B. Award of contracts without bidding

The contracts were awarded by Boudou himself when he was the Economy Minister of Argentina.

29. Procedures for recruitment of civilian staff, in particular short term contract staff, should be streamlined.

Existing contracts are being renewed only after competitive bidding, but the Committee on Contracts should scrutinize any exceptional proposals for awarding or extending contracts without competitive bidding.

The administration agreed that advance planning would help to minimize the practice of awarding contracts without bids.

Through the Nucleus applications, programme managers in the field could have the facility to access the Nucleus roster search tool and identify a shortlist of pre screened and technically cleared candidates for further review at the mission level and to select candidates for the forecasted vacancies.

90. The Board noted that a virtual monopoly for air contract services had been given to one company.

114. Financial rule 110.21 provides that contracts shall be awarded to the lowest acceptable bidder.

The main reasons for consenting to permissions were the closing of businesses, consensual dismissal, or termination of contract.

The Board also recommended that UNDP continue to seek ways to streamline its contract letting process.

In the future, advance planning will ensure that instances in which contracts are awarded without bids are reduced to a strict minimum.

The process was planned to take place during October 2005 at Headquarters and then was rolled forward during December 2005.

This applies also to preference in government contracting, differential rates of interest and other forms of discrimination in favour of small scale industry.

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Use of open and transparent selection procedures for movement from one type of contract to another would dispel the notion that there could be an automatic conversion from one contract type to another.

Codes of conduct could also be incorporated into employment procedures, conditions for suppliers, and conditions for the awarding of contracts or conclusion of other agreements

Furthermore, regional mechanisms, such as agreements to simplify visa procedures, are often established to facilitate the movement of people.

5.1. Recognize the formal and informal educational levels of uprooted persons, through the use of rapid evaluation and or certification procedures

Measures should be taken to expedite the process of application for consultative status and ensure greater transparency in the granting of consultative status.

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Codes of conduct could also be incorporated into employment procedures, conditions for suppliers, and conditions for the awarding of contracts or conclusion of other agreements

The Board recommended that competitiveness in the award of air chartering contracts, including extensions of existing contracts, should be improved to cater for the growing need for air services in peace keeping operations.

An annual procurement plan should be prepared and cost effective procurement action initiated. The Committee on Contracts should also scrutinize and confirm the reasons given for awarding or extending contracts without competitive bidding (A 49 5 Add.8, sect. II, paras. 22 29).

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Appointment to the fixed term category is acquired through open and transparent selection procedures in accordance with the relevant staff regulations and rules of the organization.

In paragraph 309 of the report, UNDP agreed with the Board's reiterated recommendation to establish benchmarks for performance for contract letting and to monitor performance against those standards.

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