Business Opportunities
How we buy
WMO advertises all its competitive procurement exercises are advertised on its website and on the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM). Suppliers wishing to submit an offer are required to register in UNGM.
To promote ethical conduct in the supply chain, all WMO Suppliers are required to adhere to the UN Supplier Code of Conduct and are expected to abide by the principles of the UN Global Compact and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Procurement Thresholds
Projected expenditure amounts for informal tenders (RFQ) and for formal tenders (RFP and ITB) are up to CHF 40,000 and more than CHF 40,000 respectively.
WMO Main categories
In 2023, WMO procured goods and services for a total amount of CHF 11,025,250.72.
Most of the money was spent to procure services rather than goods in the amounts of CHF 9,333,096.96 and CHF 1,692,153.76 respectively, equivalent to 85% and 15% of the total. You can find more information on the Annual Statistical report on UN procurement
Bid Protest and Debriefing Procedure
CAVEAT: Nothing in the debriefing and bid protest procedures outlined below, or no action by or relating to WMO with respect to or in connection with a Procurement Debrief or a Vendor Protest, shall be deemed in any way to constitute a waiver of any of the privileges and immunities of the WMO or of its subsidiary organs.
Debriefing
WMO offers vendors who participated in solicitations resulting in awards above US$ 100,000 the opportunity to learn the reasons why their proposals or bids were unsuccessful through the debrief process described below.
The debrief is only meant to discuss the unsuccessful bidder’s submission in response to the solicitation documents and the applied evaluation process and procedure. Trade secrets, proprietary information and any information related to other bidders, or the evaluation scores won’t be discussed.
An unsuccessful bidder may request a debrief in writing within a period of ten (10) business days after receipt of the Letter of Regret only.
Upon timely receipt of the debrief request, the WMO will reply within 10 days.
Debriefing will normally be conducted via teleconference at an agreed time with the vendor.
A debrief is a one-time event normally lasting for a maximum of up to 30 minutes, and no follow-up debriefs will take place.
Should vendors not be satisfied with the clarifications provided during the debriefing, they may file a Letter of Protest to the Chief, Procurement Section tenders
wmo [dot] int (here )within 10 days of the debriefing.
Bid Protest
Bidders who have been formally debriefed and remain unsatisfied may file a bid protest to WMO within ten (10) days of the debrief meeting by enclosing the information and by following the instructions detailed below.
Any letter of protest must be addressed to the Chief, Procurement Section: no other WMO staff has competence to deal with it.
The Chief, Procurement Section will review the letter of protest and reply to the relevant bidder within two weeks.
Within one week from receipt of the Chief, Procurement Section reply, protestors who remain unsatisfied, may address their complaint, along with the response of the Chief, Procurement Section, to the Director of Administration who will undertake a further review and make a decision, which is final and binding on all concerned.
Depending on the context, the relevant solicitation contract award may, or may not, be suspended pending solution of the protest procedure.