Sourcing Guides
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UNOPS portable solar kits: document the offered system boundary before comparing components
A quote for a kit should make the complete offered system visible.
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Madagascar solar-lamp procurement: record a buyer-corrected warranty slide
A pre-bid presentation can contain a condition that the buyer later explicitly corrects.
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Blended-learning proposals: map delivery sequence and flag conflicting course durations
A blended-learning proposal needs a delivery sequence as well as a total duration.
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UNOPS off-the-shelf training RFQ: substantiate an existing course catalog
An offer for ready-made training should demonstrate what actually exists, rather than manufacture a polished catalog…
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Supplier policy classifications in OCDS: a missing label is not a verified negative
A supplier’s published policy classification can be useful evidence, but the absence of that label is…
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Reading public procurement values: distinguish tender, award, contract and implementation evidence
A public procurement value needs its stage and source context before it can answer a research…
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The AHRI LIMS procurement: distinguish license limits from implementation assumptions
A software proposal needs to explain both what the entitlement permits and what assumptions shape implementation…
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UNHCR Sudan spare-parts amendments: synchronize item identity across technical and price files
A changed spare-part number can leave a quote technically updated but commercially tied to an older…
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OCDS framework records: identify the second-stage purchase before attributing an order
A supplier’s appearance in a framework record should not be reported as evidence that it received…
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The UNOPS Cognos case: two prior contracts need distinct scope evidence, not two different customer logos
Counting customer logos is not the same task as documenting distinct prior work.