Internal Audit for Q4 2019 and Q1 2020

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)

• Assignment Description

Internal audit

The internal audit is an assurance function that provides an independent and objective opinion to the Government, the World Bank and Cordaid Head Office Management and Board on the control environment by evaluating its effectiveness in achieving the objectives of the RBF programme in Zimbabwe.

The purpose of the internal audit is to examine, evaluate, and recommend improvements to the effectiveness of Cordaid’s risk management, control, and governance processes.

• Scope of work

• Assessment of the financial reports, as prepared by the Cordaid, and check if they are in accordance with the financial reporting standards of the project as stated in the PIM and other referential documents, and to examine completeness, accuracy and legitimacy of income and expenditure as stated in these financial reports- this includes but not limited to source documents and authentication processes.

• Examination of the expenditures and assess if they are classified in accordance with the budget.

• Verification of the segregation of duties and responsibilities – especially separating procurement from payment, accounting for the expenditures, banking services and cash-payments and other relevant internal controls.

• Verification of the existing administrative procedures.

• Examination of the employment contracts and verify whether these contracts comply with the national regulations and laws.

• Determine whether the procedures and process described in the manuals are respected.

• Examination of the archiving systems and data recording.

• Two site visits to selected facilities in Harare and Bulawayo for the Urban Voucher programme

• Expression of Interests Information

Internal audit firms are anticipated to submit EOI which shall respond to the following criteria:

• Proof of registration as an audit firm

• Proof of professional membership body

• Experience in auditing public financed projects

• Prior experience working on World Bank financed projects.

• Submission Requirements

Cordaid now invites eligible audit firms to indicate their interest in being invited to submit a full proposal at the Request for Proposal (RFP) stage. Interested audit firms must provide information indicating that they qualified to perform the assignment. The EOI submission shall be in the form of single attached PDF file including any annexes. Please note that the total size of the PDF file should be less than 5MB. We require that firms limit their EOI to a focused and tailored submission not to exceed 10 pages.

The intention of the Request for Expressions of interest stage is to assess the suitability of each firm to be invited to the RFP stage and so, firms should focus on responding to the criteria above and should keep their EOI submissions concise and to the point.

• Notes

Following the completion of the EOI stage, a shortlist of eligible firms will be invited to the RFP stage which will include a full technical and financial evaluation.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted electronically to [email protected] Copy [email protected]

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)

• Assignment Description

Internal audit

The internal audit is an assurance function that provides an independent and objective opinion to the Government, the World Bank and Cordaid Head Office Management and Board on the control environment by evaluating its effectiveness in achieving the objectives of the RBF programme in Zimbabwe.

The purpose of the internal audit is to examine, evaluate, and recommend improvements to the effectiveness of Cordaid’s risk management, control, and governance processes.

• Scope of work

• Assessment of the financial reports, as prepared by the Cordaid, and check if they are in accordance with the financial reporting standards of the project as stated in the PIM and other referential documents, and to examine completeness, accuracy and legitimacy of income and expenditure as stated in these financial reports- this includes but not limited to source documents and authentication processes.

• Examination of the expenditures and assess if they are classified in accordance with the budget.

• Verification of the segregation of duties and responsibilities – especially separating procurement from payment, accounting for the expenditures, banking services and cash-payments and other relevant internal controls.

• Verification of the existing administrative procedures.

• Examination of the employment contracts and verify whether these contracts comply with the national regulations and laws.

• Determine whether the procedures and process described in the manuals are respected.

• Examination of the archiving systems and data recording.

• Two site visits to selected facilities in Harare and Bulawayo for the Urban Voucher programme

• Expression of Interests Information

Internal audit firms are anticipated to submit EOI which shall respond to the following criteria:

• Proof of registration as an audit firm

• Proof of professional membership body

• Experience in auditing public financed projects

• Prior experience working on World Bank financed projects.

• Submission Requirements

Cordaid now invites eligible audit firms to indicate their interest in being invited to submit a full proposal at the Request for Proposal (RFP) stage. Interested audit firms must provide information indicating that they qualified to perform the assignment. The EOI submission shall be in the form of single attached PDF file including any annexes. Please note that the total size of the PDF file should be less than 5MB. We require that firms limit their EOI to a focused and tailored submission not to exceed 10 pages.

The intention of the Request for Expressions of interest stage is to assess the suitability of each firm to be invited to the RFP stage and so, firms should focus on responding to the criteria above and should keep their EOI submissions concise and to the point.

• Notes

Following the completion of the EOI stage, a shortlist of eligible firms will be invited to the RFP stage which will include a full technical and financial evaluation.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted electronically to [email protected] Copy [email protected]

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)

• Assignment Description

Internal audit

The internal audit is an assurance function that provides an independent and objective opinion to the Government, the World Bank and Cordaid Head Office Management and Board on the control environment by evaluating its effectiveness in achieving the objectives of the RBF programme in Zimbabwe.

The purpose of the internal audit is to examine, evaluate, and recommend improvements to the effectiveness of Cordaid’s risk management, control, and governance processes.

• Scope of work

• Assessment of the financial reports, as prepared by the Cordaid, and check if they are in accordance with the financial reporting standards of the project as stated in the PIM and other referential documents, and to examine completeness, accuracy and legitimacy of income and expenditure as stated in these financial reports- this includes but not limited to source documents and authentication processes.

• Examination of the expenditures and assess if they are classified in accordance with the budget.

• Verification of the segregation of duties and responsibilities – especially separating procurement from payment, accounting for the expenditures, banking services and cash-payments and other relevant internal controls.

• Verification of the existing administrative procedures.

• Examination of the employment contracts and verify whether these contracts comply with the national regulations and laws.

• Determine whether the procedures and process described in the manuals are respected.

• Examination of the archiving systems and data recording.

• Two site visits to selected facilities in Harare and Bulawayo for the Urban Voucher programme

• Expression of Interests Information

Internal audit firms are anticipated to submit EOI which shall respond to the following criteria:

• Proof of registration as an audit firm

• Proof of professional membership body

• Experience in auditing public financed projects

• Prior experience working on World Bank financed projects.

• Submission Requirements

Cordaid now invites eligible audit firms to indicate their interest in being invited to submit a full proposal at the Request for Proposal (RFP) stage. Interested audit firms must provide information indicating that they qualified to perform the assignment. The EOI submission shall be in the form of single attached PDF file including any annexes. Please note that the total size of the PDF file should be less than 5MB. We require that firms limit their EOI to a focused and tailored submission not to exceed 10 pages.

The intention of the Request for Expressions of interest stage is to assess the suitability of each firm to be invited to the RFP stage and so, firms should focus on responding to the criteria above and should keep their EOI submissions concise and to the point.

• Notes

Following the completion of the EOI stage, a shortlist of eligible firms will be invited to the RFP stage which will include a full technical and financial evaluation.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted electronically to [email protected] Copy [email protected]