CRS
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
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Request for Proposal (RFP) for an audit firm to conduct annual audit of the Disposition Fund disbursed to CRS for the Stabilization and Reconciliation (STaR) in the Lake Chad Region Project, financed by KfW on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany.
REP No: CRS-STAR-NE-2020-12 (Reference to BMZ No 201940626)
Project Executing Agency: Catholic Relief Services United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Catholic Relief Services – United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (CRS) is an international non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons based on need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality.
For the past nine years, the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) crisis affecting Northeast Nigeria, the Lake Region of Chad, and the Diffa Region in Niger has cause mass displacement, destroyed infrastructure, constrained livelihood opportunities, weakened communities coping capacities and shattered local governments’ ability to respond to the needs of its citizens. In order to address the numerous inter-related and enduring factors preventing the recovery of resilient and rebuilt communities in the LCB, Catholic Relief Services was awarded a two-year (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2021) Stabilization and Reconciliation in the Lake Chad Region (STaR)
Project financed by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BM) through KfW (German Financial Cooperation).
The overall objective of the 24-month STR Project is to contribute to the stabilization and reconciliation in the most affected regions of the LCB crisis (Borno and Adamawa States in Nigeria, Diffa Region in Niger, and Lake Province in Chad)
Under the STAR Financing Agreement, CRS must contract an external audit firm to complete an audit of the use of project funds after the first year of implementation. Thus, CRS is seeking qualified audit firms with relevant experience in assurance services and accreditation/licensing to complete audits in Nigeria, Niger And Chad to submit applications for the audit of the STaR project accounts for funds disbursed under the STAR Disposition Fund Procedure covering the period April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 (first year of the project).
The complete RFP guidelines are available for download at http://tiny.cc/crs-kfw-ext-audit or in hard copy at the CRS office at the address below. Potential applicants should contact CRS at
tenders.star.ngr@crs.org if they face any technical difficulties when downloading the RFP documents.
Interested applicants MUST ensure that once complete bid package have been successfully downloaded, applicants MUST send the following details to tenders.star.ngr@crs.org
1. Name of Applicant:
2. Valid Email Address:
3. Telephone Number:
4. Name of contact person:
This is very important so that bid clarifications in response to bid questions, modifications or review can be shared with all applicants.
Applications must be submitted in hard copy in sealed envelopes and delivered by courier or hand-delivered to
CRS Nigeria Proposal Committee
RFP Ne: CRS-STAR-NE-2020-12
Catholic Relief Services
Plot 512, Cadastral Zone 109
Ahmadu Bello Way, Behind NAF Conference Centre, Kado District, Abuja, FCT
All completed applications must be submitted on or before 13:00 on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Complete guidance on the submission process and requirements is included in the RFP documentation.
