A letter of reprimand based on the Respondent’s conduct. A censure does not affect the Respondent’s eligibility to participate in UNDP procurement processes, but it will be an aggravating factor in any future decisions to impose additional Sanctions.
The individual who manages the Vendor Review Committee (VRC) and its proceedings. The VRC Chairperson reports to the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and is responsible for the issuance of decisions taken by the CPO.
According to Rule 121.01 paragraph (a) of the UNDP Financial regulations and Rules (as amended on January 1, 2012), the Chief Procurement Officer of UNDP is accountable to the Administrator for all procurement functions of UNDP for all its locations, except for those procurement actions governed by paragraph (c). The Chief Procurement Officer may further delegate authority to staff at headquarters and other locations, as may be appropriate in fulfilling the purposes of these rules.
Act or omission that impairs or harms, or threatens to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any party or the property of the party to improperly influence the actions of a party.
It is an arrangement between two or more parties designed to achieve an improper purpose, including influencing improperly the actions of another party.
A legal obligation arising from a contract, agreement or other form of undertaking by UNDP or based on a liability recognized by UNDP, either against the resources of the current year in respect to UNDP programme activities or against the current budget period in respect to the institutional budget
Cash or in-kind resources (the latter being in the form of goods, services, or real property) provided to UNDP. Contributions are used to cover UNDP programme activities as well as programme support, management and administration, and support to operational activities of the United Nations, including costs associated with the administration of contributions received for special purposes; costsharing - a co-financing modality under which contributions from Other resources can be received as a supplement to Regular resources for specific UNDP programme activities, under the relevant cooperation framework.
Corruption or corrupt practice is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting, directly or indirectly, anything of value to influence improperly the actions of another party
An offeror, or a prospective, registered or actual supplier, contractor or provider of goods, services and/or works to UNDP. Vendors may include individuals, private or public entities, whether parent, holding, subsidiary, affiliate, and may be a consortium, partnership, a government agency or a non-governmental organization. Non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations acting as UNDP Implementing Partners, and Responsible Parties as well as grantees receiving grants or prize challenges or similar form, directly from UNDP, are also considered Vendors. The following are considered Vendors. Agents: Agents include Employees, officers, advisers, representatives, owners, shareholders or subcontractors of the Vendor for which the Vendor is responsible under this Policy. The following are not consideered vendors.Individuals or entities described as “vendors” solely for Atlas/Quantum purposes, where all payees are referred to as “vendors”. For any payee for whom a purchase order is to be raised or to whom a payment will be made, a vendor record has to be properly set up in Atlas. This includes international or national staff members, who are not “vendors” for the purposes of this Policy.Individuals or entities, other than Agents, that are, and with whom UNDP does not have a direct contractual or financial relation with UNDP, or where UNDP’s sole role is to issue a payment on behalf of a partner.Individuals or entities contracted by other agencies, funds and programmes that report into the UNGM. UNDP Service Contract, and PSA holders are not considered Vendors for the purposes of these procedures.
Purpose and Mandate. The Vendor Review Committee (VRC) is an internal technical administrative body located at UNDP Headquarters in New York, created by the Bureau for Management Services (BMS) and tasked with making recommendations to the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for consideration in rendering the final UNDP decision regarding Vendor Sanctions.
Those UNDP staff members selected to participate in a Panel Review Process (PRP), with the roles described in paragraph 36 of the Vendor Sanctions Policy.
Contributions to UNDP Regular Resources from Governments of States Members of the United Nations, of the specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency;