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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 ...

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. 

11 March 2021

Award and Management of Contract | Construction Works | Evaluation of Offers and Pre-award Negotiations | Individual Contract | Innovation, CSO engagement | Long Term Agreements (LTAs) and Cooperation with UN Entities | Procurement Methods | Procurement Overview | Procurement Review Committees | Procurement Strategy and Planning | Requisition | Solicitation Process | Sourcing of Suppliers

​The following procurement documents are now available in the POPP templates library:Model Contract for Rental of Vehicle with DriverModel Contract for Rental of Vehicle with Driver (Spanish)Model Travel Agency AgreementModel Travel Agency Agreement (Spanish)Model Contract for Security ServicesModel Contract for Security Services (Spanish)Model Contract for Reprints (Spanish)Model Basic Publishing Contract (Spanish)Model Contract for Publication Services
The Engaging CSO/NGO as a Responsible Party policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.

​The Innovation Challenges Agreement Template (Company) is now available in Spanish in the template library (POPP-11-3271). It is also linked in step 9 of theInnovation Challenges procedure table, section 3.0.

​The Innovation Challenges policy is now available in Spanish. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab.

​The following policies are available in Spanish. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab of the respective policy page:General Considerations of Contracting Handling of Procurement Complaints Payment and Taxes Shipping and Insurance Engaging CSO/NGO as a Responsible Party Security Charges to Individual Contracts (located under "Related Policies" on the Individual Contract policy page, section 2.0)
​The Innovation Challenge Agreement Template (Individual) is now available in Spanish in the POPP library.
The Innovation Challenge Agreement Template (Individual) is now available in French in the POPP library.

The Request For Information template is available in French in the template library (POPP-11-3092).

The Responsible Party Agreement template is available in French in step 15 of the procedure table.