Commodity Procurement Section I Commodity Procurement Section II Support Services Section

Such short mandated periods hindered the efficient procurement of commercial aircraft.

IAPSO Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

(b) Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

Procurement vendor roster

Procurement vendor roster

The Inter Agency Procurement Working Group (IAPWG)

Procurement opportunities for vendors from developing countries and countries with economies in transition

The Procurement Service has been taking all possible measures to increase procurement opportunities for vendors from developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

IAPWG Inter Agency Procurement Working Group

Procurement opportunities

The delays in processing of requisitions resulted in rush purchases without providing adequate opportunity for competition among a wide range of suppliers.

Direct procurement of drugs by the recipient countries is also possible through IAPSO's e commerce platform.

4. Commercial, procurement and transportation services

(c) In consultation with the United Nations Development Group and the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group, pursue initiatives within predetermined time frames to improve inter agency procurement activities (para. 78)

The delays in processing of requisitions resulted in rush purchases without providing adequate opportunity for competition among a wide range of suppliers

(b) Take further steps to sensitize the business community to procurement opportunities within the United Nations system, including

The Procurement Service engaged in a management review of vendor registration in 2004 in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office of UNDP, and has joined the United Nations Global Marketplace, the Internet based single gateway for vendor registration.

Wholesalers collate, store and disburse products.

(b) International procurement of strategic food commodities

(b) Take further steps to sensitize the business community to procurement opportunities within the United nations system, including

IAPWG meetings held every two years in the developing countries and the business seminars organized in the developing regions by the United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) appear to have afforded opportunities for increased participation of recipient countries in the procurement business of the United Nations system.

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

The new organizational structure for procurement was commodity based, with the Commodity Procurement Section being organized into various clusters, each being responsible for an identifiable range of commodities.

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.

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.

For example, some agencies included procurement through national execution.

This original mandate was progressively expanded by decisions of the UNDP Executive Board to encompass a broader range of inter agency procurement functions, such as promoting inter agency cooperation and coordination, harmonization of procurement rules and procedures, establishment of a common vendor database, compilation of procurement statistics, standardization of equipment procurement and serving as secretariat to IAPWG.

(b) Take further initiatives to improve procurement opportunities for vendors from developing countries and countries with economies in transition to ensure a more equitable geographical distribution of procurement contracts (para. 74)

(a) Inter Agency Procurement Working Group

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This in turn may reduce the opportunities for manufacturers from the developing countries to sell their products to the United Nations.

(h) Two of the recently established missions did not have a procurement plan (paras.

Trade and commerce, material and technical supplies and purchases

D. Computerisation of the procurement system

The Bank publishes periodic Country Procurement Assessment Reports available on its web site and, as earlier noted, promotes e commerce platforms in public procurement agencies in the recipient countries.

Subsequent chapters are reserved for agency acquisition regulations that implement or supplement FAR.

Total operational expenditure incurred by the those missions during the 2004 05 financial year amounted to 1.5 billion.

As part of this exercise, the Procurement Section has also reportedly utilized the vendor roster provided by the Headquarters Procurement Division.

Some members of CEB are in favour of accelerating the implementation of IAWPG's training project, and that IAWPG and the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office (IAPSO) should join their efforts in the organization of training programmes on procurement for the benefit of the United Nations system as a whole, and in this process, draw upon best practices and the experiences of public and private sector procurement.

The review stated that the Service website (http www.un.org Depts ptd) was an extensive, well designed site with current information directly relevant to the needs of prospective and active suppliers and that the transparent and open approach of the Service to sourcing and vendor development was directly in line with that of leading public procurement agencies.

31. Notes the activities of the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group and of the Common Services Procurement Working Group on enhancing the transparency and increasing the harmonization of procurement practices, and requests the Secretary General, in consultation with the executive heads of the United Nations funds and programmes, to continue work in this regard

Notes the activities of the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group and of the Common Services Procurement Working Group on enhancing the transparency and increasing the harmonization of procurement practices, and requests the Secretary General, in consultation with the executive heads of the United Nations funds and programmes, to continue their work in this regard

(iii) Including the issue of Diversity of sources of procurement as an agenda item at the annual meetings of the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group