Similarly, for management and operation of catering services at United Nations Headquarters, where 28 days were allowed, only 1 bidder responded out of 11.

These objectives were achieved by means of the following investments

A public authority that is well financed is clearly more likely to win a bidding contest for an investment project than one that is not well financed.

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Detailed design and tender documents for a main gravity interceptor were revised, and tendering was planned for September 1998.

29. Although the contract was bid internationally, the Office of Internal Oversight Services believed that there was evidence to suggest that the bidding process was lax.

The understanding of the Working Group with respect to the latter suggestion, however, was that the term lowest evaluated tender used in the Model Law (see, in particular, article 34 (4) (b) (ii)) corresponded in meaning to the term most economically advantageous tender .

31. The Department of Management indicated that a broker competition for a combined Headquarters and foreign property policy will be implemented this year .

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ECE is also promoting higher standards in the treatment of FDI, and is encouraging its members to participate in the relevant international standards setting forums.

The Tender Committee unduly delayed bid openings.

Most respondents had declined to submit bids in previous years for the same reasons

(4)(b) The successful tender shall be that submitted by a supplier that has been determined to be fully qualified to undertake the contract, and whose tender is

20. Requests the Secretary General to ensure that all expression of interest notices issued by the construction manager and all related contract awards are posted on the capital master plan website

They can also reduce many administrative difficulties and costs associated with the traditional open procedure, such as costs of handling and evaluating bids, costs of communication, and even costs that potential bidders spend on industrial and business espionage before submitting bids.

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As a result the original lowest bidders were requested to revise their proposals to reflect the manpower levels reflected by the second lowest bidder.

Bidders must be aware how a public institution will assess bids.

In the asset management industry, there have traditionally been two types of investment strategies passive and active. The passive approach includes investment in indices that track specific benchmarks, say, the S P 500 for the United States or an index of advanced economies or emerging market equities.

At no time in the bidding or post bid negotiation period did any of the Insurance Section personnel attend meetings between the broker and the potential underwriters.

The company had been the highest of three bidders for the contract, and the lowest bid was 28,800.

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(d) In view of the size and diversification of the investment portfolio, the Investment Management Service should increase the number of investment managers or review the possibility of hiring additional discretionary investment advisers (AS2001 95 1 14)

(viii) The conditions under which the bidders will be able to bid and, in particular, any minimum differences in price or other features that will be required when bidding must be improved in any individual new submission during the auction and the time which the procuring entity will allow to elapse after receiving the last submission before closing the auction

To carry out the mission and achieve the Fund's goals and objectives, the Investment Section of the Investment Management Service actively manages portfolios of equity, fixed income, real estate and short term investments, constantly analysing capital markets and investment opportunities.

In recent years, the Hungarian competition authority has successfully prosecuted several cases involving bid rigging in the construction industry.

A study of bidding behaviour in situations where bid rigging is suspected might identify patterns suggesting customer allocation or bid rotation.

The procuring entity shall rank the tenders on the basis of the features of tenders that are not to be presented in the auction in accordance with the award criteria.

(7) Where appropriate, any reference to a tender in the Model Law the reference to a tender in articles see paragraphs 33 and 34 below shall be read to include a reference to an initial tender submitted in a procedure involving an electronic reverse auction.

It was also observed that the question of tender securities might need specific provision, in the light of the experience of certain delegations and observers that tender securities remained paper based documents, and simultaneous submission with electronic tenders might not be possible.

The most common procedure was the tendering method (adjudication), in which the contract was awarded to the tenderer offering the lowest price.

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Article 32. Tender securities

The competitive bidding process

Avoidance of competitive bidding

Consequently, the winning bid may be simply an established increment below the second lowest bid rather than the lowest responsible and responsive bid.

The international community should develop a costed, targeted and financed investment plan, and must revitalize commitment to improved governance and the rule of law.

Our limited investment resources unambiguously dictate that production should be high tech and economic management systematic and targeted.

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In some cases, blanket purchase agreements were established that reduced the number of bids to be processed.

The Compliance Officer will establish the policies of the Investment Management Service in regard to standards of ethical behaviour, review the Service's procedures to ensure their adequacy and effectiveness and monitor the adherence of sub advisers and service providers to the standards of the Service.

8. The new economic orientation aims, first, to promote private sector investment and eliminate all obstacles to investment by Lebanese and foreigners.

Consequential changes to article 32(1) (which refers to withdrawal of the tender before the deadline for submission tenders as being one of the permitted purposes of a tender security), and article 32(2)(d) (which provides for the return of a tender security where the tender is withdrawn before the deadline for submission of tenders) also could therefore be made, as follows, with appropriate commentary in the Guide to Enactment.