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​The UNDP Service Request Form User Guide is now available in the POPP templates library (POPP 11-3143) and linked in the following clauses of the policies below:Furniture and Equipment: Acquisition and Maintenance (clause 9)Furniture and Equipment: Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (clause 20)Furniture and Equipment: Disposal and Write-Off (clause 1)Leasehold Improvements: Acquisition and Maintenance (clause 31.a.)Leasehold Improvements: Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (clause 9)Plant and Property: Acquisition and Maintenance (clau ...

​The UNDP Service Request Form User Guide is now available in the POPP templates library (POPP 11-3143) and linked in the following clauses of the policies below:Furniture and Equipment: Acquisition and Maintenance (clause 9)Furniture and Equipment: Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (clause 20)Furniture and Equipment: Disposal and Write-Off (clause 1)Leasehold Improvements: Acquisition and Maintenance (clause 31.a.)Leasehold Improvements: Depreciation, Reconciliations Reports and Centralized Functions (clause 9)Plant and Property: Acquisition and Maintenance (clause 11.b.)Plant and Property: Disposal and Write-Off (clause 5)
​The threshold of Request for Quotations (RFQs) has increased from US$150,000 to US$200,000 to align with the increase in the delegated authority to Heads of Business Units with the continued systemic use of eTendering. This measure is mainstreamed in the launch of the new harmonized RFQ template established in collaboration with other UN Agencies by the HLCM Procurement Network. The RFQ is linked in clause 4.b. of the Solicitation policy and in clause 29 of the Procurement Methods policy.

​The Furniture and Equipment: Acquisition and Maintenance policy has been updated to clarify that vehicle mileage is not a blank approval for vehicle disposal but is only a trigger to assess the vehicle for disposal.

​The updated Plant, Property and Equipment (PP&E) section clarifies the nature of NGO involvement in Asset Management processes in response to the newly revised Programme and Project Management (PPM) chapter and also reflect the change to the asset certification process approved by the Senior management as part of the recent business streamlining initiatives.

As per audit recommendations, responsibilities of regional bureaus/regional hubs and BMS have been clarified.

​A new SLA between UNDP and UNDSS was signed in 2019, replacing the 2006 MoU. Clause 18 of the Furniture and Equipment: Acquisition and Maintenance policy has been updated to link to the new SLA.
 

​The International Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS) 2020 has been linked in clause 64 of the Furniture and Equipment: Acquisition and Maintenance policy, as well as in clause 1 of the Asset Management Atlas User Guide.Differences between Incoterms 2010 and 2020:The Incoterms FCA (Free Carrier) now provides the additional option to make an on-board notation on the Bill of Lading prior loading of the goods on a vessel.The costs now appear centralized in A9/B9 of each Incoterms rule.CIP now requires at least an insurance with the minimum cover of the Institute Cargo Clause (A) (All risk, subject to i ...

​The International Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS) 2020 has been linked in clause 64 of the Furniture and Equipment: Acquisition and Maintenance policy, as well as in clause 1 of the Asset Management Atlas User Guide.

Differences between Incoterms 2010 and 2020:

  • The Incoterms FCA (Free Carrier) now provides the additional option to make an on-board notation on the Bill of Lading prior loading of the goods on a vessel.
  • The costs now appear centralized in A9/B9 of each Incoterms rule.
  • CIP now requires at least an insurance with the minimum cover of the Institute Cargo Clause (A) (All risk, subject to itemized exclusions).
  • CIF requires at least an insurance with the minimum cover of the Institute Cargo Clause (C) (Number of listed risks, subject to itemized exclusions).
  • The Incoterms rules Free Carrier (FCA), Delivered at Place (DAP), Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU) and Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) now take into account that the goods may be carried without any third-party carrier being engaged, namely by using its own means of transportation.
  • The rule Delivered at Terminal (DAT) has been changed to Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU) to clarify that the place of destination could be any place and not only a “terminal”.
  • The Incoterms 2020 now explicitly shifts the responsibility of security-related requirements and ancillary costs to the seller.
The Leasehold Improvements: Acquisition and Maintenance policy is available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.

The updated Plant, Property and Equipment (PP&E) section clarifies the nature of NGO involvement in Asset Management processes in response to the newly revised Programme and Project Management (PPM) chapter and also reflect the change to the asset certification process approved by the Senior management as part of the recent business streamlining initiatives.

The updated Plant, Property and Equipment (PP&E) section clarifies the nature of NGO involvement in Asset Management processes in response to the newly revised Programme and Project Management (PPM) chapter and also reflect the change to the asset certification process approved by the Senior management as part of the recent business streamlining initiatives.