Tender Advertisement #1381379

REQUEST FOR TENDER

Independent External Audit of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat for financial years 2023 to 2025

1. Background

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) invites Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified locally and international based suppliers who wish to provide external audit services to the Secretariat.

2. Purpose

The purpose of this Request for Tender is to seek responses from interested parties who wish to provide the above stated services to the Secretariat.

3. Summary of Scope of Works

To propose and conduct the audit in close consultation with the Secretariat’s Financial Services team as per specifications set out under the Terms of Reference (TOR) document which can be downloaded from www.tenders.net/forumsec.

HOW TO APPLY

Submissions should be clearly marked as:

REQUEST FOR TENDER - “Independent External Audit of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat for financial years 2023 to 2025”

Method of Submissions:

Interested audit firms are encouraged to provide written submissions including a copy of curriculum vitaes and a financial proposal.
Submissions must be forwarded in PDF format following the instructions at: www.tenders.net/forumsec.

Note: Tenders must be submitted with clear labelling of the technical offer and the financial offer. The Technical Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labelled “A. Technical Offer”. Financial Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labelled “B. Financial Offer”.

The electronically submitted documents should be converted to the PDF format. Please note that the maximum file size allowed is 10mbs.

*All interested bidders will need to register at www.tenders.net.

Deadline for Submissions:

Submissions need to reach the Forum Secretariat by 5pm (Fiji time) on Tuesday 8 August 2023.

Late or incomplete tenders will not be considered.

All queries or requests for information must be submitted via the Question-and-Answer Forum on www.tenders.net before Monday 1 August 2023.

All queries will be responded to via the Question-and-Answer Forum on www.tenders.net/forumsec before 5pm on Thursday 3 August 2023.

Note: The Secretariat will not be responsible for non-receipt/non-delivery of the Bid documents due to any reason whatsoever.

Any complaints regarding the Secretariat’s tender must be directed to the following email: Audit.Complaints@forumsec.org. This email address will forward your complaint to the audit and risk sub-committee which is independent and removed from the tender process. Complaints must be well founded and should not be used as a mechanism for notifying displeasure with the outcome of a tender award. Further information on making a complaint can be found on the Policies & Information page at http://tenders.forumsec.org.

In the event that further information is required by the Secretariat in relation to the Request for tender, the Secretariat reserves the right to seek the required information without the need for calling for resubmission of proposals.