Sep 24, 2024
The policy and the procedures have been updated to reflect the applicability of the programmatic quality standards to the portfolio as a new delivery instrument.
Sep 17, 2024
The Long Term Agreements (LTAs) and Cooperation with UN Entities policy has been updated in paragraph 7 to incorporate the new template for solicitation of proposals through secondary bidding (mini-bid) in LTAs: Request for Secondary Bid adopting the UN HLCM template for use by UNDP and reflecting UNDP's transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum/UNall in January 2023. The new template is also available in French and in Spanish and is also included in Section 3. Multiple Vendor LTAs with secondary competition of the Guidance Note on LTA Policy.
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Sep 06, 2024
The Internship Agreement Form was revised to align with the current policy prohibiting the shortening of an internship for appointment while not restricting interns from applying to positions during their internship.
Sep 04, 2024
The Sustainable Procurement policy has been updated to include the hyperlinks to sustainable procurement guidance notes which all business units are requested to use when establishing requirements, specifications, terms of reference for the relevant procurement categories:
Sep 03, 2024
Paragraph 12 b of the Sourcing and Market Research policy has been updated to include the Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) template which is a new template from the HLCM.
Sep 03, 2024
The Procurement Methods policy has been updated with revised hyperlinks of the following solicitation templates: ITB, RFP, RFQ, RFO and RFP for Low Value Requirements. The templates have been updated to adopt UN HLCM templates for use by UNDP and to reflect UNDP's transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum/UNall in January 2023. The templates have also been aligned with the provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy.
The Request for Proposal for Low Value Requirements (less than USD 200,000) template has been revised to reflect UNDP's transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum/UNall. The revised template also includes a section on bidders' declaration and is aligned with the provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Policy.
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Sep 02, 2024
The revised Quality Assurance for Health policy and procedures result from valuable lessons learned from implementing the 2018 policy version during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It serves to assure the safety of all health products procured by UNDP, in line with international best practices. The significant changes in the revised policy include the following:
1. Requirements for PPE, in-vitro diagnostics, and medical gas systems.
2. Recognition of market clearances and manufacturer certificates issued by Conformity Assessment Bodies that are members of the International Accreditation Forum for Class A medical devices.
3. Roles and responsibilities of the UNDP QA in CO/RBx managed procurement
4. Establish a committee to conduct risk-benefit assessments of health products in complex situations.
4. Recognition of QA approvals made by other UN agencies and other international organisations.
5. Requirements for emergency assessments and approvals in response to pandemics declared by WHO and levels of crises declared by UNDP.
5. Clarifies requirements for the use of Research Use Only products used in medical laboratory settings.
6. Recognition of health product market authorisation and other regulatory activities of WHO Listed National Regulatory Authorities.
7. Recognition of health product market authorisation and other regulatory activities of National Regulatory Authorities with WHO maturity Level 3 and 4 in specific conditions.
Aug 26, 2024
The Dependency Status and Allowances policy has been updated to reflect an increase in the amount of the special dependency allowance for international staff.
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