Request for Expression of Interest (REol) for Consultancy Services to Train Members of the Cross River State House of Assembly on Legislative Oversight Functions
Request for Expression of Interest (REol) for Consultancy Services to Train Members of the Cross River State House of Assembly on Legislative Oversight Functions
Country; Nigeria
Project: State and Local Governance Reform (SLOGOR) Project
Grant No: TF018335
Project No; P133045
Assignment; Engagement of Consultant to support the Office of the State Auditor-General (OSAuG) in training Members of the Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHoA) on Legislative Oversight Functions.
Reference No. CRSLOGOR/WB/EU/CS/CQ/03/15
This Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project that appeared in the UN Development Business publication of February 18, 2015 and in three Nigerian Newspapers of the same date; (i) The Guardian, (ii) Thisday and (iii) Daily Trust.
The Federal Republic of Nigeria, through the National Planning Commission has received an EU-Financing Grant (10th EDF) from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of implementing State and Local Governance Reform Project. Cross River, being one of the six beneficiary states of the grant, now intends to apply part of the proceeds for towards engagement of a consulting firm to “support the Office of the State Auditor-General (OSAuG) in training of Members of the Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHoA) on legislative Oversight Functions”.
The Consultant’s scope of Services shall include, but not limited to the followings:
(1) To develop modules/tools for training of Members of (CRSHoA) in such areas as:
- The Accounting process in the State, including the accounting codes/charts of accounts, books of accounts in the public sector, etc;
- The Budget/Budgeting process in the State, including supplementary budget, budget envelopes and celling principles, budget analysis, monitoring and evaluation, public expenditure monitoring, and public expenditure tracking system, Medium-Term Sector Strategies (MTSS) and Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF);
- Basic Audit/Auditing process (including what constitutes audit queries, observations, audit alarms, etc,) i
- Internal controls in the public sector;
- Qualities of an Audit Report;
- Qualified vs. Clean Audit opinion;
- Audit Programme;
- Audit vs. Investigation;
- Authorities for public expenditure;
- Contents of Audit Exception Report;
- Auditing and Public Accountability; and
- Public Procurement procedures and its relationship with the accounting function;
- Basic knowledge/exposure to standards and practices including:
(a)International standards on Auditing (ISA)
(b) International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), with emphasis on the understanding of an IPSAS-compliant budget and accounts
(c) IFAC Code of Ethics
Project Management, Project monitoring/evaluation (from inception to completion)
- General Administration of Legislative Committees
- Overview of working relationships with the PAC and non-state actors in public sector auditing and demand for transparency;
- Reports Writing, Social Accountability and Collaborative Governance.
(2) Support the PAC in reviewing and clearing the backlog of Audit reports and follow up recommendations and bring these reports up to date.
(3) Supports the PAC to introduce public hearings,
(4) Provide training manuals and training aids on agreed topics for Office of State Auditor-General;
(5) Evolve strategies for sustainability of the knowledge so transferred.
CRSLOGOR now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the above services. Interested consulting firms are hereby requested to submit a statement of capability, indicating relevant experience on similar assignments in Nigeria or elsewhere. This should include, but not limited to, summary of CVs of its key staff, provision of company profiles/brochure, description of similar assignments carried out in the last five years, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among key staff,
The consulting firm will be selected in accordance with the World Bank Guidelines; Selection and Employment of Consultants by the World Bank Borrowers, January 2011. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers. January 2011 (please visit www.worldbank.org) setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. In addition, please refer to specific information on conflict of interest related to this assignment as per paragraph 1 .g of Consultant Guidelines
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a Joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications. Where firms are associating, the submission must include verifiable evidence of association from all the parties.
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below, during office hours, from 9:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday, except on declared public holidays.
Expression of interest must be delivered in a written form (in person or by surface mail) both in hard copy (2) and soft copy in CD format to the address below not later than 2nd July 2015.
The State Project Coordinator
Cross River State and Local Governance Reform Project (CRSLOGOR)
Department of Establishment Building,
New Secretariat Complex, Ground Floor (Left Wing),
Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
Telephone; +2348033570906
E-mail: crslogor@yahoo.com
