Expression of Interest For Carrying Out Annual External Accounting And Financial Audit

Expression of Interest are invited for Carrying out Annual External Accounting and Financial Audit of the Guinea, Mali and Niger Country Components of p2-p2rs for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Financial Years The objectives of the audit of the accounts are: (i) To obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements taken as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; to obtain an opinion on whether the financial statements have been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework; (ii) To obtain reasonable assurance that the projects books of account form the basis for the preparation of the project financial statements (PFS) by the project implementation unit and are prepared to reflect the financial transactions of the project and that the project implementation unit has established adequate internal controls while maintaining documentary evidence of all transactions. (iii) To express an independent professional opinion on the financial position of the project, verify that the project funds have been used for the intended purposes and in accordance with the provisions of the loan/grant agreement The shortlist will be established in accordance with the provisions of paragraph E3.2.3 of the Banks Procurement Operations Manual (Part A, Volume 1). The qualification of the consultants will be determined on the basis of the number of references of similar missions (project/program audit financed by Multilateral Development Banks: African Development Bank, World Bank, Islamic Development Bank) over the last five (05) years. It should be noted that the interest expressed by a firm does not imply any obligation on the part of the Project to include it in the shortlist. 6. Interested consultants may obtain additional information at the address mentioned below during the following office hours: Executive Secretariat of the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) 2754, Boulevard Mouammar Kadhafi, 03 BP 7049 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso, CILSS building located in Ouaga 2000, annex building, door no. 505, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.] Tender Link : https://www.afdb.org/en/projects-and-operations/procurement