The Procurement Division procured a total of 309 million in 1997, or 11 per cent of total United Nations system procurement.

The Procurement Service was of the view that the requirement to establish local vendor review committees may in certain cases place an additional burden on some missions where staffing capacity is problematic.

The Chief Procurement Officer will be responsible for the procurement of goods and services both locally and regionally and will supervise the staff in the Procurement Section in undertaking required administrative actions relating to procurement, including the bidding process.

Goods and services were procured, and payments made, without following the established procedures for procurement and without issuing purchase orders

UNPD United Nations Procurement Division

See IAPSO procurement statistics at www.iapso.org.

The bond is the United Nations lien against contractor performance.

In this connection, on enquiry, the Committee was informed that data on procurement in the IAPSO report has been indicated based on country of procurement for goods, and country of head office for services.

IAPSO Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

(b) Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

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.

The Section is considering new procurement practices to provide more flexibility for small purchases.

(xii) Procurement services posting of procurement plans and upcoming procurement opportunities on the Division's website preparation and issuance of tenders presentation of cases to the Headquarters Committee on Contracts, including review of procurement procedures being proposed and conducted by offices away from Headquarters and peacekeeping and other field missions award of purchase orders and contracts and negotiation and execution of contracts for the procurement of goods and services

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

JPS Joint Purchase Service

The Inter Agency Procurement Working Group (IAPWG)

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

(c) in the area of procurement, the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services

IAPWG Inter Agency Procurement Working Group

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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.

The Administration reported one ex gratia payment amounting to 40,000 that had been made to the father of a deceased UNMIK staff member who had lost her life while performing official duties during the financial period ended 30 June 2005.

The primary source of procurement statistics is the annual report on United Nations system procurement issued by the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office of UNDP.

22. Procurement planning should be improved to avoid piecemeal purchases.

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

Procurement decisions, especially where exceptions to procurement instructions are made, should be better documented.

Procurement first purchase order

Procurement second purchase order

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.

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

IAPWG meetings held every two years in the developing countries and the business seminars organized in the developing regions by the United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) appear to have afforded opportunities for increased participation of recipient countries in the procurement business of the United Nations system.

5. Requests the Secretary General, in the context of his next report on procurement reform, to evolve and provide the standards for measuring efficiency of procurement, taking into account the optimal duration of the procurement decision making process, the total workload in the Procurement Division and the cost efficiency of procurement, against which the performance should be measured

5. Requests the Secretary General, in the context of his next report on procurement reform, to evolve and provide the standards for measuring the efficiency of procurement, taking into account the optimal duration of the procurement decision making process, the total workload in the Procurement Division of the Secretariat and the cost efficiency of procurement, against which the performance should be measured

At UNDP, procurement staff also receives training on legal aspects of procurement.

UNOPS procurement office is in the same building with IAPSO in Copenhagen.

The resolution has been shared with the IAPWG during its deliberations on procurement reforms.

In addition, it is incumbent upon each procurement officer in each case to determine that the prospective awardee is responsible.