Scope

• UNDP has zero tolerance for fraud and corruption, meaning that UNDP staff members, non-staff personnel, vendors, implementing partners and responsible parties are not to engage in fraud or corruption.
• All incidents of fraud and corruption are to be reported, and will be assessed and, as appropriate, investigated in accordance with the Investigation Guidelines of the UNDP Office of Audit and Investigations (OAI) and the UNDP Legal Framework for Addressing Non-compliance with UN Standards of Conduct (“UNDP Legal Framework”), when applicable. UNDP will pursue rigorously disciplinary and other actions against perpetrators of fraud, including recovery of financial loss suffered by UNDP.
• UNDP is committed to preventing, identifying and addressing all acts of fraud and corruption against UNDP, through raising awareness of fraud risks, implementing controls aimed at preventing and detecting fraud and corruption, and enforcing this Policy.
• This Policy applies to all activities and operations of UNDP, including projects and programmes funded by UNDP as well as those implemented by UNDP. This Policy aims to prevent, detect and address acts of fraud and corruption involving:
  • Staff members holding a UNDP letter of appointment (“staff members”);
  • Non-staff personnel, including Service Contract holders, Individual Contractors, United Nations Volunteers assigned to UNDP and interns (collectively, “non-staff personnel”);
  • Vendors, including actual or potential contractors of civil works and suppliers of goods and services (collectively, “vendors”); and
  • Implementing partners and responsible parties engaged/contracted by UNDP for a UNDP funded project (“implementing partners” and “responsible parties”, respectively)

Eligibility Criteria 

• Proposer is a legally registered entity
• Proposer belongs to a diverse supplier group, including micro, small or medium sized enterprise, women or youth owned business or other.
• Vendor is not suspended, nor otherwise identified as ineligible by any UN Organization, the World Bank Group or any other International Organisation.
• The Proposer has not declared bankruptcy, in not involved in bankruptcy or receivership proceedings, and there is no judgment or pending legal action against the vendor that could impair its operations in the foreseeable future.
• Qualification Criteria
  • History of non-performing contracts: Non-performance of a contract did not occur as a result of contractor default within the last 3 years.
  • Litigation History: No consistent history of court/arbitral award decisions against the Proposer for the last 3 years
  • Previous Experience:
    • Legally registered organization or consortium (consultancy firm) as indicated in the Technical Evaluation Criteria. (For JV/Consortium/Association, all Parties cumulatively should meet requirement. Sub-contractor qualifications will not be taken into consideration for evaluation)

For more information, visit UNDP.

https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_negotiation.cfm?nego_id=36770