International Procurement
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Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs)
Like the World Bank & ADB
(Bank’s Guidelines)
GPA: In Appendix I
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Procurement Entities Covered
UNCITRAL:
• Federal government
• Sub-federal level
• Any other entity specifically in GPA
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Procurement Entities Covered
(Continued...)
World Bank:
1. Government /State as Contracting
Authority
EU Directive 2004/18/EC:
• State, Regional & Local Authorities
• Entities financed by the Government
• Entities controlled by the Government
• Private Entities subsidized by CAs
• Entities (including private entities) with
special or exclusive rights
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Types of contract covered
GPA:
1. Purchase, lease, rental or hire-
purchase, or any combination of works,
goods and services
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Types of contract covered
UNCITRAL:
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Types of contract covered (Cont…)
EU Directive 2004/18/EC:
• Between one or more economic operators
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World Bank: Types of Contracts covered
GPA:
1. Article V provided special
provisions for Developing
Countries
2. Least Developing Countries can
also negotiate favours before
accession
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Provisions favouring domestic
providers/products etc.
UNCITRAL:
• Contracts restricted to national firms
• preferences to national firms
in
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Provisions favouring domestic
providers (Cont…)
World Bank:
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Provisions favouring domestic
providers (Cont…)
EU Directive 2004/18/EC:
Tendering procedures:
• Open
• Selective
• limited
Under open procedures - tender
In selective tendering list of qualified
suppliers published once a year
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UNCITRAL:
The "usual" award procedure (Cont…)
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The "usual" award procedure (Cont…)
EU Directive 2004/18/EC:
General rule:
World Bank:
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Grounds for using Competitive award
procedures other than Competitive Tendering
GPA:
• Limited tendering procedures
• absence of tenders
• selective tender
• collusion - strongly anticipated
• supply only by a particular supplier
• extreme urgency
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Grounds for using competitive award
procedures other than open tendering/open
solicitation of proposals (Cont….)
UNCITRAL:
• limited providers - highly complex specs
• development of prototype products
• national defence and security
• failure of previous open tendering procedures
• urgency
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Grounds for using competitive award
procedures other than open tendering/open
solicitation of proposals (Cont….)
EU Directive 2004/18/EC:
Competitive Dialogue (Complex Contracts):
• Prototype development
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Grounds for using competitive award
procedures other than open tendering/open
solicitation of proposals (Cont….)
World Bank:
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Methods of advertising specific contracts
in competitive procurement procedures
GPA:
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Methods of advertising specific contracts
in competitive procurement procedures
UNCITRAL:
• For open & two stage tendering:
notice in the relevant official publication
• International contracts:
notice in relevant international publication
of wide circulation
EU Directive 2004/18/EC:
World Bank:
• UN Development Business Online (UNDB
online)-a UN publication
www.devbusiness.com
UNCITRAL:
a) Goods and construction-Lowest price
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Criteria for selecting between
tenders/proposals (Cont…)
EU Directive 2004/18/EC:
(a) Price
(b)Most Economically Advantageous Tender
• technical merit
• aesthetic & functional characteristics
• environmental characteristics
• after‑sales service
• technical assistance
• Running cost
• delivery date/delivery period
• period of completion.
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Criteria for selecting between
tenders/proposals (Cont…)
World Bank:
1. Lowest Evaluated Responsive Bidder
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