The Unit should also be involved in quality assurance of vendor certification and vendor performance in terms of adherence to safety standards.

Others may decide to aggregate traffic with other operators and thus gain leverage in their dealings with global providers.

Further, a new full time Vendor Roster Officer was assigned and, as outlined in the revised 2006 United Nations Procurement Manual, the vendor management programme is under revision.

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The growing power of retailers has a significant effect on domestic suppliers, especially small ones or those that do not command strong brand products, by offering lower prices for their products.

Supplier registration, supplier information, reference library and catalogues

Finally, ISPs may benefit from capacity building efforts to help them better understand the full range of international connectivity options open to them.

Procurement planning

Refunds received from supplier

Supplier roster

A comprehensive review of vendor management conducted in the first quarter of 2004 made recommendations to simplify, streamline and harmonize the vendor registration process and to share this responsibility among the various United Nations organizations.

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5. Construction contractors and suppliers

Procurement policies should apply to suppliers from all regions and should be geared towards increasing the participation of suppliers from developing countries.

Accordingly, the Secretary General believes that the most appropriate and practical way to increase the participation of vendors from developing countries and countries with economies in transition in the award of United Nations procurement is through their enrolment in the supplier roster.

The Board considers that rather than leaving it to the discretion of the Chief of the Procurement Division, the Member and Observer States should be routinely invited to offer details of potential suppliers so that the vendors in the supplier roster are drawn from as wide a geographical area as possible.

Particular attention should be paid to ISP domestic interconnection.

Restrictions on the provision of international connectivity (such as forcing ISPs to use the international gateway of the incumbent operator) have also been found to represent a heavy burden for ISPs.

Vendor registration

The Unit is now processing all benefit and vendor payments.

Merck's engagement policy

The floods also caused shortages of vegetables in the State shops.

(a) Potential suppliers should already be indicated.

Concerning the domestic distribution sector, this means that a number of local suppliers, especially small ones, would not be able to adjust to the competition and would be forced to leave the market.

o The re registration of vendors has been initiated to ensure that suppliers of doubtful quality are not utilized.

Gas suppliers

Custody and control of equipment

Performance evaluation of suppliers

Vendor misconduct

Thus, in future, the peacekeeping missions will have access to a truly global vendor database complete with more comprehensive and reliable information on the vendors registered therein.

The services provided by the customers or suppliers

Very small, in some cases transportable, stations have been made commercially available by several suppliers in European countries and in the United States.

Similarly, in March 2012, a consortium of large corporations led by IBM created the web based Supplier Connection to make it easier for small businesses to become suppliers to large companies. Currently, the members of Supplier Connection purchase more than 150 billion in goods and services annually through their global supply chains.

12. Further regrets that, despite the initial efforts of the Secretary General, the supplier roster is still not representative of the membership of the Organization, and requests him to intensify further and focus his efforts to broaden the geographical base of the supplier roster

The main beneficiaries of a DMS are potential travelers, the providers of tourism products and services, national travel agents and outbound travel agents, national tourism institutions, IT providers and investors.

Commitments by international partners should lead to their participation in local and national consultations and to their financial support for the process,

A United Nations Supplier Code of Conduct is also being formulated.

In paragraph 540, the Board recommends that the Administration deal only with suppliers duly listed in the roster of vendors to protect the interests of the United Nations, and comply with the provisions of the United Nations Procurement Manual in regard to vendor selection.

40. Further decides that three of the posts established above (one P 4, one P 3 and one General Service (Other level)) will be designated to the Vendor Registration and Management Team with a view to, inter alia, promoting the diversification of the origin of vendors among all Member States, including developing countries and countries with economies in transition, simplifying vendor registration, managing the vendor database and liaising with vendors

Fifthly, interoperability procuring entities should ensure that the systems used are fully compatible with those of potential suppliers or contractors.

The need for broadening the geographical base of the supplier roster and the procurement of goods and services on as wide a geographical basis as possible was emphasized.

The need for broadening the geographical base of the supplier roster and the procurement of goos and services on as wide a geographical basis as possible was emphasized.

(b) National institutions and organizations are supportive of efforts for diversification of United Nations suppliers

Vendor performance reporting

Procurement vendor roster