Supplier Information

At Uniper, we live with integrity. We always do what is right.

We – Uniper – expressly recognize the ten principles of the UN Global Compact and actively support these fundamental principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, environmental standards, and the application of stringent ethical and moral business standards.

Our suppliers, including their corporate bodies, employees, representatives, subcontractors, and sales partners, must observe all applicable domestic and foreign legal provisions, and avoid all actions that could lead Uniper or a company affiliated with Uniper to violate or be subject to penalties under applicable laws. In addition, in line with the UN Global Compact, we expect our suppliers to comply with our social, environmental and corporate governance standards.

The Supplier Code of Conduct is an integral part of all contracts between Uniper, our suppliers, and their upstream suppliers. If suppliers fail to comply with any part of the Supplier Code of Conduct, they will be expected to take immediate remedial actions. Uniper reserves the right to terminate its contracts with suppliers who cannot demonstrate their adherence to this Supplier Code of Conduct.

In order to become a Uniper supplier and to participate in our tenders, you need to be registered in our Ivalua Supplier portal. Additional qualification may be required.

New suppliers will be invited via email to our step-by-step registration process:

• Login/creation Ivalua account 
  Use the link in the email to create a password and to login to your Ivalua account.
  Note: This link is only valid for the registration process. After registration, please login to your account via https://uniper-supplier.ivalua.app/.

  In case of issues with your login or registration process, please see our Ivalua user guide Supplier Management or contact supplieronboarding@uniper.energy. 

  The supplier registration process in Ivalua is the first step in the onboarding process and includes different types of internal checks in order to minimize the risks for Uniper.  

• Uniper registration questionnaire 
  Fill in the Uniper registration questionnaire with the requested details.
   
• Supplier Code of Conduct 
  Accept Uniper's Supplier Code of Conduct to submit the questionnaire.
   
• Internal checks  
  Based on the data provided, we will conduct several internal checks prior to approving your registration depending on which product and services your company will provide (e.g., ESG check, compliance check, financial check).
   
• Request for certificates
  Depending on the supplied services and products you may receive several individual emails asking you to complete further web-based questionnaires, and to provide certificates for topics such as Quality Management, HSSE (Health, Safety, Security & Environment), Information Security, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) etc.

If you are interested in becoming a Uniper supplier, but have not been invited yet, please fill in our Supplier Application Form.
In case of a demand for your products and/or services, we will contact and invite you for registration as detailed above.

Support
For guidance regarding the use of the platform, please see our Ivalua User Guides for Supplier Management and Sourcing, offering answers to the most frequently-asked questions.

In line with our company values and in order to mitigate potential risks, we evaluate our registered suppliers’ compliance with a set of pre-defined qualification criteria. 

Depending on the product or service categories offered, we collect additional details about, for instance, the company's HSSE (Health, Safety, Security & Environment) and sustainability activities or other general or region/site-specific information.

We have a separate process and questionnaire for each of these qualification topics. If you are asked to provide information for a qualification type, you will receive an invitation via email and also as a notification in your supplier profile on the Ivalua platform.  

Support
For guidance regarding the use of the platform, please see our Ivalua User Guides, offering answers to the most frequently-asked questions. 

At Uniper, our group-wide sourcing activities are managed digitally through our supplier portal. This includes all procurement processes from requests for information (RFI) and requests for proposal (RFP) up to requests for quotation (RFQ).
Our standard electronic tendering process contains the following main steps:

• Uniper Procurement invites pre-selected suppliers via email to participate in a tender event on the web-based Ivalua Sourcing platform.
• Suppliers who are not yet registered with us are in parallel invited for separate registration.

Support
For guidance regarding the use of the Ivalua platform, please see our Ivalua User Guides, offering answers to the most frequently-asked questions.
In case of technical queries, please send an email to tendersupport@uniper.energy.

Note: If you are interested in becoming a Uniper supplier, please complete our Supplier Application Form. In case of a demand for your products and/or services, we will contact you.

Catalogs facilitate the ordering process for both suppliers and our internal customers. Therefore, Uniper offers our suppliers the possibility to integrate eCatalogs directly into our internal ordering platform.

Our standard eCatalog solution is the Level II PunchOut catalog. However, our buying platform allows for integrating all catalog types generally offered by the Ariba solution, e.g. CIF, Excel or classic PunchOut catalogs.

Prerequisites
In order to be granted access to our platform, suppliers must meet the following requirements: 

• All necessary negotiations must have been conducted and a valid contract with Uniper must be in place.
• Your systems must allow the handling of trading relationships via Ariba.
• A valid Ariba Network ID (ANID) is mandatory to exchange documents and catalogs with Uniper.
• For technical reasons, we can only receive catalogs with eClass 7.0 and UNSPSC mapping.

For specific purposes, individual collaboration solutions are available on a case-by-case basis.

• For all larger Uniper companies, electronic invoicing is possible and highly appreciated.
  Postal/paper invoices are in most cases processed by an external service provider and via centralized, country specific P.O. box addresses. Please click > here for more details and invoicing addresses!
   
• If you want to know the status of your invoice, please visit our web-based > 'Invoice Status Check' platform. 
  The integrated ICE chatbot (invoice check environment) will guide you through the process and display the status of your invoice accordingly. Further information about the business transaction is not visible. 

If you need further support, please click > here.

Uniper's supplier portal is based on the Ivalua cloud solution to digitally manage the interface with our suppliers, in particular onboarding and e-sourcing processes. 
Suppliers can collaborate with Uniper using their Ivalua account to register as a supplier, to submit qualification information and to participate in our tender events.

Login/access 
To access the platform, please login to your Ivalua account via https://uniper-supplier.ivalua.app/.

Support/guidance

• Ivalua User Guide Supplier Management - How to get started 
  The user guide describes the general procedures to log in and for the registration and qualification process, and answers the most frequently-asked questions.
• Ivalua User Guide Sourcing 
  Provides detailed information for suppliers to participate in electronic tenders and auctions.

In case of changes regarding your address, contact or banking details etc. please contact us > here.

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