Compliance Audit Services

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

Description of the Requirement: Compliance Audit Services Task Authorization contract for professional audit support services to provide independent compliance audits as part of the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) and the Indigenous Business Directory (IBD) registration criterion. See Appendix A for Audit information. Objective: ISC is mandated to verify the eligibility of bidders on the PSIB set-aside requirement and maintain the integrity of the IBD. Compliance audits ensure Indigenous businesses registered under PSIB meet the policy’s criteria. ISC communicates audit progress and results to other government departments. ISC requires professional audit support services to assist in compliance audits on an as-requested basis.

Compliance Audits The objective of the compliance audit is to verify that the Indigenous businesses, joint ventures, or partnerships registered in the IBD under the PSIB meet the ownership, control, and Indigenous content criteria where applicable. ISC retains the responsibility to validate the Indigenous status of businesses. The Contract will be responsible for performing the following types of compliance audits: a) Indigenous ownership criterion The Indigenous ownership criterion requires an Indigenous person or Indigenous firm has at least 51% ownership of the business. b) Indigenous control criterion The Indigenous control criterion requires an Indigenous person or Indigenous business has at least 51% of control of the business. c) Indigenous content criterion The Indigenous content criterion dictates that for contracts awarded under PSIB, at least 33% of the total value of the work must be performed by the Indigenous business contractor awarded the contract or by a combination of that contractor and other Indigenous businesses. The value of the work is considered to be the total value of the contract less any material directly purchased by the contractor for the performance of the contract. RESOURCE CATEGORIES 1. Partner/Managing Director 2. Project Manager/Leader 3. Senior Auditor 4. Auditor 5. Junior Auditor

Level of Security Requirement: Pursuant to the Policy on Government Security, the nature of the services to be provided under the Contract requires a valid Government of Canada (GoC) personnel Security Screening at the level of Reliability Status for the Contractor, authorized resources and sub-contractors to be assigned to conduct the work. Prior to the commencement of the work, the Contractor and each authorized resources involved in the performance of the work under this contract must EACH, hold a valid Security Screening at the level of Reliability Status. Estimated Level of Effort: The estimated level of effort of the Initial contract period will be for: 250 days The estimated level of effort of the Option period 1 will be for: 250 days The estimated level of effort of the Option period 2 will be for: 250 days The estimated level of effort of the Option period 3 will be for: 250 days File Number: 1000256473 Contracting Authority: Jean-Damascene Gasake Phone Number: 873-357-5730 E-Mail: jeandamascene.gasake@sac-isc.gc.ca