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UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Sixth Public Procurement ForumReforms to the UNCITRAL Model Law
World Bank, AsDB & IsDB
Istanbul, Turkey, 26-29 April 2010
Caroline Nicholas
UNCITRAL
April 2010
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Session 2
• Procurement methods
• Socio-economic policies
• Remedies and conflicts of interest
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Sixth Public Procurement ForumReforms to the UNCITRAL Model Law
• Procurement methods
– Choice of procurement methods• Complexity (goods or services)• Negotiations needed?• Simple procurement• Urgency
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Sixth Public Procurement ForumReforms to the UNCITRAL Model Law
Procurement methods
• Primacy of tendering– Toolbox approach – Conditions for use for other methods
• Overlap• Always identify best method?
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Sixth Public Procurement ForumReforms to the UNCITRAL Model Law
• Socio economic criteria– Domestic procurement– Margins of preference– Green procurement– Qualification requirements– Evaluation criteria– Transparency
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Sixth Public Procurement ForumReforms to the UNCITRAL Model Law
• Simplification/standardization– Chapter I: general rules (expanded)– Chapter II: Substantive rules on procurement
methods (choice, open/direct solicitation)– Chapters III-V – tendering, non-negotiated and
negotiated procurement– Chapter VI – ERAs– Chapter VII – Frameworks– Chapter VIII - Review
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Sixth Public Procurement ForumReforms to the UNCITRAL Model Law
Remedies and enforcement– 1994 provisions not robust – Many exceptions
• Now– Optional peer review– No exceptions– Requirement for independent
administrative review body– Supported by “standstill” provisions
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Sixth Public Procurement ForumReforms to the UNCITRAL Model Law
• Conflicts of interest
– Added during review– UNCAC requires procurement “system”
to address declarations, screening, etc– Debate in Working Group: in Model Law
or elsewhere?
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Public Procurement: Global Revolution IV
Reforms to the UNCITRAL Model Law
• When will the review finish?
– 2010 (?)– Expanded Guide– Defence procurement
THANK YOU