Notice_of_Intent_to_Sole_Source.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

ATTACHMENT

I/ BACKGROUND

The Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), part of the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce (USDOC), provides technical assistance to transitioning countries to create an enabling environment for increased trade and investment. CLDP does so at the behest of US embassies located in these countries.

Working at the behest of the US embassy in Iraq, CLDP has provided technical assistance to different branches of the Government of Iraq (GoI) since 2008. A key focus of CLDP’s work in Iraq has been technical assistance to help modernize Iraq’s economy

II/DUTIES

A. The Economic Reform Advisor

The Economic Reform Advisor will help Iraqi ministries define, validate, and implement, economic reforms critically needed to modernize Iraq’s economy. In particular, the Advisor will provide advice on: a) The legislation and/or regulations required for economic reforms in Iraq; b) The necessary inter-agency cooperation for such legislation and/or regulations to be enacted; and, c), Interactions with multilateral or national development financial institutions that may support economic reforms in Iraq.

The advisor will do so on a part- time basis, on average 16 hours per week, for 44 weeks.

B. The Firm

The firm will be solely responsible for the advisor’s security and for providing all logistical services needed by the Advisor, in particular transportation, translation, and clerical services.

III/ REQUIREMENTS

A. The Economic Reform Advisor

The Advisor shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in Iraq. The Advisor have a degree (JD or LLM) from an accredited US law school. The Advisor must also have served as an Iraq government official, at a level of Chief of Staff, or of Deputy Chief of Staff, to a minister or a deputy minister. In this capacity, the Advisor must have coordinated the work of several Iraqi government agencies and must have also conducted cooperation activities with international development financing institutions. The Advisor must have a badge allowing entry into, and circulation within, Baghdad’s International Zone (Green Zone).

B/ The Firm

The firm providing the Advisor must have the staff required to provide the security and logistical services needed by the Advisor; it must also have the experience to do so, as evidenced by an operational presence in Baghdad’s International Zone for at least two years.