As part of the global procurement planning process, missions have been asked to submit their procurement requirements for the forthcoming budget cycle.

1.193 All requests for procurement will have been fulfilled according to the required specifications, on time and within established procurement schedules.

The Administration reported one ex gratia payment amounting to 40,000 that had been made to the father of a deceased UNMIK staff member who had lost her life while performing official duties during the financial period ended 30 June 2005.

(f) The ongoing procurement reform process has placed additional demands on the Procurement Division s scarce resources by way of

(c) How long it took the procurement service to make a purchase.

This restructuring of the Commodity Procurement Section has allowed the removal of one level of supervision in the Procurement and Transportation Division, thus flattening the hierarchy and increasing operational flexibility and responsiveness to procurement demands.

initiate procurement action as required.

C. Procurement of goods for quartering areas

Vendor review committees

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

Welcomes the significant level of business acquisition in 2004, demonstrating demand for UNOPS services

(a) Analyse and evaluate various requests from requisitioning offices for procurement action

The Executive Board has stressed the need to ensure that adequate consideration be given to the desire for long term sustainability, maintenance and compatibility with local requirements in developing countries in making procurement decisions in line with the general principles of procurement.

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

Reviewed requests for equipment and recommended its procurement.

No additional resources are required for the purchase of vehicles.

This is required specifically in the area of procurement.

(f) Performance bonds again had not always been obtained from contractors in accordance with procurement regulations, resulting in potential losses to the United Nations (paras.

Review requirements for the procurement of equipment to be purchased in 1998 and make recommendations as appropriate.

The Division is responsible for the formulation of policies and procedures pertaining to worldwide and local procurement, for collecting information on market conditions in the respective mission areas and for participating in needs assessment and technical survey missions to determine the goods and services that can be bought locally.

See also article 72 of the Public Procurement Law of the Republic of Montenegro requiring the publication of annual public procurement assessment reports.

Review requirements for the procurement of equipment and take appropriate decisions

The eight procurement assistants are requested to strengthen the procurement section during the ongoing construction of the integrated mission headquarters, requiring the establishment of over 20 complex engineering contracts.

Currently there is no urgent strategic need for new procurement.

In its report on the biennium 1992 1993, the Board of Auditors recommended that all procurement requests be channelled through Procurement Unit.

Article 11 of the Model Procurement Law requires the procuring entity to maintain a record of the procurement proceedings containing certain minimum information, and provides for that information to be made accessible.

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See IAPSO procurement statistics at www.iapso.org.

The obligation on the procuring entity to be satisfied that the accessibility standards are met will be open to review under article 54, and the requirements of the record of the procurement proceedings to be maintained pursuant to article 11 will enable the procuring entity's decision and how it was arrived at to be reviewed.

At the same time, there are challenges that need to be overcome in meeting time sensitive electoral needs in procurement, recruitment and security.

Procurement legislation in some jurisdictions explicitly requires the publication of final rulings of such bodies taken in the course of procurement review proceedings.

(b) In its report on the biennium 1992 1993, the Board of Auditors recommended that all procurement requests be channelled through the Procurement Unit.

This was intended to facilitate long term planning by consolidating requirements.

It also envisages the use of UNICEF procurement services, where appropriate, to promote the efficient and increased use of resources for essential commodities for children.

The Board remains concerned about the financial consequences of not having performance bonds in place.

Such a requirement is found in article 75(1) of the Public Procurement Law of Poland.

81. The Procurement Division is the focal point of the Organization for the acquisition of a broad range of goods and services required by peacekeeping operations and other field missions that cannot be procured locally in the respective mission areas.

In addition, elements such as military doctrine and specific defence needs must also be taken into account as well as the procurement cycles of individual countries.

In addition, elements such as military doctrine, specific defence needs as well as the procurement cycles of individual countries must also be taken into account.

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(b) Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

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 need to expand training for procurement staff has been reiterated in successive General Assembly resolutions on procurement reform since 1996.

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