The method
How we work
One way in, one way out, and a record at every step between them.
One request channel
Everything you need goes to one place, in English or Arabic, to a named account lead with a named back-up. You do not chase five suppliers, and you do not need to know which of them is responsible for what.
Written instructions and a defined scope
Before anything is committed, the scope is written down: what is being done, by whom, at what cost, and who has to approve it. An approval matrix says which amounts you sign for and which the desk can handle within an agreed allowance.
Approval before financial commitment
Nothing is ordered, contracted or paid for until you have approved it. Where competition is possible, you see the comparison first. Where it is not, you see the single-source justification first.
Delivery by the right party
Work is performed by Salt, by suppliers Salt selects and supervises, or by a licensed specialist partner. Which applies is stated on every service page using the delivery key, so you always know who is standing behind the work.
Services requiring a licence are performed by appropriately licensed and insured providers selected and coordinated by Salt Corporate Services.
Reporting you can audit
Once a month you receive the same document: requests raised and closed, deadlines due and met, procurement activity, spend by category and supplier, documents held, and open actions with owners. Third-party costs are shown separately from Salt's fee.
Where the boundary sits
Salt Corporate Services operates and supports your business. Salt & Associates provides the legal and regulatory services required to establish, structure and protect it. The following sits exclusively with Salt & Associates and is never presented as part of our scope:
- Company incorporation
- Foreign branch registration
- Representative-office registration
- Corporate filings and company secretarial legal work
- Statutory registers
- Board or shareholder resolutions
- Share transfers and capital amendments
- Investment licences and sector licences
- Regulatory approvals
- Tax registration and social security registration
- Formal immigration applications
- Legal advice, legal drafting and legal due diligence
- Litigation or representation
Salt Corporate Services provides operational, administrative and business-support services in Iraq. It does not provide legal services or legal advice. Legal and regulatory services are provided separately by Salt & Associates, engaged separately.
Integrity, in practice
Every government fee is paid against the official schedule, receipted and reconciled monthly. No facilitation payments, in any circumstances. And when you ask how long an approval will take, you get an honest answer about what the authority controls and what we do — which is the answer that lets you plan.
Common questions
How quickly do you respond?
Response standards are agreed in writing when the engagement is scoped, and performance against them appears in the monthly report. We would rather agree a standard we can meet than publish one we cannot.
Can we keep using our existing suppliers?
Yes. We run them through the same verification, tell you what we find, and manage them alongside ours.
Who holds the contracts?
You do. Purchase orders are issued in your name, suppliers are contracted by you, and you pay them directly. Salt does not hold client funds.
What if we only need one thing?
Then buy one thing. Single purchases, a day in the boardroom or one airport pickup are all available on their own. The desk is a way of buying many things at once, not a condition of buying anything.
Test the method on something small.
Send one requirement. See what comes back and how it is documented.