In its procurement for the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) (UNCHS), for 3 categories of stationery, 45 orders were placed in 1997.

It is also responsible for the provision of procurement services required for buildings management of the VIC, the VIC catering operations and execution of the asbestos removal project.

In China, ERAs are open only to members of the local online public procurement bidding system maintained by local public procurement centres.

For example, the Division could use the United Nations bimonthly procurement publication of the Department of Public Information, entitled Development Business, as well as the United Nations information centres.

It should also procure and install initial IDC hardware, acquire and install IDC software, and initiate procurement and installation of IMS station equipment.

The United Nations Inter Agency Procurement Working Group and the International Training Centre have launched an Organization wide procurement certification project to ensure that all United Nations procurement practitioners are professionally certified in their respective disciplines.

For example, some agencies included procurement through national execution.

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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.

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).

CRiSPS Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (of the University of Bath School of Management)

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

Nine per cent of the Division s procurement was from developing countries, which was up from 0.07 per cent in 1996.

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.

The 28th IAPWG meeting in May 2003 discussed the results of an in depth study on the future potential for e procurement in the United Nations, which IAPWG had commissioned from the Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS) of the University of Bath School of Management.

Some systems specifically address a minimum number of participants in the ERA while in other systems general provisions of procurement law apply.

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.

This is a problem with the current Reality Procurement System that will be corrected in a future procurement system.

The way government does its procurement affects the format of electronic auctions in public procurement.

However, the establishment of a consolidated hub at Brindisi would require the relocation of approximately 130 posts.

The recommendations contained in the OIOS report (A 50 945, annex) concerning procurement handled by the Contracts and Procurement Service have been addressed by the transfer of procurement responsibilities to the Procurement Division of the Department of Management.

See, e.g., the Public Procurement Law of Poland (article 80(2)) and, in China, the Zhejiang Province Interim Measures for the Management of Online Public Procurement Bidding, article 22.

The commission may be payable by the procuring entity, the successful bidder or a combination of both.

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.

UNPD United Nations Procurement Division

See IAPSO procurement statistics at www.iapso.org.

Increasing procurement from developing countries

Another reason may be the informal and ill defined status of IAPWG, which serves as a central forum for procurement professionals, and the lack of a clear inter agency identity for IAPSO, as discussed in the following chapter.

UNICEF, in collaboration with several other United Nations agencies (the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office (IAPSO), the Training Centre in Turin, Italy, UNDP, UNOPS), has agreed to a revised Common Procurement Training initiative for the United Nations.

This would virtually rule out outsourcing to a centralized service.

Article 11. Record of procurement proceedings

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

In addition, it is incumbent upon each procurement officer in each case to determine that the prospective awardee is responsible.

IAPSO Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

(b) Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

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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.

In this connection, on enquiry, the Committee was informed that data on procurement in the IAPSO report has been indicated based on country of procurement for goods, and country of head office for services.

The Section is considering new procurement practices to provide more flexibility for small purchases.

The organizations should continue to use their IAPWG forum to tighten collaboration and synchronize their efforts in this area, building on IAPSO's experience, on the findings of the CRiSPS report and of the present JIU report.

See, e.g., in China, the Liuzhou City Rules of Implementation for Public Procurement through Online Procurement, article 19.

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)