World Bank2012-06-112012-06-112007-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7768The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) is the third largest province of Pakistan. The developing countries and bilateral and multilateral donors having a concern for increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of procurement systems, under the auspices of the joint World Bank and OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Procurement Round Table initiative, worked together to develop a set of tools and standards that provide guidance for improvements in procurement systems and the results they produce. Among these tools are included: (i) Benchmarking for the assessment of the structure of the public procurement systems; and (ii) Monitoring and Evaluation of the public procurement systems. With regard to the first deliverable a tool comprising a set of baseline indicators for the assessment of a country system has been developed. This tool comprising four pillars explained through twelve (12) indicators.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCOUNTABILITYADRALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONARBITRATIONARBITRATION LAWARBITRATORSAWARD OF CONTRACTSBID EVALUATIONBIDDERBIDDERSBIDDING DOCUMENTSBIDSBREACHBUDGET ALLOCATIONSCERTIFICATIONCLAUSESCOLLECTION SYSTEMCOMPETITIVE MARKETCOMPLAINTCOMPLAINTSCONSULTING FIRMCONSULTING SERVICESCONTRACTCONTRACT ADMINISTRATIONCONTRACT AWARDCONTRACT AWARD INFORMATIONCONTRACT EXECUTIONCONTRACT MANAGEMENTCONTRACTORCONTRACTORSCONTROL FRAMEWORKCONTROL SYSTEMCORRUPTIONCOST ESTIMATECOST ESTIMATESCPICRIMINAL PROCEEDINGSDELEGATION OF POWERSDIRECT CONTRACTSDISCRETIONDISPUTE RESOLUTIONEVALUATION COMMITTEEEVALUATION PROCESSEXTERNAL AUDITFAIR COMPETITIONFEDERAL GOVERNMENTFINAL DECISIONFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTGOOD PROCUREMENTGOVERNMENT OFFICIALSINTEGRITYINTERNAL AUDITINTERNAL CONTROLINTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMINTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMSINTERNATIONAL ARBITRATIONINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDINGJUSTICELEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGISLATIONMEDIANATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDINGNATIONAL PROCUREMENTNATIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEMNEGOTIATIONOPEN COMPETITIONOPEN TENDERINGOPEN TENDERING METHODPOST QUALIFICATIONPOST QUALIFICATIONPREFERENTIALPREFERENTIAL TREATMENTPRICE ADJUSTMENTPRICE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSEPROCEDURES MANUALPROCUREMENTPROCUREMENT ACTIONSPROCUREMENT ENTITIESPROCUREMENT ENTITYPROCUREMENT LAWPROCUREMENT MANUALPROCUREMENT METHODSPROCUREMENT NOTICESPROCUREMENT OF GOODSPROCUREMENT OF WORKSPROCUREMENT OPERATIONSPROCUREMENT PLANPROCUREMENT PLANNINGPROCUREMENT PLANSPROCUREMENT PRACTICEPROCUREMENT PRACTICESPROCUREMENT PROCEDURESPROCUREMENT PROCEEDINGSPROCUREMENT PROCESSPROCUREMENT PROCESSESPROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTSPROCUREMENT RULESPROCUREMENT SPECIALISTPROCUREMENT STAFFPROCUREMENT SYSTEMSPROCUREMENT TRAININGPROCUREMENTSPROCURING ENTITYPROVISIONSPUBLICPUBLIC FUNDSPUBLIC PROCUREMENTPUBLIC PROCUREMENT MARKETPUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF GOODSPUBLIC PROCUREMENT OPERATIONSPUBLIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEMSPUBLIC PROCUREMENTSPUBLIC SECTORQUALIFICATION CRITERIAQUALIFICATION PROCEDUREQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY ASSURANCE STANDARDQUALITY CONTROLREGULATORY AUTHORITYREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY FUNCTIONREGULATORY INSTRUMENTSREQUEST FOR QUOTATIONSREQUESTS FOR PROPOSALSSERVICE DELIVERYSINGLE-SOURCE PROCUREMENTSOLICITATIONSSTAGE TENDERINGSTANDARD CONDITIONS OF CONTRACTSTANDARD CONTRACTSSUPPLIERSTECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSTENDER DOCUMENTSTENDERSTIME LIMITTIME LIMITSTRANSPARENCYWorld Bank10.1596/7768