Programme Overview
The overall goal of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Program in Crisis and Post-Crisis Settings (SPRINT IV) programme was to improve access to lifesaving and reproductive health services and rights for people affected by crises in all their diversity, achieved through four program outcome areas; Outcome 1: Enabling environment (Advocacy and Policy), Outcome 2: Preparedness, Outcome 3: Emergency Response and Outcome 4: Recovery.
The SPRINT IV programme was funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Government of Australia and implemented by IPPF and its 14 Member Associations countries in Asia and Pacific region for a period of three years commencing April-2022 and ending on 31st December 2024. The overall budget of the SPRINT IV programme was AUD 12.6M with a budget allocation of an approximate 50:50 ratio between the IPPF secretariat and IPPF 14 Member Associations implementing partners namely: Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar/Thailand, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, and a further 6 Pacific islands and territories: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Samoa. Outcome 3 Emergency response is mostly dedicated to MA grant for delivery of SRH services when a crisis occurs. The 14 MAs also receive an annual grant to conduct activities to address the Outcome 1, 2 and 4.
Scope of the Audit
Qualified audit firms are invited to submit their combined technical and financial proposals for the audit of SPRINT IV programme.
Subject Matter: The financial report of the SPRINT IV project for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2024 prepared by IPPF for submission to DFAT. Hereinafter referred to as “Financial Statements”.
Audit: The auditors must conduct an audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISA 800 / 805 (Revised)) issued by the International and Assurance Standards Board on RESPOND Project’s financial statements. Those standards require that the auditors plan and perform the Audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
Mode of Audit: Entire audit will be conducted remotely for IPPF Secretariat. IPPF New Delhi office will coordinate the audit.
Audit Deliverables: The Auditors will submit the audit reports in English with PDF formats as under.
Timelines
The audit proposal must be submitted through email to [email protected] by 5:00pm GMT on 15th December 2024. Any proposal received after this date/time would not be considered. The subject of the email should clearly mention “Audit Proposal for SPRINT IV Programme”.
The proposal must be submitted as a pdf document without any password protection in the email. Only one proposal must be submitted by an audit firm. If more than one proposal is received from the same firm, the one received later, but within the stipulated deadline for submission of the proposals, will be considered as final.
IPPF is entitled to reject one or all proposals. Only the shortlisted firm(s) will be invited for discussion and may be asked upon to make a presentation. Upon evaluation of the proposals and finalisation of the audit firm, a contract will be signed to engage the audit firm.
Submission: IPPF is expected to submit the financial statements along with the audit report to the donor as per its contractual obligations. Therefore, the audit should be started and completed within the following timelines:
Audit kick-off meeting: No later than 3 February 2025
Final Report submission: No later than 25 February 2025
Invoices and Payments: The invoice for the audit fee and any agreed upon out-of-pocket expenses will be raised after completion of the audit. This engagement will be a fixed fee contract.
For more information, please see the attached terms of reference below!
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