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

Secondly, the provisions would enable the use of ERAs as a procurement method rather than an optional phase in other procurement methods.

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

Regulations provide for two ways of using ERAs, either as a stand alone method of procurement or as an optional phase in other methods of procurement.

(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.

(a) The enabling provisions should be based on the use of electronic reverse auctions as a procurement method rather than a phase in other procurement methods

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.

(2) In the procurement of goods and construction, a procuring entity may use a method of procurement other than tendering proceedings only pursuant to article 19, 19 bis 20, 21 or 22.

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.

Whether ERA is an optional phase or a distinct method, a decision on the use of ERA in procurement proceedings is to be made at the procurement planning stage since it has to be reflected in the procurement notice (see below, para.

The widespread use by United Nations organizations of shortlisting as the preferred method for issuing tenders, along with the devolution of increased procurement authority and higher thresholds to field activities, further promoted procurement from local markets.

While little difference is found in the regulations of the auction phase, stages before and after it are regulated differently depending on whether ERA is an optional additional phase in other procurement methods ( optional phase ) or a distinct procurement method ( distinct method ) (see A CN.9 WG.I WP.35, paras. 26 and 27).

Consequently, as tendering is the general procurement method for goods and construction, the provisions enable an electronic reverse auction procedure that follows the pattern of the standard tendering method, adapted to provide for an electronic reverse auction.

Public tendering is the most common method for public procurement of goods and, in some cases, also services to be paid with public funds.

(2) In order to allow procuring entities in enacting States to take advantage of this new procurement method in an appropriate way, the Model Law has been revised so as expressly to authorize the use of electronic reverse auctions as a procurement method, but subject to the conditions set out in articles 19 bis, and 47 bis and ter.

Although most aspects of ERAs are to be addressed in procurement laws and regulations, the introduction of this electronic purchasing method in public procurement may necessitate adjustments in other relevant branches of law, such as competition and general public administration law.

If the ERA is used as a distinct method, while some general procurement rules may still apply, most of the aspects are subject to separate regulations.

Other delegations noted that the decision had been taken on the basis that allowing electronic reverse auctions as a phase in other procurement methods would undermine the principle of tendering that was the preferred procurement method under the Model Law.

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At its seventh session, the Working Group noted that electronic reverse auctions were increasingly used as a method of procurement in those countries where e commerce had become a norm.

In the systems that recognize ERAs as an optional phase, suppliers register and qualify to participate in procurement in the usual way applicable to the chosen method of procurement and no additional qualification or registration requirements are found for participating specifically in the ERA.

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Consequently, no special policies and rules have yet been devised specifically for this method of procurement that requires a special regulatory regime encompassing issues of security, electronic signatures, system integrity, backup arrangements, etc.

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3 bis. The revised article 9 of the Model Law provides that the procuring entity may choose the method by which it will communicate with suppliers or contractors in the procurement process.

He's actually got his own method, a completely individual method.