INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE INTERNAL AUDIT OF AFRICA RE’S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

1. BACKGROUND ON COMPANY STRUCTURE

Established in 1976 by 36 member States of the African Union and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), The AFRICAN REINSURANCE CORPORATION (AFRICA RE), the leading reinsurance company in Africa and the Middle East, is a pan-African financial institution whose shareholding is split between African (75%) and Non-African (25%) investors. African shareholding comprises 41 African states, the AfDB, and more than 117 African insurance/reinsurance companies from the 41 member countries. Headquartered in Lagos (Nigeria), Africa Re has a continental network of regional and local offices in Lagos (Nigeria), Casablanca (Morocco), Nairobi (Kenya), Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Ebène (Mauritius), Cairo (Egypt), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Kampala (Uganda), as well as two subsidiaries: Africa Re (South Africa) Ltd in Johannesburg and Africa Retakaful Ltd in Cairo (Egypt).

2. CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Africa Re has invested in an IT infrastructure upgrade with a primary data center in Lagos, Nigeria and a redundancy / recovery site in Casablanca, Morocco. Both of these sites are hosted by third parties. All the eight regional and local offices of Africa Re and two subsidiaries connect to either the primary data center or the recovery site via dedicated VPN links. All the core business applications are implemented at both the Primary and Recovery sites and the data mirrored continuously. The regional office locations and subsidiary locations, however, maintain network infrastructure and communication systems to enable them to connect with either of the primary or recovery data centers. The Corporation has also outsourced the hosting of its email system and website to 2 different offshore companies, each with its own redundancy sites.

However, important changes are to be effective by the beginning of the audit.

The Corporation recently subscribed to a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) on VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The VMware Cloud on AWS is an integrated cloud offering jointly developed by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and VMware. The benefit to the Corporation is that it allows us to continue to run our traditional virtualization servers and workloads in the AWS cloud while providing us scalability and efficiency with direct, high-speed access to AWS services.

The Corporation will then have two of such data centers: The London SDDC which is the primary, and the North Virginia SDDC, USA which is the secondary. The essence of these two SDDCs is to provide a disaster recovery platform for the Corporation, as data would continually be replicated between the two SDDCs. The advantage of this is that in event that one SDDC is down, business operations would easily be failed over to the second SDDC for production to continue.

In addition to the above, the Corporation has subscribed for Citrix cloud solution and has integrated this with the SDDC. We currently use the Citrix platform to render the SICS business applications to users, although SICS is still in the implementation stage.

The Citrix platform also has the capabilities to securely render existing production applications to users such that they can access them from anywhere and at any time, hence boosting productivity.

3. OBJECTIVES OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT

The Consultant or Consulting Firm, herewith both called the “Consultant”, who shall perform the Internal Audit is expected to conduct a comprehensive review of the entire ICT infrastructure, systems and applications of the Corporation, its subsidiaries, Regional and Local Offices.

The Consultant will be required to adhere to the terms of reference stated below and where necessary expand the scope.

4. SCOPE OF THE WORK

The ICT Internal Audit will include, but not be limited, to the following:

1) IT Governance and Management Audit

a) Alignment of IT and business strategy

b) Delivery of IT services in line with business requirements

c) Long term and short term IT strategies

d) Review of IT Budgeting process

e) IT organization, policies, and processes

f) IT human resources management

g) IT performance monitoring and reporting

h) IT risk management, and its integration in the Corporation’s Enterprise Risk Management

i) Necessity of implementing an IT Service Management System, like ITIL & ISO 20000, and advice on the adequate system for the Corporation and the best way to go about this

2) Operating System (OS) for applications, databases and network equipment Review

j) Logical access controls

k) User access management & security

l) Set up and maintenance of system parameters

m) Patch and update management

FEDERAL AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF NIGERIA (FAAN)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR AUDITING ASSIGNMENT UNDER 2021 IGR BUDGET

A. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has the statutory functions of developing and managing all necessary airport facilities and services for safe, secured and efficient carriage of passengers and goods. Therefore, the Authority now seeks the service of qualified/competent External Auditing Firm to submit Expression of Interest (EOI), in compliance with the National Open Competitive Bidding (NOCB) procedures stipulated in the Public Procurement Act 2007 and its extant guidelines. The Authority intends to undertake the procurement of this project under its 2021 financial year/Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Budget.

B. SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of assignment shall be auditing of FAAN’s accounts for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023

C.  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Evidence of Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (or Business registration) with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), including certified true copy of Memorandum and Articles of Association, forms CAC2 & CAC7 (where applicable).
(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three years (i.e. 2018, 2019 and 2020), valid till 31st December 2021.
(c) Evidence of current Pension Clearance Certificate, valid till 31st December 2021 (where applicable).
(d) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Certificate of Compliance, valid till 31st December 2021 (where applicable).
(e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate, valid till 31st December, 2021.
(f) Evidence of current registration with Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria
(g) Evidence of registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) valid till 31st December 2021 or valid certificate issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).
(h) Sworn Affidavit from Court of competent jurisdiction in Nigeria (Federal or State), including stamped passport photograph and signature of deponent/declarant, disclosing as follows:-
• Whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) or Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is a former or present Director, Shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder.
• To confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars.
• That the Director(s) has/have never been convicted by any court of law.
• That the firm’s Director or the company is not bankrupt.
(i) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (i.e. 2018, 2019 and 2020).
(j) Evidence of financial capability to execute the project by submission of Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of project when needed.
(k) Company’s Profile, with Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their academic and professional certificates.
(l) Verifiable documentary evidence of similar works successfully completed/ongoing project in the last five (5) years, including Letters of Award, Contract Agreements, Job Completion Certificates. Photographs, etc.
(m) Evidence of Firm’s current practice license issued by relevant professional regulatory bodies e.g. ICAN, ANAN or any other related professional bodies.
(n) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letter Head paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No.), E-mail address, names and nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page and duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.

D. SUBMISSION OF EOI DOCUMENTS
• The documents are to be submitted in soft copy (flash drive) and two (2) hard copies (One original and one copy) in A4 paper size and neatly bound. The document should be arranged in the order listed above and clearly separated by dividers.
• The documents must be sealed in an envelope and the Project Name and Lot number clearly written at the top left corner of the envelope.
• All documents must be submitted to the office of “The General Manager (Procurement)”, FAAN Headquarters Annex, Ikeja – Lagos.
• Contacts: Phone No. 08033011334 or 08034706549. Email Address: procurement@faannigeria.org.
• Submission of pre-qualification documents shall close at exactly 11:30 am on Monday, 10 May 2021.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SERVICE COMMISSION
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR APPOINTMENT AS EXTERNAL AUDITORS OF THE COMMISSION

INTRODUCTION
The National Assembly Service Commission is charged with the mandate Appointment, exercise of Discipline, Training and Promotion of Staff of the National Assembly Service. The Commission hereby invites experienced, competent and credible firms of Chartered Accountants to submit Expression of Interest (EoI) for Appointment as External Auditors of the Commission for the statutory audit of its 2020 Financial Statements.

SCOPE OF SERVICE
Statutory audit of the Commission’s 2020 Financial Statements.

FAAN
FEDERAL AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF NIGERIA
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR TAX CONSULTANCY SERVICES UNDER 2021 IGR BUDGET

A. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has the statutory functions of developing and managing all necessary airport facilities and services for safe, secured and efficient carriage of passengers and goods. Therefore, the Authority now seeks the service of qualified/competent Tax Consultants to submit Expression of Interest (EOI), in compliance with the National Open Competitive Bidding (NOCB) procedures stipulated in the Public Procurement Act 2007 and its extant guidelines. The Authority intends to undertake the procurement of this project under its 2021 financial year/Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Budget.

B. SCOPE OF TAX CONSULTANCY
The scope of Consultancy services for 2021 Tax Year shall include, but not limited to the following:
(i) Compute and confirm the assessment raised by the Tax bodies.
(ii) Reconcile Tax figures with the Tax Authority.
(iii) Discuss the variance with the Tax bodies.
(iv) Obtain new agreed Tax Liabilities.
(v) Assist to negotiate the terms of payment.
(vi) Obtain various Tax Clearance Certificates.
(vii) Collect the outstanding Tax Revenue Receipts and Credit Notes for the Authority.
(viii) Filing of Annual Returns

