Weaknesses in procurement procedures

The General Administration Manual did not address headquarters procurement procedures as it was intended to cover only country office procurement

In some cases, there is even the danger that procurement procedures might be subject to corruption.

(b) Procurement procedures for project and non project supplies and equipment and

(c) The efficiency of procurement procedures and the use of measures or indicators to assist in monitoring the performance of purchasing sections and of suppliers.

183. The general principles outlined above underpin the detailed procurement procedures set out in the General Administration Manual and the Operations Handbook of the Office for Project Services.

Writing includes a purchase order, invoice, general terms and conditions and the like.

The Board therefore recommended that procurement action should be effectively planned to discourage the requisitioning units from pressurizing the purchasing unit to purchase items under a certificate of urgency.

a Excludes one P 3, one P 2 and three Security Service posts previously approved in the Security and Safety Service that were transferred to the new Department of Safety and Security as at 1 January 2005 in accordance with General Assembly resolution 59 276.

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(a) Action by the General Assembly at its forty sixth session

(e) Identify the manufacturer and describe the procurement procedure for the HMX explosive declared by Iraq to have been intended for conventional armaments.

20. The following general principles shall be given due consideration in carrying out such procurement functions

I want to buy.

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Value (millions of United States dollars)

Efforts have therefore been concentrated on training procurement and public works units, which are responsible for the bulk of bidding processes.

Unconventional methods of obtaining local currency were also employed as a result of the collapse of normal banking systems, while established procurement procedures were ignored.

Chemical, biological, and nuclear attacks response units. Immigration and Customs Departments.

Procurement management

Procurement reform

Procurement

Procurement opportunities

Rationalization of procurement practices

Common procurement services

Electronic procurement methods

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D. Procurement procedures

Scope for local purchase

Number of purchase orders Expenditure

Development of procurement expertise

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No. of purchase orders

The personnel of UNOSOM have been informed in a recently issued UNOSOM administrative instruction of the correct procedures to be used for procurement actions.

For staff members involved in the procurement process, the Secretariat has developed ethical guidelines in simple language and with practical examples to help them interpret how they should conduct themselves when confronted by an ethical issue associated with the procurement process.

None the less, all field missions have been requested to comply with the recommendation that purchase orders should in all cases be completed prior to the delivery of goods and services.

In the area of procurement and transportation, efforts will be geared towards the achievement of greater coordination in procurement activities.

Procurement and contract management

(a) Procurement and Logistics Services

Procurement training initiative

Procurement policy and procedures manuals

Distribution of procurement activities

Strategic deployment stocks