SAPMT has reviewed submittal of design office and has the following comments:

1.	The subcontract between the contractor and the design office shall be in accordance with the primary contract between the contractor and SAPMT with specific reference to the Schedule H, Para 7, where in addition to providing all Detail design and Engineering work required under this Contract, the design office shall also provide full design engineering support during the Construction and Commissioning phases, by deputizing coordination staff at the project site.
2.	The scope shall include the fact that “ALL” requirements of the project as mentioned in the primary contract have to be designed, instead of listing them here. However, the civil component has not been listed and a few buildings have been ignored like the Quick Response Building etc.
3.	All designs prepared by other vendors, manufacturers, suppliers, subcontractors shall be reviewed, CADDED and approved by design office. All vendors, manufacturers, suppliers or subcontractors shall be approved by SAPMT.
4.	Notes and Assumptions to the scope of work 
a.	Scope of work of the Geotechnical studies shall be approved by SAPMT and performed by Aramco approved Third Party Company.
b.	More clarification is required
5.	Mention the type of design support to be provided by the ICC in-house design team on site during the construction phase, which may be in shape of shop drawings and/ or clarifications drawings etc.  This shall also establish a way to deal with conflicts/ queries between specifications, standards and drawings if they occur during construction. A time frame for responses for technical queries shall be mentioned.

6.	Development of as-built drawings shall be included with relevant procedural details.
7.	Scope of work of the Environmental Impact Assessment shall be included and approved by SAPMT. Also, must be performed by Aramco approved third party company
8.	 Dedicated engineering team from ICC should be stationed in the design office during the design stage.
9.	Any subcontract plan under the scope of K&A must be approved by SAPMT for example –low current work, and security work. 
Should you have any questions, please contact Mr. Fahad A. Al Balawi, Senior Project Engineer at Tel No.: 422-4393.
