GROOTS Kenya Request for Expressions of Interest for External Audit of Project Financial Statements

Request for Expressions of Interest

External Audit of Project Financial Statements
 

Country: Kenya
 

Project: Accelerating Rural Womens’ Access to Agricultural Markets and Trade Project
 

Ref: TF 012019
 

Project No. 130785
 

Assignment Title: External Audit of Project Financial Statements
 

GROOTS Kenya has received financing from me Government of Japan (Japanese Social Development Fund) through the World Bank toward the cost of the Accelerating Rural Women’s Access to Agricultural Markets and Trade Project and intends to select an auditor for auditing of the Annual Project Financial Statements (PFS) for the Financial Years 2012/2013 to 2014/2015.
 

GROOTS Kenya now invites eligible auditing firms to indicate their interest in providing the Services.
 

Interested eligible auditing firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the Services by submitting their detailed information (company/organization profiles, core business description, availability of appropriate mix of skills among staff, brochures, past performance records, references of similar assignments executed in the recent past). 

They must also provide description of work experience both general and on similar assignments. 

Specific experience on World Bank funded projects will be an added advantage.

Interested eligible auditing firms may choose to associate to enhance their qualifications. 

Firms who choose to associate must clearly specify in the Expression of Interest the nature of their proposed association i.e. whether joint venture or sub-consultancy arrangement duly indicating the lead firm.
 

The attention of interested eligible audit firms is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers January 2011, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
 

Eligible Audit firms will be selected in accordance with the Selection under a Least Cost Selection (LCS) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
 

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

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by 13th May 2013.
 

admin@grootskenya.org
 

Or/and
 

The National Coordinator, 

GROOTS Kenya,
P.O Box 10320-00100, 

Beverly Court, Hurlingham
Nairobi, Kenya