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Why Procure Locally?

Local procurement significantly contributes to economic growth and recovery. In fact, it is the most efficient way of including the private sector in the international assistance effort. By strengthening linkages between buyers and local suppliers operating in the Haitian private sector, local procurement creates jobs, improves long-term economic growth and facilitates increased access to locally available goods and services. Since August 2009, Peace Dividend Trust has operated the Peace Dividend Marketplace - Haiti project to channel the international communitys local procurement activities so that money is spent in Haiti, not just on Haiti. This is accomplished through a targeted suite of business development services aimed at increasing the positive distributional impact of the international presence in Haiti. To better help you access the Haitian marketplace, this snapshot highlights specific information about our Matchmaking, Tender Distribution and Business Portal Services respectively.

Business Matchmaking

Matchmaking services create linkages between local suppliers and international buyers operating in Haiti by helping procurement officers identify suppliers that are properly verified, legally registered and operational in the Haitian marketplace. The Haiti Marketplace Project provides on-demand vendor identification, sectoral and regional assessments, support to promotional events, seminars, and other opportunities that bridge local supply with demand.

Tender Distribution Services

To publicize their requirements to Haitian suppliers, buyers can use the Tender Distribution Service. The Tender Distribution Service disseminates tenders, Request for Proposals, Request for Quotations and other opportunities to registered local businesses via the Haiti Business Portal (www.haiti.buildingmarkets.org/tenders) through targeted text message and email notications. To post your tender on our tender directory, please send an email with the attached tender document to appeldoffreshaiti@pdtglobal.org.

The Business Portal

The Business Portal is the online mechanism that enables buyers and suppliers to navigate the local marketplace. The PDM-H business portal currently lists over 2,500 local suppliers operating across 27 sectors. The Business Portal also lists tender notifications, news on upcoming and past events, trade fairs, success stories and other information on the local marketplace. To read more about the suite of services provided by the Peace Dividend Marketplace - Haiti, visit our Reports & Metrics page at www.haiti.buildingmarkets.org/reportsandmetrics

Visit our Buyers page on the Business Portal!

What is it? The Resources for Buyers page on the Haiti Business Portal provides important information and resources that can connect you with capable local suppliers who can meet your operational requirements. Browse our supplier directory, use our tender distribution service or contact us to learn more about business matchmaking. Why use it? PDM-Hs suite of services helps save you time and money because we do most of the work for you. Furthermore, in spending more money locally, you help build peace and stability in Haiti by creating jobs, generating revenue and developing the private sector.

How does the Haiti Marketplace Project help you nd what you need?
Sectors receiving the most requests for our services vs. the percentage of businesses available to meet these requests
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Who uses our services?

Buyers with the most requests

31% 27% 7% 6% 6% 6% 5%5% 6%

Requests received from Buyers using our services by Sector Construction & Renovation Ofce Furniture, Equip. & Supplies Heavy Machinery & Equipment Home Essentials All Other Sectors**

20% 6% 3% 4% 3% 5% 5% 6%

Requests Received

Civil Society Organizations

600 400 200 0

UN Subsidiary Organizations & Missions Government & Institutional Buyers

49%

Businesses able to fulll these requests by Sector Automotive IT Services & Equip Health, Medicine & Recreation Business & Consulting Services

Type of Buyer

Peace Dividend Marketplace - Haiti works with a wide range of buyers in Haiti by providing them with a suite of services to complement and enhance their ability to procure locally. This graph shows the distribution of buyers represented by the frequency of services utilized. Buyers are keen to use the Supplier Directory on the Haiti Business Portal to browse for local suppliers; post their Tender Notifications to our Tender Directory and utilize our Matchmaking Service when looking for capable local suppliers to meet their procurement needs.

We receive requests from a wide range of buyers looking to procure from a wide range of businesses registered on the Haiti Business Portal. With over 2,500 registered local businesses operating across 27 sectors to choose from, its easy to find a match for any of your procurement needs.

Since its inception, the Haiti Marketplace Project has redirected over $30 million into the local economy. Contracts have been facilitated for local suppliers working across a number of sectors. This graph represents how spending by buyers who use our services typically breaks down by sector. These are all contracts that have been facilitated by Peace Dividend Trust, sourced from local suppliers registered on the Haiti Business Portal. The Other Sectors category in this graph includes: Primary Industry, Food & Beverages, Printing & Copying, Media & Communication, Security Services & Equipment, Handicrafts & Artisans, Transportation & Logistics and Wholesalers. All of these sectors are represented on our database available at www.haiti.buildingmarkets.org**
Construction & Renovation Ofce Furniture, Equip. & Supplies Heavy Machinery & Equipment Home Essentials Manufacturing Automotive IT Services & Equip Health, Medicine & Recreation Business & Consulting Services Other Sectors**

Where do they spend their money?

Sectors receiving the highest value of contract facilitations

10% 0% 6% 1%

12%

56%

9%

The charts above show contract facilitations that have been made through the Business Portal, Matchmaking, Training and Tender Distribution Services. This data comes from reliable feedback that has been received from buyers who have used our services and gone on to award contracts to PDM-H registered local suppliers operating in Haiti. In this context, buyers refer only to those national and international actors that have direct interactions with PDT and PDM-H registered suppliers through our Business Portal, Matchmaking and Tender Distribution Services. The timeline for this study indicates all transactions that have been reported between March 2010 and September 2011. ** All Other Sectors include: Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, Printing & Copying, Food and Beverages, Household & Industrial Services, Handicrafts, Telecommunication Services, Primary Industry, Wholesalers, Real Estate & Insurance, Media & Communication, Travel & Lodging, Financial Services, Restaurants & Catering, Security Services, Oil & Natural Gas and 4 Other Sectors

Peace Dividend Trust - Haiti JBE'S Plaza, Blv. 15 Octobre, Tabarre, Haiti

Ofce: (509) 29-41-10-01 Email: haiti@pdtglobal.org

Project undertaken with the nancial support of the Government of Canada provided through: