified for the corporate system, and a quality assurance and control plan.
Buyer names belong to their owners; this answer is guidance, does not represent any buyer and promises neither qualification nor a certificate.