The mission of Procurement and Supply Services Unit (PSS) is to provide efficient and cost-effective procurement services to operational areas across WHO/AFRO structures and programmes.

Objectives/functions

The objective of the Procurement and Supply Services Unit Unit is to improve the quality of procurement and supply services provided to WHO country offices, inter-country support teams (ISTs) and regional technical programmes for project implementation and to engage in strategic, transparent and sustainable procurement and alliances with suppliers.

The functions of the unit are to develop, manage, coordinate, monitor and evaluate the acquisition of goods and services for the WHO African Region by:

• Issuing national and international tender invitations and evaluate and award contracts.
• Providing technical support on procurement activities for the AFRO technical units, WHO country officials and national project managers on procurement approaches and services
• Analyzing, evaluating and approving procurement orders and responses to tenders.
• Developing new approaches to long term contracts and coordinate negotiations with different parties.
• Developing data base of suppliers
• Developing standards and criteria for the evaluation of products, services, supplier capacity and follow-up on their performance and capacity of delivery.
• Providing recommendations to the Contract Review Committee with respect to requisitions beyond delegated authority.
• Assisting member states at their request with organizing their direct procurement, handling and distribution of medical supplies and equipment

Unit Manager

Mr Marc Bigot
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Tel.: +47241 39108