The Procurement and Contracts Unit has consolidated the submitted procurement plans and conducts periodic review meetings with the major clients.

The P 2 post will be redeployed from the Procurement Unit and the 4 Field Service posts from the Communications Unit.

In its report on the biennium 1992 1993, the Board of Auditors recommended that all procurement requests be channelled through Procurement Unit.

a UNFPA executed projects include procurement assistance by the UNFPA headquarters Procurement Unit in respect of government projects amounting to 72.6 million.

The UNU procurement unit was working to identify specific items acquired and disposed of.

Report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled Procurement practices within the United Nations system

(b) In its report on the biennium 1992 1993, the Board of Auditors recommended that all procurement requests be channelled through the Procurement Unit.

The Board is concerned at these failures to comply with the Board s recommendation that such procurement actions should be undertaken by the Procurement Unit.

(c) Eleven of the 15 staff members of the UNMIK procurement unit had had no procurement training between 2002 and August 2005, although needs had been identified

Unlike WFP where a separate food procurement unit and manual would seem justified by the highly specialized and even complex requirements of food procurement and delivery, specialized procurement units operating under different systems of accountability might not represent optimal use of procurement resources, particularly in cases of relatively low procurement volume.

The table displays two staffing efficiency measures, the average value procured in 2002 by each staff member (Professional and General Service combined) of an organization's procurement unit, and procurement staff costs as a percentage of procurement spending.

Besides processing invoices for peacekeeping mission procurement done through Headquarters, the Unit also processes government claims and troop payments.

Each request for procurement was processed separately, resulting in the piecemeal issuance of numerous purchase orders. 44. The shortcomings were attributable in part to the lack of qualified staff and inadequate controls over the procurement process. Procurement, which is a part of the Procurement and Transport Unit, consisted of only three local staff members, who were inadequately trained and directly supervised by the Officer in Charge of the Unit.

The 7 locally recruited posts will be redeployed from the General Services Unit (5), Procurement (1) and Administrative Services (1).

The Information Technology Operations Unit has also established enhanced disaster recovery services and absorbed an increased workload in procurement and training activities.

These cases were brought to the attention of the concerned organizational unit to ensure full compliance with the procurement procedures in the future.

The existing procurement systems did not provide the underlying systems needed to effectively monitor performance against the activities and outputs set by the unit.

The Board found that the UNFPA Information and External Relations Division approached consultancy firms directly rather than through the Procurement Unit (para. 7 (b)).

In paragraph 522, the Administration agreed with the Board's recommendation that it reinforce the cooperation between the Procurement and Contracts Unit at the United Nations Office at Geneva and the departments it services, so as to enable the Unit to implement reliable yearly procurement plans, in compliance with paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 52 226.

In 1996 1997, the Board found that the Information and External Relations Division of UNFPA approached consultancy firms directly rather than through the Procurement Unit.

After the summer recess period, the Commercial Operations Unit will meet with the respective directors and senior managers to institute regular procurement meetings designed to produce workload forecasts.

The Commercial Operations Unit is designing a procedure to advertise all its procurement activities on the home page and to make the vendor community aware of the process.

Recommendation 3. The Department of Management should consider transferring responsibility for commercial insurance arrangements to a specialized procurement and contract management unit within the Office of Central Support Services.

The Procurement Division was reorganized, procurement staff received training, the delegation of procurement authority has been adjusted and new procurement guidelines were finalized.

The Procurement Division was reorganized, procurement staff received training, the delegation of procurement authority has been adjusted and new procurement guidelines were finalized.

148. For 1998 1999, the Unit will, in addition to its regular tasks, finalize the request for proposal for vehicles variants and ancillary services, the request for proposal for procurement of standardized vehicle batteries and the request for proposal for centralized procurement of standardized vehicle tyres.

88. General Services Section. This office is responsible for a wide range of activities, including construction, procurement, travel and traffic, buildings management, transport (including the vehicle fleet in the field) and protocol activities. The growth of the Tribunal has led to increased procurement, travel and buildings management activities. In particular, the Procurement Travel Unit has been unable to meet current demands.

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a Includes Office of Aviation Safety Unit, Budget and Cost Control Unit, Administrative Planning and Policy Unit, Board of Inquiry Unit and United Nations Volunteers Support Unit.

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