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Expression of Interest - Details

Eoi Name:
Conduct of Specialized Audits for Internal Audit Agency
Pack #:
GR/MoF/PFMRP/IAA/CS/02/2016
Post Date:
05th February, 2016
Submit Date:
04th March, 2016
Tender Cat:
Consultancy Services
Agency:
-
Industry:
General
Description:
The Ministry of Finance has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Public Financial Management Reform Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the following assignment:

Conduct of Specialized Audits for Internal Audit Agency

For this assignment, a consulting firm will be selected using the Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS) Method set out in the World Bank “Consultant Guidelines”.

The overall goal of the assignment is to establish efficient, transparent and accountable resource mobilization, allocation, management and use of fiscal resources to meet Ghana’s development priorities and commitments under the medium term development policy framework and improve coordination of DP and GoG support for PFM.

Strengthening the capacity levels of the Internal Audit Agency (IAA) and Internal Audit Units (IAUs) in the MDAs and the MMDAs is critical to achieving the mandates of the Agency. It is against this background that the Internal Audit agency seeks the services of an experienced consultant to develop practice guides, modular training manual and training of selected staff of IAA and IAUs on specialised audit to assist staff of the IAUs practice audit in these specialised areas effectively.

The specific objective of this assignment is to develop capacity of IA staff in the conduct of specialized audits. This would be done through the development of practice guides modular training manual, as well as training for selected staff. The areas to be covered include:

a) Public Debt
b) IT. Audit including audit of Government Installations
c) Procurement
d) Public Private Partnerships
e) CAATs
f) Contract Auditing including Complex Contracts
g) Financial Statement Audit
h) Tax/ Non- Tax audit
i) Revenue Audits in
The Consultant will undertake the following:
g) Develop Practice Guides on specialized audits
h) Develop Modular Training Manual on Specialized Audit.
i) Use these documents to train selected staff of the Internal Audit Agency and IAUs of MDAs and MMDAs under ToT programme.
j) Guide selected staff to conduct Specialized Audits on a selected government programme.
k) Have consultations with the management of Internal Audit Agency and staff of Internal Audit Units in the MDAs and MMDAs to get a clear understanding of their operations and requirements regarding specialised Audit.
l) Develop Practice Guides on Specialised Audit
m) Develop Modular Training Manual on Specialised Audit.
n) organize a stakeholder’s workshop (to be facilitated by the Consultant) at which these documents would be discussed.
o) Finalise (b) and (c) above in consultation with the Internal Audit Agency and stakeholders
p) Train selected staff of Internal Audit Agency and Internal Audit Units in Practice Guides in Specialised Audit.
q) Prepare a detailed report on the assignment

The Practice Guides and Training Manual will cover all aspects of the specializing auditing process. It will include planning, field work, reporting and follow ups. The Practice Guides and Manual will contain policies, templates and standards that will enable the Agency to be effective and efficient to enhance greater quality and consistency in specialized auditing thereby increasing public confidence in internal audit reports.

Training (Train-the Trainer)

The training will involve a total of 50 officers drawn from the Agency and selected IAUs. The training will be a Train-the Trainer on Specialized Audits. This , will equip the selected officers to build capacity in specialized auditing and be able to also train staff of the IAUs on the use of the Manual.

As part of the training, the consultant will assist the officers from the Agency and staff of the IAUs to carry out a full specialized audit of selected government programme, on a learning-by-doing basis, to ensure that the knowledge gained during the training and the application of relevant legislations are being applied and understood.

The Consultant may assist in any additional processes that the Internal Audit Agency may consider necessary for the achievement of the objective of this assignment, and in accordance with the needs evidenced along the implementation of the programme.

The Ministry of Finance now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) and Individual Consultants where applicable, to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:

a) Curriculum Vitae of the Individual consultant where applicable
b) General Experience of Firm
c) Specific Experience of Firm in undertaking similar assignments
d) Key Staff Proposed for the assignment.
Source of Funds:
-
Region:
National
District:
Not Applicable
Contact Person:
PFMRP Secretariat Ghana News Agency Building (Opposite Registrar General’s Department) Room 201 Accra
Email :
adadefc@yahoo.com, absowah@gmail.com
Tel :
0243802543, +233244612590
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