Furthermore, there were no means for comparing local procurements with international procurements in order to determine whether prices were reasonable.

The buffer stock purchases had helped to arrest falls in rubber prices, and sales had contributed to checking steep rises in prices.

Objectivity in the process could also be improved if procuring entities were to compare prices received with pre tender estimates based on market prices.

(b) To ensure appropriate emphasis is given to both price and non price criteria in procurement proceedings

Purchase Price

UNDP Inter Agency Procurement Services Office (IAPSO) already has an advanced e procurement platform.

However, the introduction of new evaluation elements other than quality and price would represent a major departure from the spirit of the Financial Regulations and the established procurement procedures.

Under the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, only the name of the winning bidder but not the winning price is disclosed.

The libraries have made groundbreaking progress in joint procurement of these costly resources by using the United Nations System Electronic Information Acquisition Consortium to negotiate subscriptions at a lower cost to the Organization.

Upon receipt of the application documents, the procurement centre will examine and decide, within the period of time set by law, whether to grant membership to the suppliers (see articles 7 9 of the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding and article 11 of the Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding of Shunyi District of Beijing).

A procuring entity may conduct a price justification procedure in any procurement, including one conducted by means of an electronic reverse auction (which may be suspended for the purpose), and should set out all relevant information in the record of the procurement proceedings required to be maintained under article 11.

Of main importance is its price effective procurement of handpumps from India.

See, e.g., in China, the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, articles 22 and 27 the Shenzhen City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 31 the Zhuhai City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 29 and the Hefei City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 25.

In this capacity he she will supervise the work and training of the procurement staff, undertake procurement planning, oversee the preparation and implementation of UNOMIG procurement policy and guidelines and the development of a procurement team at UNOMIG.

Assesses whether the Mission obtained good quality products and services at competitive prices and whether procurement was carried out in compliance with pertinent United Nations financial rules and regulations and procurement manuals (see also 168).

See the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 8 the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 6 and the Xuzhou City Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 8.

See the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 19 and the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 22.

Improved procurement should lead to lower priced goods and services that are available as and when needed.

See, e.g., the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding , article 6, and the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding , article 8.

(2) In any procurement by means of an electronic reverse auction, the procuring entity shall may engage in prequalification proceedings in accordance with article 7 .

Systems contracts are feasible when there is advance procurement planning and the cooperation of the requisitioning offices is given at all phases of procurement.

In particular, it was agreed to allow procuring entities to investigate possible ALTs through a price justification procedure (A CN.9 575, para. 76).

See, in China, the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding , article 19 and the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 22.

See, e.g., the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 17 and the Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding of Shunyi District of Beijing, article 15.

Specifications for that project have been issued and procurement is in progress.

o Some goods were procured from a restricted group of middlemen, at higher prices, under doubtful circumstances.

See, in China, the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 22 the Shunyi District of Beijing Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 20 and the Liuzhou City Rules of Implementation for Public Procurement through Online Procurement , article 22.

See, e.g., the Working Procedure for Online Procurement Bidding (Office Equipment), article 6, under the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding.

In mid 1997 the Office collected comparative prices resulting from some three dozen of its own procurement efforts as well as prices obtained by others and found a significant price benefit with the Office s involvement.

Key achievements in the procurement area include resolution of the dispute with UNICEF outstanding since late 2004 (paragraph 371) the incorporation of UNDP policy on fraud prevention into its revised Procurement Manual (paragraph 379), approved in August 2005 the adoption of benchmark prices by the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office (IAPSO) to ensure value for money procurement (paragraph 340).

Benchmarks used include the benchmark prices established by the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office and the consultancy fees being charged.

See, e.g., the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding.

(a) Analyse and evaluate various requests from requisitioning offices for procurement action

These include better procurement planning by requisitioning units, streamlining the procurement process in the Procurement Division and by the Headquarters Committee on Contracts and making necessary changes to the procurement framework, including regulations, rules and refinements in the Procurement Manual.

(f) To include in the solicitation documents a statement to the effect that the procuring entity is not obligated to accept the lowest priced, or any tender, and that a procuring entity may carry out analyses of potential performance risk and prices submitted, perhaps in addition to qualification criteria

See, e.g., article 22 of the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding.

(a) To promote awareness of the adverse effects of abnormally low tenders, to provide training to procurement officers, and to ensure that the procurement entity has adequate resources and information, including reference or market prices where possible

(f) On procurement, purchases valued in excess of 188 million were considered on ex post facto or partially ex post facto basis and contracts were extended without bidding to a total value of 72.4 million

The terms of purchase are agreed in advance in a contract which specifies how much will be bought, the price that will be paid and how risks are allocated.

The Board considers that the Office should monitor centrally the procurement performance of the integrated divisions and develop and monitor procurement performance indicators, such as speed of delivery and prices.

In other systems, however, if the lowest bid is invalidated, the procuring entity has to reconduct ERA or adopt other methods of procurement.

(1) (b)). Paragraph (1) (c) presents options that would enable the procuring entity to use electronic reverse auctions for the procurement of construction and services as well as goods, sets out the extent to which appropriate goods must be specified in order to use electronic reverse auctions, and presents options for the presentation of only price criteria, or both price and non price criteria through the auction.

Welcomes the training programmes for United Nations procurement staff that the Procurement Service has initiated, including in the field, and requests the Secretary General to support these programmes and to evaluate and monitor their impact

4. The Mission acknowledged that the Procurement Section did not process requisitions with the timeliness and care expected of a professional procurement section and, as a result, the Mission and the Organization had suffered through exigent procurement exercises that definitely reduced the likelihood that required goods and services would be acquired at the lowest prices possible.

Designs and instructions on construction were obtainable at a reasonable price.