(i) Contracts negotiated 333 423

Number of purchase orders 10 723 11 612 12 000 12 300

Botswana's renegotiations of such contracts laid the foundations of its remarkable growth for the last four decades.

For companies, renegotiations mean uncertainty and possible interruptions of production and revenue.

From the perspective of companies, partnership is unattractive when they are forced to incur large losses owing to project disruptions and contract renegotiations.

203. Procedures requiring the use of international competitive bidding may be waived in favour of negotiated contracts in defined circumstances (Financial Rule 114.23).

For governments, contracts are more likely to be durable if they are negotiated in a way that enables countries to receive fair and predictable long term revenues.

Negotiating texts

So, even without corruption, it is not surprising when a future government demands that the contract be renegotiated.

Areas of focus should include the negotiation and award of contracts, the procedure for establishing the price in relation to the quality and level of the services rendered, control and monitoring of expenditure, and certification of such expenditure by the United Nations.

WIPO will also assist these Governments or private sector entities with efforts to increase skills in negotiating contracts concerning the acquisition of technology of foreign origin.

On the other hand, paragraph 10 of the Note states that The Commission noted, in particular, the proposal that the Working Group's considerations should not be limited to electronic contracts, but should apply to commercial contracts in general, irrespective of the means used in their negotiation. Although the focus of this statement is on the means of communication used, it seems to be based on the assumption that the Convention would apply to commercial contracts only.

Acquiring another type of contract

Table II.9 List of vacant Chief Procurement Officer positions

4 surveillance helicopters

The Procurement Service has been making efforts to obtain vendor performance evaluations from requisitioners regularly and prior to the extension of contracts.

(c) Negotiate trade relationships

Training in negotiation technique and conflict resolution

The same Senior Legal Officer visited the Sudan in December 2004 to assist the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Procurement Service in contract negotiations.

Arrangements will need to be made with respect to contractors, facilities and equipment. Contracts and commercial arrangements will need to be settled, and in some cases, may require re negotiation.

Savings for contractual services resulted from the difficulties encountered in negotiating contracts during the reporting period, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as stated in paragraph 28 above.

Section VII Previous contracts

Conclusion of contracts

Contract award

Written contracts

Committees on Contracts

Contracts Unit

Papers, working contracts...

negotiation

Implementation of collective contracts in Republika Srpska in the private sector obliged employers to apply special sectoral collective contracts, despite the fact that they did not negotiate them.

On May 2, Morales simply reversed the percentages, pending renegotiation of the contracts the companies operating in the two largest fields would get 18 of the production for themselves.

Other debt renegotiations

They've got incredible people skills, negotiating skills.

Consider who we're dealing with here.

These contracts are often used in military and government contractors to put the risk on the side of the vendor, and control costs.

A number of countries in Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere are abrogating or renegotiating contracts with multinational enterprises (MNEs), and others are likely to follow suit.

While it was admitted that there was a danger that exclusive jurisdiction clauses could pose a danger in adhesion contracts, it was submitted that when contracts were freely negotiated there were strong commercial reasons for making the choice of court provisions exclusive.

While this would not end the abrogation or renegotiation of contracts, it would eliminate one important reason them, benefiting countries and companies alike.

Shaky Social Contracts

Subcontracts

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On the Contracts Committee

War contract scandals?