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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Comment by the Administration. 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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57 279. Procurement reform

Procurement at international organizations

Procurement and contract management

H. Procurement staff training