DAVAO CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) – An official of the United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) has revealed that the UN offers a multi-billion dollar of opportunities for qualified local small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Toshio Mikami, chief of the UN Secretariat Procurement Division, during the Doing Business with the UN seminar conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently, said that the UN is not a single organization, but in fact a large number of organizations.
“This is very important to recognize if you wish to do business with the UN. It is a market in itself, made up of a variety of organizational entities, each with its separate function and mandate. Because each organization has a different function, each entity also has its own characteristics and requirements,” he said.
Mikami said that it can be observed in the UN data that market volume (both goods and services) grew so fast between 2006 and 2010, in fact doubling in the last five years – from US$9.2 billion in 2006 to US$14.5 billion in 2010.
Among the goods procured by the UN were food, pharmaceutical supplies, vehicles, computers and software, shelter and housing, telecommunications equipment, laboratory Equipment, chemicals (POL), and building materials. The services, on the other hand, included Security, outsourced personnel, engineering, construction, corporate, freight, printing services and equipment rental, consultancy, and telecommunication.
DTI XI Regional Director Marizon S. Loreto said that with this very vast opportunity, the Davao SMEs must take time to register and apply as a supplier of the UNPD.
“I’m sure that a lot of our SMEs will qualify as suppliers to the UN considering their strong commitment to consistently deliver quality goods and services,” she said. (DTI-11/JenMendoza/PR)
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