Country: Somalia
Closing date: 10 May 2016
About the OCVP
The Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention (OCVP) is a non-partisan independent non-governmental organization working to improve the socio-economic conditions of Somali regions through the promotion of community security, peacebuilding and sustainable development. Established in 2009, the OCVP visions a peaceful, secure and prosperous Somali-speaking community in the Somali regions. In achieving this, the OCVP provides reliable data on peacebuilding and governance for shaping policy, developing responses and monitoring progress, at a time when the country is emerging from the prolonged conflict and local institutions need to be nurtured with information that can help respond to persistent local social issues.
OCVP carefully approaches its different programmes from research, training and advocacy perspectives, drawing on the data collected at district levels and disseminating findings to various stakeholders at district, regional and national levels to inform policy and programming. OCVP is situated at the crossroads between academia, community practice and policy-making. It is linked to the growing number of local academic institutions as well as to international networks of academic research institutions involved in conflict resolution, peace building, governance, humanitarian issues and sustainable development. Its activities include: assessing peacebuilding and statebuilding processes and progress, enhancement for local research capacity and information share for evidence-led policymaking and programme design.
Scope of the external audit
The external audit service will cover the organization’s financial statements of two implementation phases of two separate projects implemented by the OCVP during the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016.The first project entitled ‘Measuring peacebuilding and governance in all Somali regions’ was implemented for the period between November 2015 to March 2016, and with the total budget of $359,578 , while the second project entitled ‘Supporting the delivery of high-quality research in Somalia’ was implemented from August 2015 to December 2016, with the total budget of $113,591.
The selected external audit is expected to carry-out in accordance with the International Standard on Auditing (ISA). Sufficient audit evidence should be gathered to substantiate in all material respects the occupancy of the two phases of the two projects mentioned above.
Requirements
The external audit service required will include, but not limited to:
· The planning, management and execution of the external financial audit for the two implementation phases of the two projects outlines above
· Prepare an auditor’s report and management letters(one for each of the projects) having a format and content consistent with generally accepted auditing standards
· Discuss the auditor’s report and management letters with the OCVP’S management and Finance prior to their distribution
Proposal requirements and criteria on which a decision will be made:
· Competitive fee quote to complete the assignment( breakdown of the fee quote into sub-areas is required)
· CVs of core stuff/service team who would conduct the external audit including the location of the staff and implementation work plan
· An explanation of the external audit approach that would be used including the firm’s policy in relation to the maintenance of continuity of staff involved in the audit. Details of relevance experience within the sector and the projects activities and issues addressed.
· Details of your internal practices to ensure compliance with independent requirements and freedom from conflict and interest
· Details of other relevant clients for whom such a service has previously been provided
How to apply:
Contact details
For further information or clarification please contact Mohamed Gahair by email at mohamed.gahair@ocvp.org
Deadline
The proposal documents should be sent to hr@ocvp.org , with the subject line ‘External Audit Service’, latest 3:00 pm (East Africa time) on Tuesday 10th of May 2016. Please note that only shortlisted firms will be contacted.