| Overview : The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hereby invites you to submit a proposal to enter into a long-term agreement for the provision of services covering the audit of its development projects. The purpose of the present RFP process is for UNDP to enter into a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with a qualified audit firm or more for a period of three years. The LTA will essentially serve to agree on an overall contractual framework for providing audit services to UNDP based on pre-established rates. The audit services will be governed by the LTA, the UNDP General Conditions of Contract for Services and the Terms of Reference (Section 7 and 2). Following the signature of the LTA with the audit firms, UNDP will contact them as and when a need to carry out the audit of a development project arises. This will be done through what we call a secondary selection process. The LTA firms will receive from UNDP a request for proposal identifying the list of projects that need to be audited along with relevant background information about each project. The secondary request for proposals will be similar to the template in Section 9. The audit of the projects, unless specified otherwise, will need to be performed in accordance with the terms of reference provided in Section 2. The proposals to be submitted by the LTA firms will need to be based on the rates that have been agreed to and listed in the LTA. UNDP will then proceed to evaluate the secondary proposals that are received from the LTA firms and select the one that, in UNDP opinion, offers the best value-for-money. This evaluation will not be strictly based on price but will take into account the total fixed prices and the adequacy of the personnel and time/effort that are proposed for performing the audit services. How to apply: Please refer to the attached Request For Proposal (RFP), which includes: - Letter of Invitation
- Section 1 – Instructions to Proposers (including Data Sheet)
- Section 2– Terms of Reference
- Section 3 – Proposal Submission Cover Letter Form
- Section 4 – Documents Establishing the Overall Qualifications of the Proposer
- Section 5 – Technical Proposal Form
- Section 6 – Financial Proposal Form
- Section 7 – Long Term Agreement, Terms of References, Contract for Professional Services, including UNDP General Conditions of Contract for Services
- Section 8 - Background Information
- Section 9 – Template for secondary selection based on a Long-Term Agreement
- Section 10 – Eligibility Questionnaire
- Section 11 – Confirmation of Intent to Submit a proposal
The MS Word format of Section 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11 are also uploaded for your convenience. Your offer, comprising of a Technical and a Financial Proposal, in separate sealed envelopes, should be submitted in accordance with Section 1 by 16 March 2015 at 4:00 PM (Standard Eastern Time). To: United Nations Development Programme
Office of Audit and Investigations
One United Nations Plaza, 4th Floor. Room: 427A
New York, New York 10017
Marked with: “RFP_DIM_LTA_2015” You are kindly requested to send back to UNDP an acknowledgment letter confirming your receipt of this RFP and your intent to submit a proposal to the e-mail address oai.bids@undp.org using the form provided in Section 11. This confirmation should be received no later than 9 March 2015, 5:00 PM (Standard Eastern Time). If you have received this RFP through a direct invitation by UNDP, transferring this invitation to another firm requires your written notification to UNDP of such transfer and the name of the company to whom the invitation was forwarded. We invite you to first review Section 10 – Eligibility Questionnaire. This will help you determine whether your firm meets all the minimum criteria required for your proposal to be accepted by UNDP. If you consider that you can fully meet all the minimum eligibility criteria listed in Section 10, you can then proceed to Sections, 1, 5 and 6 which will give you information on how the proposal process will be managed by UNDP as well as the information that you need to include in your proposal. We have included in Section 8 general background information which covers the countries where UNDP is present as well as the history of the number of projects audits that have been commissioned in the past. We believe that this background information will be useful for the preparation of your proposal. Should you require further clarifications, kindly send your questions COB 9 March 2015, 5:00 PM to the e-mail address oai.bids@undp.org. Subject of the e-mail: “RFP_DIM_LTA_2015” . Body of the e-mail: Your Company’s name; address; focal point’s name and contact details. | 
