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RED SEA GLOBAL organisation ,” Edwards says . “ There are so many projects being released to market , and the supply chain is limited within the Kingdom .
This is why Edwards and key members of his team have been travelling the globe to encourage companies to participate in tenders for RSG projects .
The move has been very successful , says Edwards .
“ We started in March 2023 , with our first procurement roadshow event in Qatar , and have since done events in Egypt , Turkey , the UK , Germany , South Korea and Japan ,” he says .
Edwards adds : “ The Qatar event has led to 2.5bn Saudi riyals ( US $ 625mn ) of contract awards to organisations we met back then .”

The biggest challenge in Saudi Arabia is there are so many projects being released to market , and the supply chain is limited within the Kingdom ”

BEN EDWARDS GROUP HEAD OF COST ,
COMMERCIAL & PROCUREMENT RED SEA GLOBAL
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