Electronic procurement methods

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.

Article 18. Methods of procurement

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

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

Welcomes the training programmes for United Nations procurement staff that the Procurement Service has initiated, including in the field, and requests the Secretary General to support these programmes and to evaluate and monitor their impact

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In the meantime, the Procurement Service will organize a second round of the advanced field procurement training programme to upgrade skills of procurement staff in the field missions.

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C. Procurement from programme countries 13 16 5

(c) The promotion of an incremental approach to the establishment of e procurement and

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See IAPSO procurement statistics at www.iapso.org.

E procurement is yet to be reflected in procurement policy and procedures manuals as an alternative method to manual transactions.

16. Annual procurement plans should be obtained from all field offices and procurement planning should be strengthened further to ensure economy and efficiency in procurement planning.

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.

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In this respect, and as set forth more fully in paragraph 24 below, the ongoing procurement reform, including the reorganization of the Procurement Division, will address strategic and policy issues as well as procurement operations, thus ensuring an integrated approach to the realization of the enhanced procurement functions within the United Nations.

The savings were offset in part by additional expenditure pertaining to the acquisition of equipment, procurement action in respect of which was not completed in the previous period owing to long procurement lead times.

IAPSO Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

(b) Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

(i) bis In procurement proceedings involving the use of a procurement method pursuant to article 19 bis, the fact that electronic reverse auction was held.

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

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.

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Deficiencies in procurement, including lack of planning

Methods to increase procurement from developing countries

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The Inter Agency Procurement Working Group (IAPWG)

The Working Group noted the advantages of publishing information on forthcoming procurement opportunities, such as transparency in the procurement process through reducing cases of ad hoc and emergency procurements, and, consequently, less frequent recourse to less competitive methods of procurement.

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

IAPSO, currently the most advanced entity in e procurement, reports that all its procurement functions are carried out using electronic methods and all purchase orders are issued in its UNWebBuy e commerce application.

IAPWG Inter Agency Procurement Working Group

In the light of experience gained and of initiatives at the regional and international levels, it appears likely that this purchasing method will receive acceptance as an appropriate method of public procurement.

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

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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.

34. Requisitions should continue to be approved first by the Field Administration and Logistics Division using the electronic method of transmission before being passed to the Field Missions Procurement Section for procurement action.

No additional resources are required for the purchase of vehicles.

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