Deputy Minister of Fatwa and Legislation: Tender law amendments aim to simplify procedures and address practical issues
Deputy Minister of Fatwa and Legislation confirms that amendments to the Tender Law aim to simplify procedures, address practical issues, and achieve transparency and efficiency in government contracting.
Translated by Qiyas from الراي — Original source
In a statement made on the sidelines of the dialogue seminar titled “The New Public Tenders Law: A Legal Reading of the New Amendments and Their Impact on Government Contracting Procedures,” which is part of the activities of the second legal cultural season of Al-Fatwa and Legislation, Al-Ruwais said that Al-Fatwa and Legislation, through this seminar and its counterparts scheduled during its cultural season, aims to enhance legal awareness and enable specialists and all relevant segments, particularly those working in government entities subject to the Public Tenders Law, to gain a comprehensive understanding of the amendments it includes and to achieve its objectives of ensuring flexibility in application on one hand, and efficiency, transparency, and fairness on the other.
He pointed out that Al-Fatwa and Legislation, under the patronage of its Chairman, Advisor Salah Al-Majed, will continue its second cultural season by hosting its second seminar, which sheds light on the provisions of Decree-Law No. (94) of 2026 amending certain provisions of Law No. (49) of 2016 concerning Public Tenders, which includes amendments related to regulating the procurement and tendering processes conducted by government entities.
He added that the practical application of the law revealed a number of difficulties and operational issues that had negative repercussions on the workflow, leading to the issuance of these amendments with the aim of simplifying procedures, addressing the difficulties and problems arising from practical realities, and enhancing the flexibility of relevant entities in dealing with actual circumstances, thereby serving the interests of work and ensuring the implementation of public tender procedures with speed, efficiency, transparency, and fairness, as clarified in the explanatory memorandum of the aforementioned law.
