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;
UNDP personnel may be appointed as UN or UNDP Wardens in their duty stations. Wardens are appointed in writing by the DO/ASC, in consultation with the SMT, to assist in the implementation of the security plan. Wardens are accountable to the DO/ASC for their security-related functions, irrespective of their employing organization.
Wireframing is one of the initial phases in the creation of a digital product and consists of the design of the structure that each of the screens or interfaces of that product will have.
Effective performance management and development of each staff member (PMD) are a shared responsibility of the supervisee and the supervisor2 (see Section Accountability for Performance Management for the specific accountabilities of the supervisee and the supervisor).Performance management and development are continuous processes and are anchored in the frequent, two-way, open communication between the supervisor and the supervisee aimed to ensure the achievement of results, staff development, and the provision of timely and appropriate support. Both the supervisor and the supervisee are expected to initiate and engage in such communication.