Initiate procurementof necessary services, according to the UNESCO Administrative Manual, with the competent authorities of the postal service and transportation companies and ensure that prices obtained and services are competitive and satisfactory.
But the BBC insisted that "the value and substantial savings created from the sale of BBC Technology and this procurementof our technology services is a significant step for us in ensuring the BBC is fit for the future".
All these things flow from Mr Monti's responsibility for the single market and financial services, a portfolio that also includes matters of public procurement, taxation and intellectual property.
Conservative AM Janet Finch-Saunders argued that the current draft budget proposals do not provide adequate funding for the procurementof technology systems to realise the full advantages of sharing personal Health and Social Services information.
Former Army Captain Bryant Williams was found guilty of an Honest Services fraud ( see Jeff Skilling appeal) for taking bribes in his role as a procurement officer for the 101st Airborne while stationed in Iraq.