How to register as a supplier with Saudi Aramco
The steps, documents and rules, read on Aramco's own pages.
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Every company that supplies goods or services to Aramco has to be registered, and registering, then qualifying, does not guarantee any business with Aramco.
All companies supplying goods and services to Aramco are required to be registered.Source: aramco.comFind the office that handles your country. Aramco's Dhahran office registers companies based in Saudi Arabia, in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, in Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon, and in Kenya, Somalia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Source: aramco.comThose companies submit a registration request, with its registration questionnaire, through Aramco's e-Marketplace Platform; Aramco's Supplier Registration Technical Guide walks through it.
Source: aramco.comA company based anywhere else contacts the Aramco affiliate for its region: Aramco Americas in Houston, Aramco Europe in Amsterdam, or Aramco Asia Company. The affiliate decides whether there is a business need to register more materials or services.
Source: aramco.com
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What you need
A company based in Saudi Arabia gives valid copies of its Commercial Registration, Zakat, VAT and GOSI certificates, its Civil Defense licence or an equivalent government licence and its Chamber of Commerce membership, plus its industrial licence (manufacturers), investment licence (if applicable) and government contractor classification (service providers, if applicable).
Source: aramco.comAramco adds its own: the original acknowledgement of its Suppliers Code of Conduct, a letter from the company's bank, a company ownership profile, a letter naming the authorized signatories, a Cybersecurity Compliance Certificate (CCC), and for small and medium enterprises the Jadeer certificate from Monsha'at, where applicable.
Source: aramco.comThese document requirements are for suppliers based in Saudi Arabia; Aramco says they do not apply to suppliers based in the GCC, the wider Middle East or elsewhere.
Note, the above requirements are not applicable to suppliers based outside of Saudi Arabia (GCC and wider Middle East or International suppliers).
Source: aramco.com
Pre-qualification and categories
Aramco's Contracting Department keeps General Bid Slates, approved lists of prequalified suppliers for each service. A contractor registered with Aramco may ask to be prequalified and placed on the slate for a scope of work.
Contractors who are registered with Aramco may request to be considered for prequalification and inclusion on General Bid Slates for specific scopes of work.
Source: aramco.com
Local content
Aramco's local content programme is iktva (In-Kingdom Total Value Add), whose stated goal is to keep 75% of Aramco's procurement spend in the Kingdom.
Iktva strives to cultivate local business, with the goal to retain 75% of Aramco's procurement spend in-Kingdom.
Source: aramco.com
Where Aramco publishes its tenders
Aramco's requests for quotation, e-bidding and tendering run on its e-Marketplace Platform, where its registered suppliers work.
Source: aramco.com
Not published
A public list of open Aramco tenders: not published on the Aramco pages we read; confirm with Aramco.
How the iktva score counts in a tender evaluation: not published on the Aramco pages we read; confirm with Aramco.
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Frequently asked questions
01How do I register as a supplier with Saudi Aramco?
Every company that supplies goods or services to Aramco has to be registered, and registering, then qualifying, does not guarantee any business with Aramco. Find the office that handles your country. Aramco's Dhahran office registers companies based in Saudi Arabia, in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, in Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon, and in Kenya, Somalia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Those companies submit a registration request, with its registration questionnaire, through Aramco's e-Marketplace Platform; Aramco's Supplier Registration Technical Guide walks through it. A company based anywhere else contacts the Aramco affiliate for its region: Aramco Americas in Houston, Aramco Europe in Amsterdam, or Aramco Asia Company. The affiliate decides whether there is a business need to register more materials or services.
02What documents does Aramco ask for?
A company based in Saudi Arabia gives valid copies of its Commercial Registration, Zakat, VAT and GOSI certificates, its Civil Defense licence or an equivalent government licence and its Chamber of Commerce membership, plus its industrial licence (manufacturers), investment licence (if applicable) and government contractor classification (service providers, if applicable). Aramco adds its own: the original acknowledgement of its Suppliers Code of Conduct, a letter from the company's bank, a company ownership profile, a letter naming the authorized signatories, a Cybersecurity Compliance Certificate (CCC), and for small and medium enterprises the Jadeer certificate from Monsha'at, where applicable. These document requirements are for suppliers based in Saudi Arabia; Aramco says they do not apply to suppliers based in the GCC, the wider Middle East or elsewhere.
03Are Aramco tenders public?
Aramco's requests for quotation, e-bidding and tendering run on its e-Marketplace Platform, where its registered suppliers work. Run in the buyer's own portal, for its registered suppliers.
04Can TRINTA follow Aramco tenders for me?
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Sources
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A summary by TRINTA of what Aramco publishes on its own pages, not a document of Aramco's. The original pages are the reference and can change without notice.