Furthermore, some SME subcontractors follow the large enterprises they supply when these internationalize their activities and move abroad.

Further delays resulted from the time taken by the construction contractor to mobilize, as well as its inability to manage its subcontractors.

This development has been supported by their customers, typically large firms or subcontractors, which provided market access, know how and technical help and even finance.

23. Also requests the Secretary General to post and regularly update the list of subcontractors approved by the United Nations on the capital master plan website and to include information on the implementation of article 5 of the general conditions of contract, including the procedure for review and approval of subcontractors by the United Nations, in future progress reports on the implementation of the capital master plan

56. Utilizing funds provided by the Government of the United States of America, the World Bank financed 17 million in commercial contracts to international companies and local subcontractors through the entity Governments.

The shipper is liable for the acts and omissions of any person, including subcontractors, employees and agents, to which it has delegated the performance of its responsibilities under this chapter as if such acts or omissions were its own.

Much may depend on the ability of TNC managers to take a creative, and case specific, approach to sourcing decisions, and to go beyond relying on existing supply networks used by the TNC, whether located in other affiliates or existing subcontractors.

(f) In reaffirming the commitment of UNICEF to its own procurement policy, national and international corporations are urged to adopt codes of conduct guaranteeing that neither they or their subcontractors employ children in conditions that violate the rights of the child.

There are also laws that require the project company to observe essentially the same procedures for selecting its contractors as were applied to the selection of the project company itself, an obligation which may also extend to the subcontractors of the contractors.

Then there are the problems associated with remoteness. The BP disaster in 2010 happened in the best possible place in terms of nearby resources for capping a blowout the Gulf of Mexico contains the world s largest concentration of oil companies, subcontractors, petroleum engineers, equipment, workshops, etc.

For example, the organizations could require their suppliers in the more developed countries to use subcontractors in the recipient countries whenever feasible and appropriate and the ability of firms to do so would be reflected as a positive factor in evaluating them for future procurement business.

Those delays involved the late completion of system design and specifications, failure by the contractor to submit a comprehensive work schedule, the lack of strict monitoring of such schedules by the Organization and the lack of specific expertise of the contractor and its reliance on subcontractors.

The Board comments on further measures taken by UNDP in its present report. III. Recommendation 7. UNDP should ascertain whether any payments to contractors, subcontractors or the architect were outside the terms of the contracts and, if so, should take appropriate recovery steps (paras. 9 (c)).

Delays in overall implementation against the initially foreseen time frame were caused by a number of factors, including deficiencies identified in the construction documents, difficulties encountered by the general contractor in mobilizing its subcontractors and the need to modify the initial design to meet current conditions on the ground and requirements of evolving technologies.

In the area of global management for logistical support, greater emphasis was being placed on the use of subcontractors in order to reduce the cost of certain services and to take advantage of opportunities arising from increased competition between suppliers and service providers, and procedures for the regular renegotiation of recurrent service contracts were being introduced.

The authors draw attention to paragraph 19, eighth sentence, of the OECD Commentary which reads If an enterprise (general contractor) which has undertaken the performance of a comprehensive projects subcontracts parts of such a project to other enterprises (subcontractors), the period spent by a subcontractor working on the building site must be considered as being time spent by the general contractor on the building project (emphasis added).