The difference is important in terms of enhancing the institutional authority and effectiveness of IAPWG in inter agency procurement matters.

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.

The first obstacle is the lack of universally acceptable definitions of terms such as excessive accumulation of arms , international arms transfers , military holdings and procurement through national production .

Furthermore, CEB members observe that the report does not contain a comparative analysis of cost efficiency in terms of the ratio of costs to output for example, the proportion of the cost of staff engaged in procurement to the total cost of the volume of procurement undertaken.

The Procurement Division was reorganized, procurement staff received training, the delegation of procurement authority has been adjusted and new procurement guidelines were finalized.

The Procurement Division was reorganized, procurement staff received training, the delegation of procurement authority has been adjusted and new procurement guidelines were finalized.

In paragraph 312 of the report, UNDP agreed with the Board's recommendation that it evaluate supplier performance in terms of the guidance provided in the UNDP Procurement Manual.

Terms of reference were compiled during December 2004 for the in house development of a computerised procurement system, which were under review by the Information and Communication Management Service.

The current budget (2004 2005) increases in dollar terms again resulting in even larger procurement spending with a steady state in number of purchase orders to be raised.

This ratio expresses the gross savings to the United Nations in avoided new procurement, in terms of dollars saved for each dollar it costs to run the Base.

Overview of procurement

Level of procurement

Viewed in terms of cost effectiveness, if not of common sense, the need to outsource the procurement function to a sister agency, especially under common services arrangements discussed further on in the report, would seem crucial where procurement is a tactical rather than a strategic function.

81. The Board recommends that the Administration ensure that the branch offices adhere more closely to the established procurement procedures and to the terms of letter of instruction. Lease of building

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

29. The Administration stated that to a large extent the Procurement Division had been very successful in terms of procurement for Headquarters with regard to projects that were part of the approved biennial budget for requirements generated by the Facilities Management Division and the Information Technology Services Division.

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

Record of procurement proceedings

Record of procurement proceedings

Rationalization of procurement practices

Distribution of procurement activities

Audit of procurement contracts

Audit of procurement activities

Audit of procurement activities

Issuance of Procurement Manual

The primary source of procurement statistics is the annual report on United Nations system procurement issued by the Inter Agency Procurement Services Office of UNDP.

In this capacity he she will supervise the work and training of the procurement staff, undertake procurement planning, oversee the preparation and implementation of UNOMIG procurement policy and guidelines and the development of a procurement team at UNOMIG.

The recommendations contained in the OIOS report (A 50 945, annex) concerning procurement handled by the Contracts and Procurement Service have been addressed by the transfer of procurement responsibilities to the Procurement Division of the Department of Management.

During its current examination, the Board found that the United Nations Office for Project Services measures and monitors its performance in terms of an annual value of procurement for projects within a division.

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.

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Procurement

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Member States should consider not only what they put into the Organization, but also what they got out of it, in terms of procurement, employment of nationals and revenue from living expenses of delegations, and, above all, in terms of the forum the Organization provided for the pursuit of foreign policy objectives.

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

The way government does its procurement affects the format of electronic auctions in public procurement.

(d) Networking of procurement services

Audit of procurement fraud indicators

The procurement of technical equipment

Article 18. Methods of procurement

Increased procurement of maintenance supplies.

G. Procurement of accommodation facilities

(c) in the area of procurement, the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and 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.