Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNI)- Request For Proposal (RFP) For An Audit Firm

ACHIEVING HEALTH NIGERIA INITIATIVE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR AN AUDIT FIRM
DEADLINE: 10TH DECEMBER, 2020

(A)  BACKGROUND
Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNI) is a not-for-profit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes expert in health, education, nutrition, environmental, economic development, civil society, gender equality, youth, research, humanitarian services and technology – creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today’s interrelated development challenges. AHNI is supporting the government of Nigeria (GON) to enhance sustained cross-sectional Integration of HIV/AIDS services by building Nigerian capacity to deliver sustainable high quality, comprehensive, prevention, treatment, care and related services in various states within Nigeria.

AHNI is hereby seeking for the services of interested and eligible Audit firm to provide year-round statutory audit for AHNI as per the scope below:

(B) SCOPE OF WORK (SoW)
The scope of Work includes but not limited to the following:

(i) Conduct Statutory and Yellow Book audit and report on the financial statements of Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative;

(ii) Conduct the audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), as promulgated by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (the “IAASB”);

(iii) Obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to express an opinion on whether the financial statements – give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and in a manner required by Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria Act No 6, 2011 and the provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAP C20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004;

(iii) As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs, exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit;

(iv) Identify and assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is adequate and appropriate to providing a basis for management opinion;

(v) Consider the nature, timing, and the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and identify all significant deficiencies;

(vi) Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a materials uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concerns;

(vii) Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transaction in a manner that achieves fair representation;

(viii) Obtain appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of AHNI to express an opinion on the financial statements;

(ix) In accordance with the ISAs, communicate certain matters related to the conduct and results of the audit to those charged with governance. Such matters include:

(x) Responsibility under ISAs for forming and expressing an opinion on the financial statements that have been prepared by management with the oversight of those charged with governance.

(C)    DELIVERABLES:

The deliverables include but not limited to the following:

(i) Communicate in writing significant deficiencies in internal control identified during the audit of the Company’s financial statements.

(ii) Communicate to management and those charged with governance all circumstances affecting the final form and content of our report.

(iii) Submit nine(9) copies of both Statutory and Yellow Book Audit reports.

(D) MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT:

(E) EVALUATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA:
Bidders must ensure that all requested information above are included in the submission. Proposals will be evaluated as follows:

(F) SUBMISSION PROCEDURE AND INSTRUCTIONS:
Technical Documentation (Criteria 1-7) and Financial Quotation including commercial terms (Criteria 8) MUST be separated, signed by the authorized representative and submitted in sealed envelopes. Your submission must be appropriately titled, addressed and submitted to:

The Procurement Committee,
Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi),
#8, Yedseram Street, Off Ibrahim Babangida Boulevard, Maitama, Abuja.

(G) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BIDDERS:

(i) For clarification on any aspect of this RFP, please send an email reflecting RFP title to Abuia.Procurement@Ahnigeria.org

(ii) AHNi is Value Added Tax (VAT) exempted but deducts withholding tax (WHT) in compliance with relevant Nigeria Tax Laws;

(iii) All proposal document submitted including price must be valid for one (1) year from the proposal due date. This include but not limited to cost, terms, conditions and service level agreement.

(iv) The duration of the contract is 12 Months from the date of commencement but, subject to renewal by the approval of AHNi Board of Trustee.

(H)    CLOSING DATE:
RFP document must be hand delivered or couriered to the above address on or before Thursday 10th December 2020 at 5:00pm prompt

DISCLAIMER
AHNi reserves the right to select and negotiate with those company it deems in its sole discretion to be qualified for competitive bid and to terminate negotiation without incurring any liability. Issuance of bid document does not constitute a commitment by AHNI to award a contract.APPLY FOR JOB