UN Global Marketplace by Jin Wang Officer-in-Charge Vendor Registration and Management Team Vendor registration

United Nations Global Marketplace – UNGM – the UN Procurement Portal 1 Initially developed in the 90’s under the auspices of the IAPWG December 2002, resolution A/RES/57/279 March 2007, resolution GA/RES/61/249 Create a UN global procurement portal One common supplier database Transparency and harmonization Simplyfing the registration process

United Nations Global Marketplace – UNGM – UN Global Marketplace 1 UNGM is the procurement portal of the UN system Vendor community UN procurement staff UNGM provides and excellent springboard to introduce your products and services to many UN organizations, countries and regions

United Nations Global Marketplace – UNGM – UN Global Marketplace 1 Vendors can register with 26 UN organizations using UNGM as their vendor database soon 27 These UN organizations represent 99% of a global spend of over $16.1 billion

United Nations Global Marketplace – Registration process on UNGM 2 One of first step in doing business with the UN Becoming a requirement for more and more UN organizations in order to participate in tenders FREE registration form online available in 3 languages Easy User-friendly Intuitive Free of charge Guidance Fast

United Nations Global Marketplace – Registration process on UNGM 2 Some UN organizations require additional information Certificate of Incorporation, references, financial statements … 3 registration levels Basic registration Common registration process Level 1 Level 2

United Nations Global Marketplace – Registration process on UNGM 2 The vendor’s profile is automatically matched with UN organizations based on the information provided in the registration More than 5,000 UN procurement staff source vendors based on UNSPSC codes Vendor UN org

United Nations Global Marketplace – UNGM functionalities 3 Keeping abreast of upcoming business opportunities Free access to procurement notices Over 300 active notices at any one time Published by over 40 UN organizations and entities

United Nations Global Marketplace – UNGM functionalities 3 Business opportunities ON UNGM

United Nations Global Marketplace – UNGM functionalities 3 Contract awards

United Nations Global Marketplace – Knowledge Center 4 UN procurement volume by country of supply Procurement by sectors of categories of goods and services Purchase orders and contracts (over USD 30,000) Top 10 items and product groups procured by the UN Annual Statistical Report on UN procurement Provides data and analysis on the goods and services procured by the United Nations system in support of its operations

United Nations Global Marketplace – 4 General business Guide and Supplying the UN General information on UN procurement procedures List of all UN organizations and mandates Procedures Procurement needs Knowledge Center Helps suppliers learn which UN organizations purchase the goods or services they supply Booklet outlining how to go about becoming a supplier

Assisting the markets to be "prepared" to the request of public authorities for more sustainable products and services United Nations Global Marketplace – 4 Tools for suppliers - Sustainability Knowledge Center Voluntary UN- business framework 5 things sustainable companies do Global partnership for action on sustainable development

United Nations Global Marketplace – 5 Identifying relevant tender is a time-consuming task Deadlines are often short Tender Alert Service Receive via relevant business opportunities as soon as they are published The subscription costs USD 250 a year Tender Alert Service

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