00:23:50 Christopher Yukins: Chat Is open for questions -- thanks 00:26:34 David Drabkin: Lucian: Thanks for the input. 00:29:42 Aris Georgopoulos: Gian Luigi and Laurence raise a very interesting point regarding supply side capacity limits and the ensuing cut throat competition among states and contitnents. Here is a question: Should procurements aiming at increasing capacity bringing in the relevant market suppliers that were not in it (for example ventilators) be afforded with greater deference/flexibility with regard to public procurement framework compliance? 00:29:46 Christopher Yukins: Yes -- and transparency on publicly held available supplies will be critical in the next stage, as neighboring nations seek to share supplies. 00:30:16 Gian Luigi Albano: Agree with Chris! 00:31:10 Rachel Hanna: How do we ensure adequate levels of transparency during emergency procurement procedures? 00:31:24 Gian Luigi Albano: This is why we need an international approach to competition enforcement 00:31:30 David Drabkin: DoD on Monday issued guidance to its contracting officers to specially code contracts in the Federal Procurement Data Base - Next Generation (FPD-NG) for COVID-19. This data will be available to the public as well as for internal review. 00:31:48 Christopher Yukins: To Sandeep Verma: As Benedetta Audia will explain, knowing your (national) suppliers is an essential part of mitigating default/fraud risk in the supply chain 00:32:13 Christopher Yukins: Geo, you've identified the most important global question right now. 00:34:09 Christopher Yukins: To Geo -- WHO or other UN organizations. This is about redistributing life-saving supplies as demand wanes in some countries. 00:36:25 Christopher Yukins: To Gabriel -- Ben's company uses electronic reverse auctions where possible. 00:39:46 Gian Luigi Albano: Chris S., there is in fact a lot of uncertainty. This is why buyers should not buy spot but negotiate production plans over some months 00:41:29 Gian Luigi Albano: US brokers, Chris 00:41:53 Gian Luigi Albano: They are buying production capacity for the next 6-8 months 00:43:08 Christopher Yukins: Please use only the CHAT function for questions -- we will address the Q&A separately. Many thanks. 00:43:24 Gian Luigi Albano: Shaun, we are doing all this to reduce the risk they make the same mistakes. I would urge the AFD or other MDBs to step in. I know it is difficult, but some form of coordination is urgent 00:45:21 Laurence Folliot Lalliot: I agree with Gian Luigi. MDBs need to step in and to monitor how the helped countries are conducting their emergency purchase. 00:46:15 Laurence Folliot Lalliot: Several African countries have already a centralyzed purchasing agency for medecines 00:46:19 Gian Luigi Albano: We need NOW to convince MDBs that the time has come to step in concretely and not limit their actions to productions of regulations/guidelines 00:47:37 Peter Trepte: Preferably not using their own rules… 00:47:55 Christopher Yukins: An open question is whether procurement authorities will in the future rely more on commercial marketplaces, such as Amazon or Alibaba, to solve supply chain problems. 00:49:11 David Drabkin: Jacques: At the Federal level there is already talk in Congress for creating a review panel. They will "shoot the wounded," write more procurement laws and then change their focus to something else, witness their response to 911, Katrina and other disasters. 00:50:09 Gian Luigi Albano: Shaun, these are not normal times. If you don't centralize you are going to risk not to have medicines where most needed, different prices etc...a potential humanitarian disaster in the disaster 00:51:32 Gian Luigi Albano: Shaun, let us find a way to talk more extensively about this. 00:51:33 David Drabkin: Reliance on the commercial marketplace is not working right now. They will eventually catch up, but right now lagging. Countries need to evaluate the need for domestic capability, build it and maintain it and warehouse more capability than they previously anticipated. 00:52:01 Gian Luigi Albano: Agree 100% with Dave. 00:54:01 CAO Fuguo: China DEPS System is indeed a centralied pro system. there a justification to centralize the procurement, Gian. 00:54:36 Gian Luigi Albano: Agree Fuguo, cannot agree more 00:56:32 Italia Carson: But the CO still has discretion in allowing this contract modification. Do you think the agencies, e.g., DOD, will make this mandatory? 00:57:15 CAO Fuguo: with DEPSSystem more concerted efforts I see less competition among our governments at least at provincial and municipal level. but government at low level have a poor situation in getting supplies so they may be competing with others at market. 00:59:03 Gian Luigi Albano: Reida, not suspended but slowed down quite a bit. Unfortunately the gov is envisaging to adopt Emergency decrees which will make all the regular procurement business to come to a stop, although there does not seem to be a tangible reason. I do have a suspicion though... 00:59:40 David Drabkin: Yes, COs have discretion but the guidance from their supervisory chains will be to, where consistent with the provision, modify the contract. 01:00:31 Gian Luigi Albano: If you slow down regular procurement activities you implicitely grant existing suppliers contract extensions 01:06:00 Gian Luigi Albano: In Italy, even nowdays advance payments are forbidden 01:14:36 Italia Carson: But, President Trump has likened this pandemic to a nonkinetic "World War III", and there is always graft, black market antics, and other fraudulent actions in supply chains during war. Do we have to accept a certain level of corruption in this process to meet the main objective of getting these supplies to the "front"? 01:16:35 Alexandra Goebert: right. essentially a certain amount of “privateering” — will the governments of the world accept any, some, or all black market efforts?