Service Income Security Insurance Plan Financial Services (SISIP FS) Proper and SISIP FS Treasury Board Supported Plans

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP) PROFESSIONAL AUDIT SUPPORT SERVICES (PASS) SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT Buyer ID: Solicitation No.: W6369-20-X008 Contracting Authority: Marie-Claude Théorêt, D Svcs C 4-3-5 E-mail Address: marie-claude.theoret@forces.gc.ca This RFP is only for pre-qualified Suppliers for Stream 5: External Audits against Professional Audit Support Services (PASS) Supply Arrangement (E60ZG-180001) DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: The Department of National Defence (DND) seeks to establish a contract for External Audit services under the Professional Audit Support Services (PASS) Supply Arrangement, under the following Streams: 5. External Audits DND requires the services of external auditors to work with Internal Audit Non-Public Property (NPP) and Military Family Services (MFS) of the Director General Audit (DGA) organization in delivering external financial attest audits of each of the following components of Service Income Security Insurance Plan Financial Services (SISIP FS) Proper and SISIP FS Treasury Board Supported Plans. The services to be provided are: a) Conduct external audits and express an opinion on the financial statements, Balance Sheet, Statement of Income and Deficit and Statement of Cash Flows; b) Report in separate Management Letters observations made during the audit of any weaknesses in internal controls and systems along with recommendations for improvement. The Management Letters should also address and highlight noncompliance with Policies and Procedures as well as operational issues with due regard to efficiency and effectiveness; and c) Select representative sites if necessary, to review the operational procedures and records for control and verification purposes.  ADM(RS) requires that all funds are externally audited using the following methodology: a) A review of all relevant Non-Public Fund (NPF) accounting policies, procedures and directives that govern the financial accounting and reporting activity; b) A review and evaluation of the systems and internal controls leading to the production of the financial statements to the degree deemed necessary by the Contractor to express an audit opinion; c) Substantive verification of the accuracy, completeness, valuation and presentation of assets, liabilities, income components, and other financial statement figures; and d) A review of the adequacy of financial statement disclosure in portraying the NPF operations on-going nature. DURATION OF CONTRACT The award of the Contract will be approximately one (1) year, estimated to be from date of Contract to one (1) year later, with the irrevocable option to extend the term of the Contract by up to four (4) additional one-year periods under the same conditions. EVALUATION PROCESS AND SELECTION METHODOLOGY To be declared responsive, a bid must: (a) comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation; (b) meet all mandatory evaluation criteria; and (c) obtain the required minimum number of points for the point rated technical criteria. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS  Common PS SRCL #6