Lead time for the procurement of SDS equipment varies from 30 to 360 days.

This rate is affected by notice and preparation time reimbursement from missions to finance replenishment procurement lead time the size of order batch sizes stock levels of critical and long lead time items and mechanisms of deployment and stock rotation.

As part of the effort to reduce the lead time for contract letting, the UNDP Office of Legal and Procurement Services launched online access to the Advisory Committee on Procurement throughout UNDP from 1 January 2005.

The performance indicator on the average length of the procurement cycle is not clearly linked to the stipulated procurement lead times.

Moreover, there are a number of one time costs still to be incurred and a need to take advanced procurement action in view of the long lead time necessary for a number of items.

UNICEF played a lead role in procurement of ACTs for Burundi, Ethiopia and Sudan.

The resources for operational costs were being requested immediately in order to accommodate the procurement lead time for some equipment and to ensure that it was available once relocation of UNPOS to Somalia began.

The Committee notes that most of the operational costs are requested now in view of the lead procurement time required for some equipment and the need to ensure its availability once the relocation to Somalia begins.

Encourages the Secretary General to continue to monitor and address causes of excessive procurement lead times at peacekeeping missions

Encourages the Secretary General to continue to monitor and address causes of excessive procurement lead times at peacekeeping missions

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

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.

While it is recognised that technical co operation procurement and contracts are often of a complex and specialised nature, the organisation should implement measures to track the progress of procurement activities against established lead times.

The procurement regulations may set out a minimum time period for this purpose.

On the sharing of procurement performance benchmarks and best practices (recommendation 1) and the concept of lead procurement agency (recommendation 2), it should be noted that since 2004, the HLCM has incorporated the work of the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group (IAPWG) into the HLCM agenda.

There exists an Inter Agency Procurement Group for sharing information on suppliers and for implementing the Lead Agency Concept, which however does not seek to streamline and pool procurement operations under a single chain of authority.

To accelerate the redeployment rate, the inventory levels of long lead time items will need to be increased and the stocking of short lead time items reduced appropriately.

The Board further recommended that UNRWA monitor the procurement lead times on an ongoing basis and ensure that corrective actions are taken accordingly.

In spite of a further significant increase in the volume of procurement during 2004, the Procurement Service has worked hard to reduce the lead times for goods and services being provided to peacekeeping missions during the reporting period.

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

The lead times have been reduced from an average of 116 days to 55 days, according to the records in Mercury, the field procurement management system.

It was not clear at the time of the review whether the procurement plan was used in the management, control and review of the procurement of goods and services, as intended.

The Inspector was informed that e procurement systems could compress process time cycles from four weeks to four days.

It could not be established at the time of the review whether UNIDO actively monitored and reported on the length of time to complete a procurement cycle.

Further, in view of the absence of staffing benchmarks to date, it is difficult to establish which procurement volume would justify full time specialist procurement staff in the field offices, and perhaps even at Headquarters.

In paragraph 53, the Board recommended that UNRWA evaluate the reasons for the lengthy procurement lead times and take appropriate action to reduce them, in line with the set guidelines.

IAPWG should adopt, approve and implement the concept of lead agency and promote a division of labour among the organizations, aimed at further rationalization of procurement practices by its members.

Once the common procurement management system has been developed, the exchange of data will be possible on a real time basis via the Internet, giving further efficiencies and better oversight of the Secretariat's global procurement activities.

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For parathion, tetraethyl lead and tetramethyl lead, this was the first time that the decision guidance documents and request for a decision of future import of these chemicals had been circulated.

The emphasis as may be applicable on increased consolidation of procurement overhead costs and structures within the United Nations system, in order to enhance division of labour among its members, reduce duplication in the procurement of common user items, and maximize the use of organizational core competencies, including the lead agency concept (para.

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This should also lead to major reductions in time spent by programme partners on small scale project management.

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The report recommends that the IAPWG adopt and implement the concept of a lead agency and promote a division of labour among the organizations aimed at further rationalization of procurement practices by its members.

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

(c) Long lead procurement times and delays in the delivery of a variety of equipment such as office furniture, medical supplies, security and safety equipment by both local contractors and through United Nations system contracts

In addition, the CEB members believe that the current modality of consortium buying and or the lead agency approach is capable of achieving the same results and benefits as those of a central procurement facility.

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