See IAPSO procurement statistics at www.iapso.org.

Purchase of equipment

Equipment purchased during the year was lower than planned due to a scale down of original purchases planned.

(a) Acquisition of equipment

(a) Acquisition of equipment

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.

Purchase of different items.

G. Procurement of accommodation facilities

(a) Acquisition of equipment(1 293 700)

Similarly, IAPSO remains more a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) entity than an inter agency procurement facility since it is not used as such by the United Nations procurement system.

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

Annual procurement planning

19. Procurement of goods and equipment is a core activity for the Office, forming the main component of many of the projects undertaken on behalf of clients for 1996 total international procurement of goods and equipment amounted to 140 million (representing 1,158 purchase orders), with additional local procurement of 26,000.

Reviewed requests for equipment and recommended its procurement.

The 1997 exercise requires Field Offices to report all procurement anticipated in the course of 1997, including that of implementing partners.

The Conference expresses concern with the appearance of clandestine international nuclear supply and procurement networks, including for the most sensitive technologies and weapons designs.

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

The Procurement Division, however, agreed that global statistics would aid in procurement planning.

Audit of procurement contracts

Audit of procurement activities

Audit of procurement activities

A procurement and accounting system was established, and training in office management was carried out.

For IDC Develop and review an overall hardware procurement plan and review first order of equipment

Develop and review an overall hardware procurement plan and review first order of equipment

The Procurement Services should investigate ways in which the procurement plan can be enhanced as a tool in the management of the entire procurement process.

(a) A critical examination of the general adequacy and effectiveness of the current regulatory and legal environment

The 1996 purchasing plan exercise resulted in the highest ever number of plans submitted to Headquarters by Field Offices.

(b) Limited capacity of the procurement section to complete the procurement process for communications, information technology and observation equipment

UNDP supports such a procurement policy and has incorporated it into the Procurement Manual.

D. Computerisation of the procurement system

There are no provisions for acquisition of equipment.

Inadequate control over the procurement of equipment

The Advisory Committee, however, underlines the importance of revisiting procurement plans on a quarterly basis to ensure that they are updated with regard to the operational requirements of a mission, and the need to enforce the use of procurement plans as tools to facilitate effective and efficient procurement management, as recommended by the Board of Auditors.6

In collaboration with the European Commission, UNDP assisted with the procurement of election materials and equipment.

This would be similar to the procurement currently done with IAPSO on vehicles, with the World Health Organization (WHO) on HIV test kits, and with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and WFP on telecom equipment.

Equivalent new procurement value of equipment repaired

Audit of procurement fraud indicators

No new vehicles were purchased for UNMIH.

(b) Purchasing of computer equipment, vehicles, and medical equipment

The Procurement and Travel Section and other units should be encouraged to prepare procurement plans and the use of blanket contracts expanded.

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

Transfer of funds for the purchase of computer equipment

Develops and implements work plans and provides overall management of the Division.

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.

The Administration intends to develop an acceptable design and procurement methodology for dealing with such emergencies.