Establish initial requirements for procurement of OSI equipment and for logistics

Establish initial requirements for procurement of OSI equipment and for logistics

(b) The plan should indicate the method of procurement, in line with the Procurement Manual and existing guidelines.

Audit of procurement of engineering and airfield goods and services

29. A new procurement manual is in preparation to reflect this recommendation and other procurement reform procedures.

UNPD United Nations Procurement Division

See IAPSO procurement statistics at www.iapso.org.

Investigation into allegations of violations of procurement procedures at Pristina airport

87. It is proposed to maintain the current numbers of support account posts provided for the Section, which has 29 posts funded from the account 1 P 5 (Senior Procurement Officer), 8 P 4 (Procurement Officers), 9 P 3 (Procurement Officers) and 11 General Service posts (procurement assistant secretary).

The former Department for Development Support and Management Services (now part of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs), whose procurement operations are now integrated into the Procurement Division, procured 24 million in 1997, with 35 per cent of that amount from developing countries, up from 29 per cent in 1996.

(vi) when the proposed procurement contract is for the purchase or lease of real property and market conditions do not allow for effective competition

UNHCR has taken measures to enforce the existing procurement guidelines to ensure more consistency and efficiency in the procurement process.

With regard to the establishment of a supplier review committee, it is the position of the Administration that, given the volume of procurement activities at ESCWA and the fact that the procurement team consists of only four staff members, section 5.03 of the Procurement Manual, which applies to offices at which procurement activities are carried out by several procurement sections, cannot be implemented.

IAPSO Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

(b) Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

) and the aggregation of purchasing power (does the auction or marketplace facilitate joint purchasing or joint selling by participants in an auction?

The Procurement Division, in addition to implementing its own reform processes is now actively and closely involved with the Working Group on Procurement.

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.

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)

Delayed administrative action in procurement.

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

IAPWG Inter Agency Procurement Working Group

Procurement

Procurement

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

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.

Investigation into allegations of bribery and favouritism in the procurement of uniforms by Pristina airport

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

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

3. The audit team found that, in several instances, the Mission s Procurement Section had interfered in the requisitioning process, resulting in splitting of requisitions and badly delaying the processing of requisitions.

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.

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.

Weaknesses were disclosed also in personnel administration, procurement and property management.

Communications

Procurement

E. Procurement

VIII. PROCUREMENT 20

Level of procurement