Purchases

Purchasing and supply

Spend, local purchase behaviour, supplier concentration and unit price movement for the active branches.

Purchase spend

SAR 11,286,400

+7.9%vs prior period

Local purchases

SAR 1,642,300

+21.4%vs prior period

Raised outside framework agreements

Local purchase share

14.6%

+3.2%vs prior period

Purchase orders

+11.4%vs prior period

Suppliers

Supplier activity

Order count, spend movement and average unit price change against the prior period.

Supplier	Branch	Orders	Spend	Prior spend	Avg unit price	Share of purchases	Last order
Gulf Steel Trading Est.local	Dammam	6	SAR 46,370	SAR 18,900	+30.6%	8.4%	26 Mar 2026
Al-Rajhi Metals Co.	Madinah	3	SAR 218,400	SAR 212,000	+1.2%	22.1%	21 Mar 2026
Sahara Facility Serviceslocal	Dammam	4	SAR 96,800	SAR 62,400	0.0%	4.1%	24 Mar 2026
Hejaz Safety Supplieslocal	Madinah	5	SAR 84,200	SAR 79,100	+2.4%	3.6%	17 Mar 2026
Asir Auto Workshoplocal	Khamis Mushait	7	SAR 38,800	SAR 26,400	+12.9%	2.2%	27 Mar 2026
Eastern Cement Distributors	Dammam	9	SAR 612,000	SAR 588,000	+3.8%	12.4%	25 Mar 2026
Southern Pipe & Fittings	Khamis Mushait	6	SAR 284,600	SAR 291,000	-1.4%	11.6%	22 Mar 2026

Ledger

Recent purchase orders

Reference	Date	Branch	Supplier	Item	Qty	Unit price	Amount	Approved by
PO-DMM-24118	04 Mar 2026	Dammam	Gulf Steel Trading Est.	Galvanised conduit 20mm — local purchase	90	SAR 72.00	SAR 6,480	Y. Al-Qahtani
PO-DMM-24196	09 Mar 2026	Dammam	Gulf Steel Trading Est.	Galvanised conduit 20mm — local purchase	87	SAR 80.00	SAR 6,960	Y. Al-Qahtani
PO-DMM-24243	14 Mar 2026	Dammam	Gulf Steel Trading Est.	Galvanised conduit 20mm — local purchase	92	SAR 85.00	SAR 7,820	Y. Al-Qahtani
PO-DMM-24301	18 Mar 2026	Dammam	Gulf Steel Trading Est.	Galvanised conduit 20mm — local purchase	90	SAR 91.00	SAR 8,190	S. Al-Dosari
PO-DMM-24355	22 Mar 2026	Dammam	Gulf Steel Trading Est.	Galvanised conduit 20mm — local purchase	90	SAR 94.00	SAR 8,460	S. Al-Dosari
PO-DMM-24402	26 Mar 2026	Dammam	Gulf Steel Trading Est.	Galvanised conduit 20mm — local purchase	90	SAR 94.00	SAR 8,460	S. Al-Dosari
PO-MED-11842	11 Mar 2026	Madinah	Al-Rajhi Metals Co.	Galvanised conduit 20mm — framework agreement	300	SAR 74.00	SAR 22,200	F. Al-Harbi
PO-MED-11901	17 Mar 2026	Madinah	Hejaz Safety Supplies	Safety helmets — local purchase	400	SAR 69.00	SAR 27,600	F. Al-Harbi

AIDEN

Purchasing findings

CriticalDammamPrice Changes27 Mar 2026

Repeated purchases of the same item at a rising unit price

Dammam purchased galvanised conduit 20mm six times this month. The unit price increased from SAR 72 to SAR 94 while Madinah purchased the same item for SAR 74.

Why it was raised

Six separate local purchase orders were raised with a single supplier inside 22 days, each at a higher unit price than the last. No framework agreement was applied and no competing quotation is attached to the later orders.

Estimated impact

SAR 1,320

Excess versus Madinah unit price across 539 units purchased

7 supporting transactions · 94% confidence

MediumDammamLocal Purchases24 Mar 2026

Local purchases growing faster than framework spend

Local purchases at Dammam reached SAR 812,000, up 34% month over month, and now represent 16.5% of total purchases against a group norm of 9%.

Why it was raised

Framework suppliers report full availability for 71% of the locally purchased lines, indicating avoidable off-contract buying rather than stock-out driven urgency.

Estimated impact

SAR 96,500

Estimated premium versus framework pricing on local purchase volume

3 supporting transactions · 76% confidence

LowKhamis MushaitSuppliers20 Mar 2026

Supplier spend concentration rising at one branch

Southern Pipe & Fittings now accounts for 11.6% of branch purchases, up from 6.8% two months ago, across six orders.

Why it was raised

Two alternative approved suppliers received no orders this period despite quoting within 3% on comparable lines.

Estimated impact

SAR 12,400

Estimated price premium from reduced competitive tension

1 supporting transactions · 68% confidence