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​​The updated Micro Purchasing Canvassing form is now available in Spanish (document ID POPP-11-3038) in the templates library.
The Micro Purchasing Canvassing form has been simplified through the removal of multiple non-essential fields. The aim is to have in one form, the minimum required information to comply with the Micro-Purchasing procedures; and to include the necessary information to proceed with Atlas transactions.

​The Procurement Methods main policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

​Section 79.e. of the Procurement Methods policy was updated to reflect streamlining measures recently set forth by the Bureau of Management Services that provide exemptions from the need to submit for ex-ante review for successful previous experience and repetitive country specific (local) LTAs for country office operations supports such as for travel, security, and cleaning services, as there is sufficient specific corporate guidance and templates on the procurement of the said goods/services.

The Procurement Methods main policy is now available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.

​In the Individual Contracting policy, Selection of Individual Contractors (section 69) and the Direct Contracting provision (section 112) were updated to reflect that the threshold of no-competition for ICs can be increased to $10,000 if approved by the Bureaus. The direct contracting template for Individual Contractors was updated accordingly.

The policy update highlights that direct contracting is permitted up to 18 months as part of the mainstreaming of piloted measures.

a) Micro-purchasing
Country offices may request increasing the micro-purchasing threshold from US$ 5,000 to US$ 10,000 as part of their request for increase in delegated procurement authority. Please see Procurement Methods .

b) Request for Quotation (RFQ)
Offices are now authorized to issue RFQs in line with the following thresholds:
• For offices with micro-purchasing threshold of USD 5,000, the RFQ limit is US$ 5,000 ¬ US$ 149,999.
• For offices with micro-purchasing threshold of USD 10,000, the RFQ limit is US$ 10,000 ¬ US$ 149,999.