Article 25 bis of the Saudi Civil Service Law

This article was added by Royal Decree No. (M/95) dated 15/9/1439 AH, and it regulates contracting with consultants and experts at government entities.

Subject of the contract: consultants and experts may be contracted to perform a particular service; the contract is tied to a specific service.

Contracting instrument: it is done under a model contract agreed between the government entity and the Ministries of Civil Service and Finance.

What the model contract must include:

• The scope and field of the work to be performed.
• The term of the contract.
• The obligations and rights of both parties, including the upper ceiling of the contractor's entitlements.

What the article refers to the Regulation: the Regulation sets the controls and procedures for contracting and the mechanism for determining the financial consideration in contracts. The article states no amounts or criteria for determining the consideration.

This article is distinct from Article 25, which allows contracting in general to perform the work of some posts as the Regulation specifies; Article 25 bis is specific to consultants and experts and to a particular service, and it requires a model contract with specified content. Article 26 also provides for a reward for an employee assigned to work outside official working hours.

Anyone who contracts, or wishes to contract, as a consultant or expert with a government entity would do well to consult a lawyer specializing in administrative cases to review the contract.