un global marketplace

UN Global Marketplace

by Susan Rendtorff UNGM Project Analyst UNGM Secretariat/UNOPS

Vendor registration

United Nations Global Marketplace – www.ungm.org

UNGM – the UN Procurement Portal 1

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


UNGM – UN Global Marketplace 2

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


UNGM – UN Global Marketplace 2

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


Registration process on UNGM 3

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



Some UN organizations require additional information Certificate of Incorporation, references, financial statements …

3 registration levels

Basic registration

Common registration process

Level 1 Level 2



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

Please come and see me. I would love to help!


Finnish vendors registered on UNGM

Vendor UN org

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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


UNGM functionalities 4

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



Business opportunities ON UNGM



Contract awards



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



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


Contact UNGM 6

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Conclusion 6

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Business

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procurement notices

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procurement volume

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