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.

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.

With regard to the establishment of a supplier review committee, it is the position of the Administration that, given the volume of procurement activities at ESCWA and the fact that the procurement team consists of only four staff members, section 5.03 of the Procurement Manual, which applies to offices at which procurement activities are carried out by several procurement sections, cannot be implemented.

In addition to these comments on the recommendations of the report, on the issue of procurement volume, the comparison appears to be too linear.

As these operations stabilize over the medium to long term, the volume of procurement is likely to remain more or less constant or to decline.

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.

For organizations with centralized procurement services, the low procurement volume per staff member and relatively high overhead costs can be attributed to the fragmentation of the procurement function at different duty stations so much so that organizations located together in New York, Geneva, Vienna or Copenhagen are still to begin sharing procurement overhead services and costs, for example through common service arrangements discussed later in this report.

Indeed, UNDP has over the years subsidized IAPSO's operations (up to 2001) and has been its most important client, accounting in 2002 for 35 per cent of its procurement volume.

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Logical Volume Management

Purchases from local dealers, while advantageous in terms of much shorter delivery schedules particularly important in emergency situations may prove more costly than direct procurement from manufacturers, which generally offer price volume discounts to organizations of the system.

This omission has persisted even as the aggregate volume of procurement activities by the United Nations system has increased considerably in the past decade to represent up to 37 per cent of the organizations' combined expenditures in 2002.

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India needs to expand dramatically the sources and volume of available infrastructure financing. This will not be possible without private sector participation, which requires, in turn, a business environment that ensures adequate return on investment, transparency in procurement, and high quality governance and regulation.

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

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Procurement reform

Procurement report

Procurement opportunities

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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.