(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.

UNOPS has developed expertise in recruitment and placement of experts, procurement, tendering and contracting (UNOPS has opened a procurement office at Copenhagen, which probably can be described as the United Nations procurement centre) at very competitive rates, while maintaining high standards of performance.

Purchase Price

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.

Another reason why a procuring entity may not wish to award a contract to the successful bidder is because the price (or other terms) offered in the bid are so favourable to the entity that it considers that the bidder will not be able to fulfil to the contact on those terms (see, further, A CN.9 WG.I WP.36).

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

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.

From the perspective of the procuring entity, an abnormally low tender involves a risk that the contract cannot be performed, or performed at the price tendered, and additional costs and delays to the project may therefore ensue.

When reviewing tenders, procuring entities, it was said, should be allowed to seek justification of prices if they suspected abnormally low tenders.

(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.

(f) To include in the solicitation documents a statement to the effect that the procuring entity is not obligated to accept the lowest priced, or any tender, and that a procuring entity may carry out analyses of potential performance risk and prices submitted, perhaps in addition to qualification criteria

9. There were no performance measures and targets to assist management in monitoring and assessing the efficiency of procurement activities (para. 7 (b)).

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.

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.

(a) To promote awareness of the adverse effects of abnormally low tenders, to provide training to procurement officers, and to ensure that the procurement entity has adequate resources and information, including reference or market prices where possible

Depending on the permitted criteria for the award of a contract procured through ERAs, two systems are found those based on the lowest price alone and those that permit additional criteria.

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

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.

In particular, it was agreed to allow procuring entities to investigate possible ALTs through a price justification procedure (A CN.9 575, para. 76).

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.

In addition, no consultant who has been engaged to prepare or review technical specifications or otherwise to assist in the evaluation of bids or proposals should be allowed to recommend any suppliers for the proposed procurement or itself to tender any bids or proposals.

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.

(d) bis. If the tender price is abnormally low in relation to the goods, construction or services to be procured, and raises concerns as to the ability of the tenderer to perform the contract, provided that

At its seventh session, the Working Group decided that the Model Law should be amended so as to allow procuring entities to investigate possible abnormally low tenders through a price justification procedure.

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.

The mandate given to IAPSO to promote cooperation and coordination is the same objective pursued by IAPWG.

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).

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.

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.

32. The Office should develop a set of indicators to assess whether the procurement activity is effective and efficient and that best value is achieved (para. 35).

Specifications for that project have been issued and procurement is in progress.

According to another view, the notion of quot price quot could not have the same value for the award of privately financed infrastructure projects as it had in the procurement of goods and services.

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

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.

So we're targeting 50 dollars in 2010.

148. For 1998 1999, the Unit will, in addition to its regular tasks, finalize the request for proposal for vehicles variants and ancillary services, the request for proposal for procurement of standardized vehicle batteries and the request for proposal for centralized procurement of standardized vehicle tyres.

The delegation for peacekeeping procurement raises the level of delegation to 1 million for the procurement of core requirements , essential goods and services which by their nature, or owing to market conditions (e.g. prices fixed by legislation or government regulations), lend themselves to local procurement.

The objective should read To ensure efficient, effective and diversified procurement opportunities and high quality procurement services for the Organization.

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