Audit Agency — HISWA Implementation Throughout Project Life Cycle

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Country: West Africa Region

Name of Project: Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa

Grant No: P169265

Assignment Title: Audit Firm to perform the Consultancy services for Audit Services to STATAFRIC – (HISWA-P169265) project for the accounting period from January-December 2025.

Reference No. TN-STATAFRIC - AUC-477844-CS-LCS

• Background

The Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa Project is a multi-country initiative supported by the World Bank, aimed at strengthening statistical systems in West African countries and regional institutions such as the African Union (AU) and ECOWAS. The African Union Commission (AUC), through STATAFRIC, is responsible for implementing selected components of the project.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include Selection of Consulting firm for the Financial Audit Services to STATAFRIC – (HISWA-P169265) project for the accounting period from January-December 2025.

• Shortlisting Criteria

African Union Commission now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Financial Audit Services. Interested Audit Firms should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. Interested firms are invited to submit their expressions of interest in accordance with the following shortlisting criteria. Please ensure that your submission shall address only the below specified shortlisting criteria.

Shortlisting Criteria

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• Firm’s core business: The firm should have a core business on Financial Auditing and has a license from a national or regional professional Accountancy Body.

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• Years in Business: The firm should have Minimum of 5 years’ experience in carrying out financial audit of projects and companies of similar complexity financed by an international financing institution.

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• Specific Experience: The firm should complete a minimum of 5 relevant similar projects financed by the World Bank or International financing Institution.

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• The firm Should have adoption and use of proven Audit Quality Assurance measures.

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• The Firm should have an adequate staff with the required skill and qualification.

Interested Audit Firms are not required to submit technical proposals, technical approach and methodology, work plan and key experts.

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage and firms are not required to submit CVs of their key experts.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, revised November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Least Cost Based Selection (LCS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours i.e. 0900 to 1700 hours.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form following the above shortlisting criteria to the address below (by e-mail) before 23rd July 2025 at 15:00 Hours Local Time, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Only submitted Expression of Interests (EoIs) mentioning the reference number “TN-STATAFRIC - AUC-477844-CS-LCS“ in the subject field of the e-mail, will be considered.

African Union Commission,

Attn: Head, Supply Chain Management Division - Operations Support Services Directorate

Building C, 3rd Floor,

P.O Box 3243, Roosevelt Street

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel: +251 (0) 11 551 7700 – Ext 4305

Fax: +251 (0) 11 551 0442; +251 11-551-0430

E-mails: [email protected]