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UNFPA

UNFPA. Campbell Bright, Procurement Services Branch United Nations Population Fund, Copenhagen. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) What UNFPA does What UNFPA buys Quality standards Tender procedures. UNFPA’s Mission. Operating since 1969…

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UNFPA

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  1. UNFPA Campbell Bright, Procurement Services Branch United Nations Population Fund, Copenhagen

  2. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) • What UNFPA does • What UNFPA buys • Quality standards • Tender procedures

  3. UNFPA’s Mission Operating since 1969… UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes: the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.

  4. UNFPA’s Focus Areas • Improving Reproductive Health • Making Motherhood Safer • Supporting Adolescents and Youth • Preventing HIV/AIDS • Promoting Gender Equality

  5. UNFPA Funding 158 countries contributed $469million to UNFPA in 2008 See: unfpa.org (2008 Annual Report)

  6. UNFPA Procurement Services Branch (PSB) • 2008 procurement $256 million • $133 million by PSB, in CPH • Reproductive Health commodities • Emergency Health kits • For UNFPA, UN, and others • ~40 Procurement staff in CPH • Key items under Long Term Agreements (3 years)

  7. PSB Teams • Headquarters: conduct pre-qualification exercises and provide procurement services to HQ, NY. • Contracting: develop LTAs with UNFPA major suppliers, supplier monitoring and contract management. • Humanitarian Logistic and Emergency: provide assistance and training on logistic and in emergency situations. • Regional Teams: • Africa • Arab States and Eastern Europe • Asia / Pacific • Latin America and the Caribbean.

  8. What UNFPA Buys 40% of purchases are contraceptives, medical equipment, and pharmaceuticals.

  9. 2008 Purchases

  10. UNFPA Quality Standards • WHO pre-qualification required for oral, implant and injectable contraceptives • WHO approval for pharmaceuticals • Pre-qualification required for condom and IUD • (managed by UNFPA Copenhagen) • Evaluation Criteria: • 1) Documents (certificates, ISO) • 2) Factory inspection, • 3) Quality control (sampling and testing) • 24 pre-qualified condom manufacturers • 8 pre-qualified IUD manufacturers

  11. Advantages of Prequalification Program • Ensure high-quality commodities • Help to keep costs low • Reduce the number of inspections/audits • Harmonize quality standards • Ensure safety and efficacy throughout shelf life • System supported/approved by donors • Facilitate UNFPA Global Strategy on RHCS • Technical cooperation • Build national capacity • Improve sustainability

  12. Reliance on Prequalified Suppliers • Qualified manufacturers published on UNFPA web site • Public access to lists of prequalified manufacturers • Only prequalified manufacturers invited to bid • Purchasers guarantee quality and simplify purchasing procedures

  13. Core EML RH Medicines in EoI Oral hormonal contraceptives - ethinylestradiol + desogestrel, tablet 30 micrograms +150 micrograms - ethinylestradiol + levonorgestrel, tablet 30 micrograms + 150 micrograms - levonorgestrel, tablet 30 micrograms - levonorgestrel, tablet 750 micrograms (pack of two); 1.5 mg (pack of one) - lynestrenol, tablet 500 micrograms - norethisterone, tablet 350 micrograms - norgestrel, tablet 75 micrograms Injectable hormonal contraceptives - medroxyprogesterone acetate, depot injection 150 mg/ml, in 1-ml vial - medroxyprogesterone acetate + estradiol cypronate, injection 25 mg + 5 mg - norethisterone enanthate, injection 200 mg - norethisterone enanthate + estradiol valerate, injection 50 mg + 5 mg

  14. Core EML RH Medicines in EoI Implantable contraceptives - two-rod levonorgestrel-releasing implant, each rod containing 75 mg of levonorgestrel - etonogestrel, implant, 68 mg of etonogestrel Oxytocics - oxytocin, injection 10 IU, in 1-ml ampoule - mifepristone + misoprostol Prevention and treatment of eclampsia - Magnesium sulphate, injection 500 mg/ml, in 2-ml and 10 ml ampoule clotrimazole azithromycin cefixime copper-bearing intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUD) latex male condoms

  15. Essential Medicines UNFPA Supports

  16. UNFPA procurement process Requisition Search possible suppliers Opening bids Contracts Review Committee Offer Evaluation Create Vendor Contract Award/PO Product Delivery Invoice Payment UNFPA operates using standards of public procurement and UNFPA processes Bid >$ 30,000 ungm.org LTA, RFQ, ITB

  17. PSB: unfpa.org/public/procurement/

  18. RHSC: Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition See about us/who we are/members

  19. RHI: Reproductive Health Interchange

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