Recruitment of an External Auditor for the COVID-19 Epidemic Response Support Project

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Tender Organisation:

MINISTèRE DE LA SANTé

Tender Sector:

Management Consultancy Tenders

Tender Service:

Worldwide

Tender Region:

All

Tender Country:

Mauritania

Tender CPV:

79600000 : Recruitment services

Tender Document Type:

Tender Notice

Tender Description:

Expression of Interest are invited for Recruitment of an External Auditor for the Covid-19 Epidemic Response Support Project The International Development Agency (IDA) has granted Mauritania funding of up to 40.2 million US dollars as part of a PREPAREDNESS AND STRATEGIC RESPONSE TO COVID-19 Project. The COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Project aims to strengthen national public health preparedness capacity to prevent, detect and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania. The project has two components: (i) COVID-19 emergency response and (ii) implementation management, monitoring and evaluation. 2. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT AUDIT The objective of the financial and accounting audit is to allow an external auditor to express a professional opinion on the financial situation of the COVID 19 Project as of December 31 of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 financial years and to ensure that the resources available to the Project are used for the purposes for which they were granted in order to achieve the development objective of the Project. AUDITOR QUALITY The Consultant must be an independent Audit and Chartered Accountant firm, with the usual profession of auditing the accounts, regularly registered on the Roll of an Order of Chartered Accountants recognized internationally by IFAC or FIDEF, with a proven experience in financial audit of development projects and acceptable to IDA. 4. PREPARATION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The responsibility for the preparation of the financial statements including the appended notes lies with the Department of Financial Affairs in accordance with the principles of the Accounting & Financial System and with the accounting plan and principles applicable in Mauritania. The accounting principles to be applied must be adapted to the particularities of development projects which are not intended to generate operating results. It is therefore a specific accounting framework. The auditor is responsible for formulating an opinion on the financial statements based on international auditing standards ISA (International Standards on Auditing) issued by the International Federation of Accountants, IFAC (International Federation of Accountants). In application of these auditing standards, the auditor will ask the Financial Affairs Department for a letter of representation engaging the responsibility of the managers in the establishment of the financial statements and the maintenance of an adequate control system. [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.]

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