External validation of the procurement system

External audit welcomes this initiative to modernise the procurement system, which should carry significant benefits.

No external supplier without prior knowledge of the United Nations Secretariat structure would easily access procurement information on the web site.

The valid points raised in the preceding paragraph apply by and large equally to all organizations in terms of procurement of goods, works and services, and where procurement performance can be dependent on support services provided by other internal or external units.

Other organizations currently providing various forms of procurement training to their own staff, including to some external participants in limited cases, are UNPD, WFP, UNICEF, UNOPS and UNHCR.

The countries surveyed appear not to have developed specific regulation of the conduct of third party ERA service providers, apart from a general requirement that an external provider has to carry out the procurement function on behalf of a government agency in accordance with existing procurement procedures, process and requirements.

(e) IAPWG needs to interact more with other entities in the public and private procurement sector and relevant academic bodies so that it is kept abreast of practice, innovations and trends in the external environment.

Moreover, IAPSO could additionally be enabled to sharpen its expertise in e procurement and make it available at low cost to other members of IAPWG, at least in order to preclude recourse to expensive external consultants.

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At UNDP, procurement staff also receives training on legal aspects of procurement.

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Thirdly, it should considerably facilitate procurement reform and the pooling of procurement services.

The Procurement Services should investigate ways in which the procurement plan can be enhanced as a tool in the management of the entire procurement process.

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

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

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This external dependence increases their vulnerability to external economic threats and shocks.

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About 20 per cent of such procurement is performed by field based peacekeeping procurement units.

Unlike WFP where a separate food procurement unit and manual would seem justified by the highly specialized and even complex requirements of food procurement and delivery, specialized procurement units operating under different systems of accountability might not represent optimal use of procurement resources, particularly in cases of relatively low procurement volume.

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.

Most of the organizations currently use e procurement for displaying or posting procurement information on their web sites, including procurement guidelines, and for communicating with suppliers and clients.

(a) The Registrar is responsible for the procurement functions of the Tribunal, shall establish all its procurement systems and shall designate the officials responsible for performing procurement functions.