Helsinki UN Business Seminar

1. UN Global
Marketplace
by
Susan Rendtorff
UNGM Project Analyst
UNGM Secretariat/UNOPS
Vendor registration

2. United Nations Global Marketplace – www.ungm.org
UNGM – the UN Procurement Portal1
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

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UNGM – UN Global Marketplace2
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

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UNGM – UN Global Marketplace2
Vendors can register with 27UN organizations
using UNGM as their vendor database
These UN organizations represent 99% of a global spend of over
$16.1 billion

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Registration process on UNGM3
One of first step in doing business with the UN
Becomes a requirement for more and more UN
organizations in order to participate in tenders
FREE registration form online
available in 3 (soon 4) languages

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Registration process on UNGM3
Some UN organizations require additional information
Certificate of Incorporation, references, financial statements …
3 registration levels
Basic registration
Common registration
process
Level 1 Level 2

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Registration process on UNGM3
The vendor’s profile automatically
matches 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

8. Please come and see
me. I would love to help!
United Nations Global Marketplace – www.ungm.org
Finnish vendors registered on UNGM
Vendor UN org
3
178 registered vendors
11 TAS subscribers
26 Vendors to update information
27 Unmatched status
56 new vendors since new site
Vendors here today
41 not registered
13 updated accounts
11 accounts not updated or completed
2 TAS subscriptions
2 duplicates accounts

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UNGM functionalities4
Keeping abreast of upcoming business opportunities
Free access to
procurement
notices
300 active
notices at any
one time
Published by 40
UN organizations
and partners

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UNGM functionalities4
Business opportunities ON UNGM

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UNGM functionalities4
Contract awards

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UNGM functionalities4
Knowledge center
Business Information repository
UN procurement
volume by
country
UN agency procurement
by country or
commodity/service
Purchase orders
and contracts
(over USD 30,000)
Top ten items
procured by
UN agencies

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UNGM functionalities4
Knowledge center
Business Information repository
General
information on
UN procurement
procedures
List of all UN
organizations
Requirements
and
registration
procedures
List of fields
of activity

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

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Contact UNGM6
For more information, please visit www.ungm.org
For further assistance, do not hesitate to contact us:
 Via the Help functionality available on the site
 Via email at registry@ungm.org
Do you need assistance?
Check out our video guidelines and FAQs

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