GF/B07/DP13
Approved by the Board on: 19 March 2004
Report of the Portfolio Management and Procurement Committee
The Board adopts the following points:
TRP Renewal
Decision Point 1:
The Board accepts the list of persons contained in Annex 3 that have been selected by the PMPC and the Executive Director to fill the vacancies on the Technical Review Panel for 3 HIV/AIDS experts, 1 malaria expert, 1 tuberculosis expert, and 4 cross-cutting experts.
Decision Point 2
The Board accepts the list of persons contained in Annex 4 that have been selected by the PMPC and the Executive Director to comprise the TRP Support Group.
Procurement and Supply Management: Pre-qualification of and competition between procurement agents
Decision Point 3
The Board approves the recommendation from the PMPC that it commend the work of the World Health Organization in its work with other partners to develop a system for pre-qualifying procurement agents and report back to the Eighth Board Meeting on the progress in developing such a system.
Decision Point 4
The Board endorses the PMPC recommendation that it allow recipients that are using procurement agents for health products to select among them using whatever system the recipients wish provided that it is competitively and transparently selected, based on quality, cost, and level of service.