Professional Audit Support Services

Professional Audit Support Services (PASS) – IT and Systems Audit and Financial Accounting Services

This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, Financial Operations, Accounting and Controls Division, National Comptroller’s Branch.

Trade agreement: World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement and the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement.

Tendering procedures: The suppliers listed in this notice and qualified under the Professional Audit Support Services supply arrangement have been invited to submit a bid.

Competitive Procurement Strategy: lowest priced compliant bid.

Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business: This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Indigenous Suppliers.

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement.

Security Requirements: This contract includes security requirements.

Nature of Requirements:

This RFP is only for pre-qualified Suppliers for Work Stream 3 Information Technology and Systems Audits and Stream 6 Financial and Accounting Services, against the Professional Audit Support Services (PASS) Supply Arrangement (SA) E60ZQ-180001. The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal:

1 A Hundred Answers Inc.
2 Aniko Consultant Inc., Samson & Associés - CPA Consultation Inc. – Samson & Associates CPA-Consulting Inc., in Joint Venture.
3 BDO Canada LLP
4 Deloitte LLP
5 Ernst & Young LLP
6 KPMG LLP
7 MNP LLP
8 Orbis Risk Consulting Inc.
9 Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
10 QMR Staffing Solutions Incorporated
11 Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Consulting Inc
12 Samson & Associés CPA/Consultation Inc

The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement.

The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement to obtain internal audit services to support its Internal Financial Control group and Financial Operations, Accounting and Controls Division.

Objectives:
- To Support the Internal Financial Control group in meeting its obligations stated in the Policy on Financial Management and the Internal Control Risk Based Monitoring Strategy in documenting and assessing key business processes.
- To Support the Internal Financial Control group in meeting its obligations stated in the Policy on Financial Management and the Internal Control Risk Based Monitoring Strategy in documenting and assessing Information Technology General and Application controls.
- To Support the Financial Operations, Accounting and Controls Division with special projects.

Deliverables:
- reports must include:
a) The results of the testing and the assessment of the financial process key controls, and detailing any remedial action required to address control gaps. This will consist of two reports, a first report delivered as a draft; a second report, incorporating any comments and changes requested by the Project Authority, submitted as final.
b) Any inefficiency found in the process and key controls and recommendations for remedial action to address the inefficiencies.
- The Contractor must document reconciliations and other analysis, standalone (that readers can understand without additional explanations). The Contractor must document variances, or differences, or both with supporting source documentation or explanations implicated stakeholders in regions, sites, and NHQ have provided.

Any conditions for participation of suppliers not specified in solicitation documentation: none.

Estimated quantity of commodity: see solicitation document statement of work and basis of payment.

Duration of Contract and Time Frame for Delivery:

Term of Contract

Period of the Contract: The work is to be performed during the period of January 10th, 2025 to January 9th, 2026 with the option to renew for four (4) additional 1 year periods.

File Number: 21120-24-4457586/A

Contracting Authority: Danielle Blanchet
Telephone number: 506-377-9624
E-mail: Danielle.blanchet@csc-scc.gc.ca

NOTE TO BIDDERS:

Bidders can obtain copies of the solicitation documents by contacting the contracting authority named in this notice.

The Crown reserves the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada (English or French).

After contract award, bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process. The debriefing may be in writing, by telephone or in person.

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