askTender Partners · Saudi Arabia

Tender work in Saudi Arabia. Signed by you.

Companies bidding on Saudi Arabia’s public tenders need registrations, attested documents and filings that only a licensed professional may do. As an askTender Partner, that work comes to you as priced job offers, done under your own name and registration.

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11Services for Partners

10Done by the askTender Desk

25Steps mapped in Saudi Arabia

How filing works in Saudi Arabia

You work on the portal under your own login. In Saudi Arabia, the client adds you as a named user on its account on Etimad: you prepare, upload and, on the client's written go-ahead, submit under your own login (we confirm this with the portal before your first bid).

The client keeps its own login, the administrator role and every signature only it may give. You never use its credentials.

Who we work with in Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Justice; Saudi Bar Association

Licensed lawyer (Ministry of Justice licence; Saudi Bar Association member)

Structure the Saudi entity (MISA registration, CR, articles); Draft joint-bidding, subcontracting and agency agreements; Prepare appeals to the agency and the MoF complaints committee

4 services on the DeskLawyers

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Ministry of Justice

Notary (MoJ notary public or licensed private notary; Najiz electronic POA)

Issue/attest powers of attorney authorising a named representative (e-POA via Najiz); Authenticate corporate resolutions

1 service on the DeskNotaries

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Saudi Organization for Chartered and Professional Accountants (SOCPA)

Certified public accountant (SOCPA-licensed)

Audit financial statements required for Zakat filing and qualification; Prepare Zakat/VAT returns so the company keeps a valid ZATCA certificate

1 service on the DeskAccountants

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Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)

Saudi bank (SAMA-licensed); foreign bank via a local bank

Issue initial guarantee (1–2% of proposal value); Issue final guarantee (5% of contract value); Front a foreign bank's guarantee (submitted through a local bank)

2 services on the DeskBanks and sureties

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Ministry of Commerce licence (translation offices)

Certified translation office (licensed)

Translate foreign corporate documents and certificates into Arabic for MISA/CR and tenders

1 service on the DeskTranslators

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Saudi Council of Engineers

Engineer / engineering consultancy registered with the Saudi Council of Engineers

Provide accredited engineering staff for works/consultancy bids; Support contractor-classification applications

Called in when a tender asksEngineers

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Bid writers

Tender consultant (no statutory licence)

Prepare technical/financial envelopes and compliance documents; Upload on Etimad only if added as an establishment user under their own Nafath identity

Called in when a tender asksBid writers

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Work the Desk sends Partners

Each service, with the official cost and usual lead time where they’re published (— where none is). Your own fee is set per job, on top.

Licensed lawyer (Ministry of Justice licence; Saudi Bar Association member)

MISA investment licence / registration (foreign-owned companies)

A foreign company must set up a Saudi entity: MISA investment licence first, then commercial registration, Chamber, ZATCA, GOSI and a Saudi bank account; GTPL Art. 3 lets agencies contract only licensed persons.
Company identity

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Commercial Registration (CR)

Saudi CR is the identifier used to register on Etimad.
Company identity

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Chamber of Commerce membership certificate

Part of the standard Saudi registration chain; tenders commonly ask for a valid certificate.
Company identity

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Joint bidding (consortium) agreement

Proposals submitted jointly may be accepted per the Law (Chapter 14).
Legal documents

—1–3 weeks

Notary (MoJ notary public or licensed private notary; Najiz electronic POA)

Apostille of foreign documents

Saudi Arabia joined the Apostille Convention (in force 7 Dec 2022), so documents from other parties need an apostille instead of consular legalisation.
Legal documents

—days–2 weeks (estimate)

Certified public accountant (SOCPA-licensed)

Audited financial statements

Needed for Zakat filing and commonly for qualification.
Accountant-attested financial certificates

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Saudi bank (SAMA-licensed); foreign bank via a local bank

Initial guarantee (1–2% of proposal value)

Mandatory with the proposal (bid disqualified without it), except direct purchase, competitions, intra-government, non-profits and local SMEs.
Bid security

Bank commission1–5 business days

Final guarantee (5% of contract value)

Submitted after award within the set period (15 working days per material); failure forfeits the initial guarantee.
Bid security

Bank commission3–10 business days

Certified translation office (licensed)

Arabic documents and translation

Contracts and related documents are drafted in Arabic; another language may be added, but Arabic governs interpretation.
Legal documents

—1–5 days

How work reaches you

Offer. A client’s bid needs work only your profession may do. You get the requirement, the tender’s format, the deadline and your fee.
Accept. Accept within 4 hours and confirm you have no conflict. The client sees your firm’s name and shares what you need.
Do the work. Ask the client for anything missing, right on the job. Sign under your own name and registration, and upload.
Checked. askTender checks every deliverable against the tender before the client sees it. If something’s off, you hear exactly what.
Paid. The client approves, it goes into their bid, and your fee is released.

Who does what

Partners11 askTender Desk10 The bidding company itself4

The company keeps only what the law reserves to it: its identity checks, its own digital signature, and signing its declarations and bid. We never use a client’s signature, PIN or portal login.

Portals

Etimad↗Etimad (tenders.etimad.sa)↗

Open tenders in Saudi Arabia

Bidding in Saudi Arabia?

Every step to bid in Saudi Arabia↗How askTender bids for you↗

Rules we follow in Saudi Arabia

Licensed lawyer (Ministry of Justice licence; Saudi Bar Association…. Only MoJ-licensed lawyers may practise law in the Kingdom; foreign firms practise through licensed Saudi firms. Fee-sharing/referral rules not verified (see notes).
Notary (MoJ notary public or licensed private notary; Najiz…. Electronic POAs are issued by the principal through their own Najiz/Nafath identity.
Saudi bank (SAMA-licensed); foreign bank via a local bank. Guarantees accepted only from a local bank or a foreign bank through a local bank (GTPL Art. 63).
Tender consultant (no statutory licence). Etimad user model for third-party users not verified; consultant never uses the company owner's Nafath login.

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Sources misa.gov.sa · tenders.etimad.sa · lcgpa.gov.sa · clydeco.com · balady.gov.sa · nupco.com · hcch.net