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

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

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

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

Purchase Price

7. Inflation rates for non post items should be based on the price trends pertaining to a basket of goods and services normally procured by duty stations.

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).

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.

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

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.

(c) Limiting procurement of local goods that were of a higher price and an inferior quality

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.

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

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.

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

Because of internal budgetary restrictions and external price increases in the book trade, the Library s acquisitions programme was severely restrained, book and periodical purchases were curtailed and collections were limited to include only the most essential selections.

The value of procurement conducted directly by UNLB locally against the stocks amounted to 3,975,143.

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.

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.

See, e.g., Purchase Contract Awards Act 2002 of Austria, para. Also, the Shanghai Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 14.

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).

1.193 All requests for procurement will have been fulfilled according to the required specifications, on time and within established procurement schedules.

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.

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

These benefits should be the subject of an evaluation, including findings on procurement performance benchmarks and other best practices resulting from procurement reforms at United Nations Headquarters and other duty stations as appropriate.

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.

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.

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

As the procurement agent of the Global Tuberculosis Drug Facility (GDF), IAPSO has used its e commerce application effectively to deliver drugs around the world, valued in 2002 at US 11 million.

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

The procurement activities of UNJSPF are carried out by the Procurement Division of the United Nations and the Fund.

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

Food prices are rising fast, placing some basic commodities out of reach for a growing portion of the population.

117. Notes with concern the lack of detail in the proposed programme budget of unit costs for the replacement or acquisition of information technology related equipment

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.

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.

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

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

Ammonium nitrate can be purchased easily and cheaply in most countries as fertilizer.

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

Book value of materiél shipped by the Base to missions in lieu of new procurement (i.e. the costs saved by the United Nations, by not having to procure brand new equipment to meet field missions requirements)

UNFPA has continued to emphasize the necessity of strictly applying established procedures to procurement requests.

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.

(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.