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The Vendor Sanctions policy is now available in French and Spanish.

The Vendor Sanctions Policy was reorganized to ensure clarity and to better align with the functioning of the Vendor Review Commitee. Substantively, the main updates are (i) the inclusion of the Direct Review Process for cases that are deemed not to require a deliberative process; (ii) the clarification of the definition of a UNDP Vendor, providing for an exception under which the VRC may potentially consider cases concerning companies and individuals that do not fall under this category; and (iii) the inclusion of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), Sexual Harassment (SH), Human Trafficking ...

The Vendor Sanctions Policy was reorganized to ensure clarity and to better align with the functioning of the Vendor Review Commitee. Substantively, the main updates are (i) the inclusion of the Direct Review Process for cases that are deemed not to require a deliberative process; (ii) the clarification of the definition of a UNDP Vendor, providing for an exception under which the VRC may potentially consider cases concerning companies and individuals that do not fall under this category; and (iii) the inclusion of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), Sexual Harassment (SH), Human Trafficking and Forced Labor as Proscribed Practices. 

The eTendering system is mandatory from 01 September 2019

The Transactional Procurement Strategies and Procurement Planning policy is available in French.

The Sustainable Procurement main policy is now available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.

Reviewed and edited (no substantive change) in December.

Clause 2 of the policy has been updated to include provisions for human rights, disability inclusiveness and gender in alignment with the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS)


The Submission and Receipt of Offers policy is available in French. Kindly note that any differences in the English and French texts will be interpreted in accordance with the English version.

​The procedure table, "eTendering Approval Roles" has been added to section 3.0 of the Sourcing and Market Research main policy page. The template, "Management of the Approver Roles in ATLAS eTendering" is linked to step 1 of the procedure table and is available in the POPP library. The document provides guidance on eTendering, an Atlas module that enables UNDP buyers to manage tender processes online.

The Performance Security Form is now available in Spanish