IFICC 815/B/2016
Type
Case
Court
Iraq First Instance Commercial Court
Jurisdiction
Iraq
Taxonomy
General Commercial Law, General Contract Law
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
8 Jun 2017
Catchwords
Offer – Acceptance – Contract – Tender – Referral Letter
This case involved a claim for compensation by a company which had won a tender and received a tender letter but the Ministry had then refused to sign the contract. The existence of a referral letter meant the Ministry had accepted that the contract existed even if it was not signed.
Background
A trading and general contracting company filed case before the First Instance Commercial Court against the Interior Minister claiming that it had won a tender to prepare uniforms for the border protection forces leadership and that it received a referral letter to this effect but the Ministry had refused to sign a contract. The company requested the revocation of the referral letter and to be paid the costs it had incurred which were estimated at 170 million Dinars plus compensation of 200 million Dinars for losses, lost gains, and legal costs.