Article 13 of the Saudi Contractors Classification Law

This article places an obligation on government bodies, not on contractors. It requires government bodies, authorities, institutions and agencies with public legal personality to supply the Ministry with what it requests of:

• information, data and remarks about contractors, for classification purposes;
• information about projects the contractors have carried out;
• and information about projects still under execution.

This is as specified by the Implementing Regulations, which set out the details of this supply.

The importance of this article is that classification, as defined in Article 1, is an assessment of the contractor's financial, technical, administrative and executive capabilities, and the government bodies that have contracted with the contractor are an important source of information on his projects and performance. Instead of relying on what the contractor provides alone, the Ministry can obtain information and remarks from the bodies it has dealt with.

Note that the text also mentions remarks, so what is sent may not be limited to numerical data. The obligation is limited to what the Ministry requests. The inspectors provided for in Article 14 also have the power to examine records and information in order to detect violations.