The approval of the ASG/OCSS is required for conducting a procurement process without formal Solicitation, above the applicable threshold, i.e. for the exceptions (i) to (ix).

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Sole Sourcing as an informal method of solicitation.
According to Financial Rule 105.16, the UN may solicit only a single vendor (Sole Sourcing) for a particular procurement action provided the ASG/OCSS has determined that using formal methods of solicitation is not in the best interest of the Organisation.

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