The following procurement authority is delegated to the Director, UN/PD:
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For awards of USD 500,000 or less without a review by the HCC. However, such authority shall be limited to USD 300,000 in the case of awards made pursuant to an exception to the use of formal methods of solicitation under (Financial Rule 105.16) and provided that a quarterly report on all Contracts awarded under Financial Rule 105.16 shall be submitted to the ASG/OCSS; |
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Unlimited authority for awards recommended for approval by the HCC and approved by the ASG/OCSS; |
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For awards of USD 5,000,000 or less in the case of contract amendments relating to the Capital Master Plan till the completion of the CMP, provided that the Director, UN/PD provide a monthly submission to the Post Award Review Committee (PARC) of all such contract amendments; |
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For awards of USD 5,000,000 or less in the case of short-term logistics and transportation requirements (sea and air charter) where the award is made to the lowest cost Bid or Proposal; |
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For awards of USD 2,000,000 or less in the case of short-term logistics and transportation requirements (sea and air charter) where the award is made to the lowest substantially conforming Bid (in the case of ITBs) or where the award is made to the most responsive Proposal (in the case of RFPs), but, in either case, the Bid or Proposal was not the lowest cost; provided that the Director, UN/PD must report all cases falling under clauses (iv) and (v) above to the HCC and the ASG/OCSS on a quarterly basis; and such clauses will not apply to awards to sole Bids or sole Proposals; |
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For Contracts that involve income to the Organisation, up to a threshold of USD 40,000 with a single Contractor in respect of a single Requisition in accordance with Financial Rule 105.13(b); and |
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For procurement actions under the provisions of Financial Rule 105.16 (a)(vii) relating to exigency situations procurement must be in accordance with the General Assembly decision 54/468. All such cases must be reported quarterly to the ASG/OCSS. |
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