Procurement & Logistics
Procurement services in Iraq
Send the requirement. Receive the file. Every purchase runs the same route, whether it is a generator for a site in Basra or twelve desks for a Baghdad office, and it ends in a document set your auditor can read.
What you receive
- A comparison sheet showing every quotation received and why one was recommended
- A purchase order in your name, issued only after you approve
- A photographic inspection record against the specification
- An invoice matched to the order and the delivery note
- A monthly spend report and a complete file per purchase, retained for at least five years
Headquarters rarely objects to what was bought in Iraq. It objects to not being able to see how the supplier was chosen, what else was quoted, who approved it, and whether the thing actually arrived. That gap is a control problem, not a purchasing problem.
We close it with a documented process and fixed thresholds. Nothing is ordered without your approval. The purchase order is in your name. You pay the supplier directly, and nothing comes to Salt from the supplier's side.
Ways to buy through us
- Buy on request — a single purchase, sourced and documented
- Procurement Desk — an ongoing purchasing function
- Tender and RFQ management for larger or strategic purchases
- Framework and call-off agreements at pre-agreed prices
- Project procurement for mobilisation and site operations
- Office-in-a-box turnkey office supply
- Urgent procurement, with the exception documented
- Spend review of your current Iraqi purchasing
- Preferred-rates programme, with discounts passed on in full
Quotation and award
Nothing is ordered without your approval, and single-sourcing is an exception that has to be justified in writing.
- RFQ preparation and issue
- Minimum three written quotations above agreed thresholds
- Technical and commercial comparison sheet
- Clarifications and negotiation support
- Single-source justification and client approval where competition is not possible
- Recommendation to the client — nothing is ordered without approval
- Purchase order issued in the client's name
Delivery, inspection and payment
- Order tracking and expediting
- Delivery scheduling to office, residence or site
- Goods inspection against specification, with a photographic record
- Quantity and condition verification, and a snag list
- Returns, replacements and warranty claims
- Invoice matched to order and delivery
- Payment documentation prepared for you — you pay the supplier directly
- Procurement file closed and archived
Reporting and governance
- Monthly spend report by category, supplier and entity
- Savings and price-benchmark reporting
- Exception report covering single-source, urgent and over-threshold purchases
- A complete audit file for every purchase
- Records retained for at least five years
- No undisclosed commissions, rebates or mark-ups
What we buy
- Office and workplace — furniture, stationery, printers, kitchen supplies, water, cleaning materials, signage
- IT and telecoms — laptops, servers, software licences, internet, telephone lines, SIMs, CCTV, access control
- Vehicles and fleet — purchase or lease, tyres, maintenance, tracking devices
- Power and utilities — generators, fuel, UPS, solar, water tanks
- Site and project supplies — PPE, tools, site cabins, equipment rental, camp services
- Services — cleaning, maintenance, catering, printing, translation, consultants, engineers, auditors
- Travel and accommodation — hotels, serviced apartments, staff housing, car hire
- Insurance — property, vehicle, health, travel, liability and special risks, through licensed brokers
- Marketing and events — printing, branded items, venues, audio-visual, catering
Who it is suitable for
- Multinationals whose internal audit cannot currently see how Iraqi spend was incurred
- Contractors buying on a project schedule rather than a calendar
- Embassies and international organisations bound by their own procurement rules
- Companies that suspect they are paying above market and want it benchmarked
Where this touches legal work. Drafting or reviewing a supply contract, and any dispute with a supplier, are handled by Salt & Associates, engaged separately. Salt Corporate Services does not buy and resell goods as principal, and does not act as a commercial agent.
Common questions
Can I just submit an RFQ?
Yes — that is the shortest way to start. Send the requirement in whatever form you have it, including a part list, a drawing or a photograph of the old unit, and you get back a comparison sheet of written quotations with a recommendation and the reasoning. No account, no minimum and no obligation to place the order.
Do you handle MRO and spare parts?
Yes. Maintenance, repair and operations items — consumables, spares, tools, PPE and urgent replacements — run the same route as capital purchases, because the audit file does not care how small the order was.
Do you take a margin on what you buy?
Supplier costs pass through at cost, with the supplier's own invoice and official receipt kept on file, and Salt's fee stated separately. No commissions, no rebates, no mark-ups.
Who pays the supplier?
You do, directly. Salt does not hold client funds and does not pay suppliers on your behalf.
What if only one supplier can do it?
Then it is a single-source purchase, and it is recorded as one. We write the justification, you approve it, and it appears on the monthly exception report.
How fast can an urgent purchase move?
Urgent purchases skip the competition threshold, not the record. The exception is documented, approved by you, and reported. We do not quote a delivery time we have not confirmed with the supplier.
Can our auditors see the files?
Yes. The audit file per purchase is built for exactly that, and we prepare evidence packs for internal and external auditors on request.
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Send us a requirement and see what comes back.
One specification, one delivery address, one date. You will get the comparison, the recommendation and the file.
One Desk in Baghdad. Turnkey back-office infrastructure.
Salt Corporate Services runs all ten areas below — 33 services and 15 configured products, under one account lead, one request channel and one monthly report. Most clients start with one area and add the rest as the operation grows.