(Operational costs) or 2. (Procurement and Construction).

The table displays two staffing efficiency measures, the average value procured in 2002 by each staff member (Professional and General Service combined) of an organization's procurement unit, and procurement staff costs as a percentage of procurement spending.

Table 3 attempts to illustrate the cost effectiveness of the organizations' procurement services in 2002 by using the human resource factor, which in most cases represents over 95 per cent of the costs of procurement services or total procurement cost.

There was widespread support for efforts that could be made to assist in measuring performance within an organization's procurement function as well as determining costs of procurement, thereby increasing efficiency and effectiveness.

In order to self finance its overhead costs as well as the inter agency services, it needs to win procurement contracts, given that upwards of 80 per cent of its income derives from procurement fees.

Of course, not all programs are successful, but some effective cases of procurement and revenue reform have benefits 100 times higher than the costs.

However the discussion also made clear that the terms of reference for possible preventive measures should be the life cycle cost of munitions, which include among others development and procurement costs as well as the storage and reliability testing costs.

62 63) As an intermediate stage to that goal, consolidation of the procurement overhead structures and costs of the funds and programmes based at Headquarters (para. 62)

Secondly, they can enhance the efficient allocation of resources (reducing the time required to conduct a procurement, and reducing the administrative costs of the traditional open tendering procedure).

Procurement

Procurement

Procurement

Procurement

Procurement management

Procurement Unit

Procurement planning

Procurement reform

Procurement report

Procurement opportunities

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

The paper notes that thanks to e procurement prices can be reduced by 10 to 20 per cent due to increased competition and transaction costs may fall by 50 to 80 per cent.

The Procurement Goldmine

Public sector procurement

Overview of procurement

C. Procurement workshops

E. Procurement guidelines

Procurement and contracting

Procurement training initiative

Common procurement services

Electronic procurement methods

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

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.

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.

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.

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

61 246. Procurement reform

57 279. Procurement reform

Procurement at international organizations

Procurement and contract management

H. Procurement staff training

Subsequently renamed Procurement Service.

(h) Procurement and supply

Rationalization of procurement practices

Distribution of procurement activities

5. Requests the Secretary General to make the fullest possible use of facilities and equipment at the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, in order to minimize the costs of procurement for the Mission