Purchasing of routine goods and services in the public sector: the case of UNICEF

Abstract

Review of literature concerning public sector procurement activities and indentification of common constrains and opportunities to set a good understanding of the field. Study of the procurement undertaken by UNICEF in the operational offices in the countries wher the organization is actively cooperating with the host-goverment. That implies procurement process review, study of the organizational structure, review of the existing policies and regulations and bencmarking in sister UN Agencies. Design and development of a freamework to discuss procurement of routine items (goods and services) for international organizations in developing countries. Sugfest a set of optimizations to improve overall efficiency in the supply function thrugh implementation of various different mechanisms and simplifications in the operating process.