Procurement Section

Procurement Section Field Missions Transportation Section

Field Missions Procurement Section

Procurement Section (8 new posts)

Administrative Support Services Procurement Section

Procurement Section 1 1 4 6

Headquarters and Regional Offices Procurement Section

Procurement Section 1 1 8 10

Procurement Section 3 1 1 5

Procurement Section 3 1 1 5

Field Missions Procurement Section workload statistics

Also services the Field Missions Procurement Section, though for administration purposes, under the supervision of Headquarters and Regional Offices Procurement Section.

The following posts are proposed for the Procurement Section

3. Field Mission Procurement Section, Office of Conference and Support Services

(b) Limited capacity of the procurement section to complete the procurement process for communications, information technology and observation equipment

The Procurement Manual in section 9.3.4 (2), stipulates that procurement officers should strive to ensure equitable geographical representation by vendors.

The Procurement and Travel Section and other units should be encouraged to prepare procurement plans and the use of blanket contracts expanded.

The Procurement Service issued the most recent reminder to Section Chiefs in February 2006.

The procurement of technologically advanced systems has allowed the Communications Section to remain at a relatively modest size.

The eight procurement assistants are requested to strengthen the procurement section during the ongoing construction of the integrated mission headquarters, requiring the establishment of over 20 complex engineering contracts.

The section has continuously processed over 50 per cent of the procurement value of the entire Procurement Service, primarily supporting the transportation requirements of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

73. The Field Operations Division at Headquarters initiates on behalf of the field missions international procurement through the Field Mission Procurement Section of the Commercial Purchase and Transportation Service.

1 P 5 post for the Chief of the Logistics and Transportation Section in the Procurement Service (ibid., para.

The prices of that vendor had already been found by the Procurement Section to be on the high side.

At the beginning of a procurement process, the IHL section of the staff of the chief of the armed forces is consulted by the organization in charge for the procurement project.

21. The documentation of procurement cases left much to be desired and the deficiencies were attributed to a serious shortage of staff in the procurement section (see paras. 58 and 59).

Contrary to the Procurement Manual (section 4.1.2), there was no documented oath of office or pledge of commitment in 4 of 11 sampled files of UNMIK procurement staff, and none at UNMEE.

Field Missions Procurement Section 1 D 1, 1 P 5, 4 P 4, 1 P 3 and 3 General Service

The estimate of 369,400 relates to requirements in the Procurement Service and the Archives and Records Management Section, as outlined below.

189. For international procurement at headquarters, OPS requires that Project Management Officers (PMO) submit a requisition order to the purchasing section.

See, e.g., section 22 (2) of the Law on Procurement for State or Local Government Needs of Latvia of 5 June 2003.

The administration explained that the Procurement Section suffered from a serious shortage of staff, which made it difficult to attend to the documentation.

On the administrative side, the increased volume of work for the Procurement Section will require an increase in staff to ensure prompt and expeditious procurement of materials and supplies, as well as for the processing of contracts.

Consequently, the Field Missions Procurement Section will be reorganized into a separate service (the Field Missions Procurement Service), to be headed at the D 1 level to provide the appropriate level of management responsibility and strategic oversight.

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24. Similarly, the Field Mission Procurement Section should also have a nucleus of posts financed by the regular budget for backstopping peace keeping operations.

In paragraph 238 of the Board's report, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) agreed with the Board's recommendation that it (a) establish a supplier review committee as required by section 5.03 of the Procurement Manual, and (b) review supplier performance prior to the awarding of contracts to vendors, pursuant to section 5.14 of the Procurement Manual.

UNON has a Procurement, Travel and Shipping Section (PTSS UNON), which procures supplies for UNON, the United Nations Environment Programme and United Nations Human Settlements Programme but not for the other organizations, each of which operates its own procurement service.

Procurement management

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Procurement planning

Procurement reform