Public Sector Governance Reform and Development Project

Borrower Bid Reference     ODPSGRDP/CS/QCBS/2013/003

The Federal Government of Nigeria has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for theimplementation of Public Sector Governance Reform and Development Project. Ondo State is a beneficiary of the credit and intends toapply part of the proceeds of the credit for this assignment. The overall objective of the project is to promote good governance bypromoting quality transparency and accountability in public financial management and human resource management systems in OndoState.

The scope ofservice for this consultancy work shall include the following tasks:
i. Review and restructure the Office of the State Auditor - General (OSAuG) in line with currentbest practices enabling greater independence in staffing and budget. This will include assisting the OSAuG in setting up PublicAccounts Committee (PAC) Secretariat at the Ondo State House of Assembly (OSHA).
ii.  Review, modernize and computerise existing audit methods, techniques and reporting, includingthe planning of audit work to improve its quality. In computerising the methods, techniques and reporting, the firm shall determinethe technical, structural and institutional requirements needed to support its successfulimplementation.
iii. The firm shall also review work done on the Draft State Audit Bill, assess itscomprehensiveness and adequacy, and take all necessary steps to validate (includingtechnical validation workshop) the process toconclusion. A new AuditManual will also be produced based on the new Audit Bill.

The Ondo State Public SectorGovernance Reform and Development Project now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing theservice. Interestedconsulting firms are hereby requested to submit a statement of capability indicating relevant experience on similar assignments inNigeria or elsewhere. This should include, but not limited to, summary of CVs of its key staff, provision of company brochures, description of similar assignments carried out in the lastfive years, experience in similar conditions and region, availability of appropriate skills among keystaff (Key staff shall include(i) Accounting and Finance Expert (ii)Legal Expert and (iii) ICT expert), etc.

The consulting firm will be selected in accordance with the procedures set outin the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World BankBorrowers (January 2011), using the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS)Method

Interested consulting firms may obtain furtherinformation at the address below between 9.00a.m ? 4.00p.m(Local Time) on weekdays, excepton public holidays

Your expression of interest must be delivered in asealed envelope clearly marked "CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR EXTERNAL AUDIT REFORMS" to theaddress below not later than 3 weeks from the date of this publication. i.e  Thursday, November 21, 2013.

Project Coordinator
Ondo StatePublic Sector Governance Reform andDevelopment Project
State Project Coordinating Unit(SPCU),
AlaQuarters,
Akure.
Ondo State.
Nigeria.
Tel:        +2348033578084;
E-mail: ondopsgrdp@yahoo.com