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

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