Current procurement notices
Procurement Policy
As per UNDP’s Financial Regulations and Rules, the
following general principles must be given due consideration while
executing procurement on behalf of the organization:
- Best Value for Money
- Fairness, Integrity, Transparency
- Effective International Competition
- The Interest of UNDP
Best Value for Money
By and large the core governing principle of UNDP is to obtain the best
value for money. In the procurement process, obtaining “best value for
money” means selection of the offer, which presents the optimum
combination of life-cycle costs and benefits, which meet the Business
Unit’s needs. Best value for money should not be equated with the lowest
initial price option rather requiring an integrated assessment of
technical, organizational and pricing factors in light of their relative
importance (reliability, quality, experience, reputation, past
performance, cost/fee realism and reasonableness). The Business Unit’s
parameters can also include social, environmental and other strategic
objectives defined in the procurement plan. The principle of best value
for money is applied at the award stage to select the offerthat
effectively meets the stated requirement.
Fairness, Integrity and Transparency
As competition is the basis for efficient, impartial and transparent
procurement; Business Units are therefore, responsible for protecting
the integrity of the procurement process and maintaining fairness in UNDP’s treatment of all Offerors. Sound procurement (openness of the
process; probity; complete and accurate records; accountability;
confidentiality) establishes and then maintains rules and procedures
that are attainable and unambiguous.
Effective Competition
The objective of UNDP’s competitive processes is to provide all eligible
prospective Offerors with timely and adequate notification of UNDP’s
requirements and an equal opportunity to tender for the required goods,
civil works and services. Business Units should ensure that restrictions
are not placed on the competitive processes limiting the pool of
potential Offerors, as UNDP does not accept procurement awarded to
exclusive Contractors or countries, unless otherwise explicitly
mentioned in a Donor agreement.
Interest
to UNDP
In practice, the specific procurement rules and procedures established
for the implementation of a programme are contingent upon the individual
circumstances of the particular case; however four considerations
consistently guide UNDP’s interest for the acquisition of inputs: The
need for economy and efficiency in the implementation of the programme,
including the procurement of goods, civil works and services involved;
access to procurement opportunities for all interested and qualified Offerors worldwide, except where other criteria mandated by the Security
Council or General Assembly prevails; giving all eligible Offerors the
same information and equal opportunity to compete in providing goods,
civil works or services; and the importance of transparency in the
procurement process.
Consultants with payment in excess of $30.000
Procurement contracts of over $30.000 awarded in the period 1 January to
1 June 2009
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