EUPF or How to do business with the United Nations
Monday, April 12, 2010 at 11:50AM This year's EU-UN Procurement Forum (http://www.eupf.org) is being held at the Bohemian Hall due to renovations at the UN headquarters.
Just like last year I have been asked to moderate panel discussions starting with this afternoon's UN Procurement Matters specifically Services. Basically two companies will share their experience providing services to UN organizations, while two representatives of different UN agencies will present their needs and expectations.
Services include (in no particular order):
- security
- outsourced personnel
- engineering construction
- travel, air, freight transportation
- food/catering
- IT
- inspection
- banking & investment
This conference is designed to guide companies of all sizes through the seemingly complicated process of providing goods and services. The number of attendees has increased so much that there was a waiting list.
To give you an example, I just ran into a company bidding along with 52 others to provide Haiti with tents that can withstand earthquakes of a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale among other specifications...
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