Common procurement services

(a) Procurement and Logistics Services

(d) Networking of procurement services

Programme Component G.3.1 Procurement Services

(b) Inter Agency Procurement Services Office

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

Programme G.3 Procurement and Logistics Services

Cost effectiveness of procurement services in 2002

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

(c) Common procurement services and other cooperative arrangements

Procurement of goods and services through letters of assist

UNICEF finds that merging procurement services of various agencies into a single procurement facility is not feasible.

Objective The main objective of Procurement Services is to ensure efficient and cost effective procurement of goods and services required for carrying out of all UNIDO activities.

The income and expenditures relating to procurement services amounted to

Figure 1 Total procurement of goods and services, 1998 2002

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 Programme is divided into two components G.3.1 Procurement Services and G.3.2 Logistics Services.

UNICEF is now providing procurement services for ARVs in 39 countries.

Figure 1. Total procurement of goods and services, 1998 2002 3

The objective should read To ensure efficient, effective and diversified procurement opportunities and high quality procurement services for the Organization.

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.

(l) UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services (1994)

C. UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services (1994)

Establishment of a unified system of reporting and accountability for procurement services

UNICEF agrees to benchmark its procurement services with United Nations and other public procurement services, considering each organization's specificities to determine whether the level of its handling charge for cost recovery is appropriate.

Procurement services activities continue to be an important component of the trust fund accounts.

These included the audits of building management services, procurement and the use of consultants.

Building on its long history of supply support, both within country programmes and increasingly as procurement services support, UNICEF will offer a mix of programme and procurement services to Governments as a unified basket of support.

Possible revisions to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services drafting materials addressing the use of electronic communications in public procurement

Possible revisions to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services issues arising from the use of electronic communications in public procurement

General description The Major Programme provides direction and management for six programmes Human Resource Management, Financial Services, Information Network and Knowledge Management Services, Procurement and Logistics Services, Legal Services and Buildings Management.

Possible revisions to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services drafting materials for the use of electronic reverse auctions in public procurement

Procurement staff mobility, including working, coaching or study visits, staff exchanges, loans, secondments and transfers among the procurement services, should be part of the networking agenda.

This included receipts for procurement services and from GAVI and the Southern Sudan Economic Commission.

The Procurement Working Group of the Task Force on Common Services at United Nations Headquarters

In paragraph 272, the Board recommended that the UNICEF procurement services benchmark with United Nations and other public procurement services, considering each organization's specificities, to determine whether the level of its handling charge for cost recovery is appropriate.

Chapter II focuses on the fundamental issue of the cost effectiveness of the organizations' procurement services.

The Procurement Procedures have clear provisions to guide concerned parties with regard to rules and conditions to be followed for procurement of goods and services financed by the IsDB.

62 234. Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services and financing of the Procurement Task Force

With respect to procurement of services, the Working Group agreed that the Model Law should retain all the various options in methods for the procurement of services currently provided, and that therefore there was no need to revise it in that respect.

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.

Procurement refers to the acquisition of goods and services by any individual or organization (public, private, international, etc.).

UNICEF procurement services and expertise in international commodity purchasing and supply will increasingly enhance its country programme support.

Consideration of proposals for the revision of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services.

The procurement of services and of goods contributed to that increase by 42 and 55 per cent respectively.