UN Procurement vs World Bank Project Procurement

The United Nations Procurement Division is responsible for establishing contracts for the acquisition of a wide variety of goods, works, and services for UN Headquarters, peacekeeping and special political missions, Offices Away from Headquarters, Regional Commissions and other entities within the UN Secretariat. The “UN Procurement” app offers real-time access to information related to business opportunities and strategic sourcing, such as requests for expressions of interest, business seminars, tenders, purchase order and contract awards. The app gives vendors and suppliers a tool to share and transfer information on the go or to receive push notifications in their areas of interest.

As part of the World Bank’s commitment to transparency and accountability as central pillars of the development process, this applications provides stakeholders with easy and open access to procurement data. The dataset on this application provides information on prior reviewed contracts since 2000 and post review contracts since 2016 awarded in World Bank investment project financing. The App allows users to analyze the data through various visualized queries. The app also provides information on procurement opportunities under these projects.