Cross-border decommissioning programme · UAE → Saudi Arabia
A cross-border government decommissioning programme moved a data-centre estate from the UAE into Saudi Arabia under a single SOW — 600 servers, 4,800 mobile devices and networking, staged at DMCC, with KSA-resident witness destruction, bilingual per-device certificates and a SAMA-aligned trail, settled in AED.
Engagement at a glance
Sector: Government · KSA. Sites: Riyadh + Jeddah + DMCC staging. Devices: 600 servers · 4,800 mobile devices · networking estate. Duration: 4 months. Method: Single SOW. Staging at DMCC for transit logistics. KSA-resident witness destruction at the Riyadh and Jeddah sites. Per-device Certificate of Destruction in Arabic and English. SAMA-aligned trail.. Outcome: Cross-border programme delivered without customs incident. AED-denominated settlement; Saudi-resident destruction documented in SAMA-acceptable format.. Settled in AED against PO. NDA standard throughout. All identifying details anonymised; specifics shareable on procurement reference call.
Sites covered
Riyadh + Jeddah + DMCC staging
Devices retired
600 servers · 4,800 mobile devices · networking estate
Engagement duration
4 months
Sanitisation method applied
Single SOW. Staging at DMCC for transit logistics. KSA-resident witness destruction at the Riyadh and Jeddah sites. Per-device Certificate of Destruction in Arabic and English. SAMA-aligned trail.
Outcome and value recovered
Cross-border programme delivered without customs incident. AED-denominated settlement; Saudi-resident destruction documented in SAMA-acceptable format.
Why this engagement matched the Maxicom playbook
A Government · KSA engagement of this scale typically benefits from Maxicom's programme model: single SOW spanning the United Arab Emirates footprint, country-lead executing locally, programme manager based with the customer, quarterly business review consolidating Reuse-First metrics. Per-asset Certificate of Destruction admissible against and UAE PDPL. Cross-border resale routing under NDA where local market depth was thin. Settlement consolidated to the customer's reporting-currency entity through internal Maxicom inter-company arrangements.
Standards stack applied
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 Purge for working drives. IEEE 2883-2022 firmware Sanitize for SSD/NVMe. DoD 5220.22-M overwrite where the contract specified it. Physical destruction at 6mm/2mm/0.5mm where the data classification mandated it. Witness destruction at the request of the data owner for top-classified material. Per-asset certificate retention 8 years (BFSI default). Compliance attestation cross-referenced to the customer's sustainability framework (CSRD ESRS E5, ISSB IFRS S1/S2, BRSR Principle 6, GRI 301/305/306).
Reuse-First disposition KPIs reported back
Total tonnage processed. Reuse-First reuse rate (% refurbished + redeployed vs % destroyed by media class). Residual value recovered in AED. Embodied-carbon-recovered estimate (CO₂e avoided versus a destruction-first counterfactual). Diversion-from-landfill percentage. Material-recovery breakdown (steel, aluminium, copper, plastics, rare earths). Downstream-chain documentation for every kilogram leaving Maxicom premises. Quarterly business review cadence for the duration of the engagement.
What this engagement demonstrates
Single-SOW programme execution at scale. Per-asset audit trail across thousands of devices. Reuse-First refurb economics delivering settlement value substantially above destruction-first OEM trade-in counterfactuals. Audit-clean documentation passed regulator inspection at first review. Cross-border resale routing under NDA preserved channel-respect for OEM-partner relationships. The customer remained anonymised in all public communication; the engagement is referenced here only in anonymised form per our standard NDA terms.
Authoritative references
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Frequently asked questions
Can I get a reference for this engagement?
On NDA, yes. Procurement reference calls available for serious enquiries — privately arranged through your account team after mutual NDA on both sides.
Why is the case anonymised?
NDA is standard for our engagements. We never name a client without their explicit written consent — even when the outcome is positive. The anonymised form preserves the engagement-pattern detail you need for procurement evaluation while respecting the original client's confidentiality.
How is this engagement-type priced?
Per-asset pricing in AED, line-item per device, against your purchase order. Programme-level engagements receive multi-year locked rates with milestone-based settlement; single-event engagements are quoted at the engagement scope. Cross-border engagements consolidate settlement to the customer's reporting-currency entity through Maxicom inter-company arrangements.
What documentation does the engagement produce?
Per-asset Certificate of Destruction with eleven required fields, signed digitally and ink-on-paper. Pickup manifest with three-signature chain. Settlement invoice line-item per asset. ESG metrics report. Compliance attestation cross-referenced to the applicable regulators. Quarterly business review summary for programme engagements.
Can a similar engagement be scoped for our organisation?
Yes — most Government · KSA engagements at this scale follow comparable patterns. Send your asset inventory to start scoping; we respond with a written AED quote in per engagement SLA and a proposed engagement timeline within 5 business days.
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