C. AVAILABLE LOTS

D. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Evidence of Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (or Business registration) with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), including certified true copy of Memorandum and Articles of Association, forms CAC2 & CAC7 (where applicable).
(b) Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate (or Personal Income Tax Clearance Certificates of all the Partners in case of Business Name) for the last three years (i.e. 2018,2019 and 2020), valid till 31st December 2021.
(c) Evidence of current Pension Clearance Certificate, valid till 31st December 2021 (where applicable).
(d) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Certificate of Compliance, valid till 31st December 2021 (where applicable).
(e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Clearance Certificate, valid till 31st December 2021.
(f) Evidence of current registration with Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria
(g) Evidence of registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) valid till 31st December 2021 or valid certificate issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).
(h) Sworn Affidavit from Court of competent jurisdiction in Nigeria (Federal or State), including stamped passport photograph and signature of deponent/declarant, disclosing as follows:-
• Whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Federal Airports of Nigeria (FAAN) or Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is a former or present Director, Shareholder of has any pecuniary interested in the bidder.
• To confirm that all information presented in its bids are true and correct in all particulars
• That the Director(s) has/have never been convicted by any court of law.
• That the firm’s Director or the company is not bankrupt.
(i) Company’s Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (i.e. 2018, 2019 and 2020).
(j) Evidence of financial capability to execute the project by submission of Reference Letter from a reputable Commercial Bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of project when needed.
(k) Company’s Profile, with Curriculum Vitae of Key Staff to be deployed for the project, including copies of their academic and professional certificates.
(l) Verifiable documentary evidence of similar works successfully completed/ongoing project in the last five (5) years, including Letters of Award, Contract Agreements, Job Completion Certificates, Photographs, etc.
(m) Evidence of Firm’s current Practice Licence issued by ICAN, ANAN or other related professional body(ies).
(n) All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s Letter Head paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No.), E-mail address, names and nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page and duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.

E. SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS
• The documents are to be submitted in soft copy (flash drive) and two (2) hard copies (One original and one copy) in A4 paper size and neatly bound. The document should be arranged in the order listed above and clearly separated by dividers.
• The documents must be sealed in an envelope and the Project Name and Lot number clearly written at the top left corner of the envelope.
• All documents must be submitted to the office of “The General Manager (Procurement)”, FAAN Headquarters Annex, Ikeja Lagos.
• Contacts: Phone No. 08033011334 or 08034706549. Email Address: procurement@faannigeria.org
Submission of EOI shall close at exactly 11:30 am on Monday, 10 May, 2021.

F. OPENING OF EOI
All submissions will be opened on the same day immediately after closing at 11:30 am on Monday, 10 May, 2021 the Procurement Department, Maintenance Yard, FAAN Headquarters Annex, Ikeja, Lagos.

PETROLEUM TRAINING INSTITUTE
NIGERIA
P.M.B EFFURUN, DELTA STATE
www.pti.edu.ng
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR APPOINTMENT OF EXTERNAL AUDITORS

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) the foremost Oil and Gas technological Institution set up by Enactment of Act No.37 of 1972 subsequently amended by Act No of 1975 and PTI Cap P16 2004 to train competent Technical Manpower for the Oil/Gas and Allied Companies.
1.2 The Petroleum Training Institute Effurun hereby invites interested, competent and reputable audit firms with relevant experience to make submission for Expression of Interest for the Appointment of External Auditors.

2. SCOPE OF WORKS/SUPPLIES
2.1 Appointment of external auditors for the audit of the Institute’s Account for the year 2019 and 2020

SIR AHMADU BELLO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
NO. 21 RACE COURSE ROAD, KADUNA
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR EXTERNAL AUDITORS

The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation invites interested and reputable firms to render External Auditing Services of the Foundation.

In view thereof, interested and qualified practicing Auditing firms are invited to submit their EOI bid.

SCOPE OF WORK

Annual Statutory Audit

REQUIREMENTS

Those interested in the process are required to submit comprehensive and verifiable evidence of the following information:

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SERVICE COMMISSION
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR APPOINTMENT AS EXTERNAL AUDITORS OF THE COMMISSION

The National Assembly Service Commission is charged with the mandate of Appointment, exercise of Discipline, Training, and Promotion of Staff of the National Assembly Service. The Commission hereby invites experienced, competent and credible firms of Chartered Accountants to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) for Appointment as External Auditors of the Commission for the statutory audit of its 2020 Financial Statements.

2. SCOPE OF SERVICE
Statutory Audit of the Commission’s 2020 Financial Statements.

3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Interested firms are expected to submit two (2) bound sets of Expression of Interest (Eol) documents duly signed, well paginated, separated by dividers and arranged in the following order:
(a) Evidence of Certificate of Incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) including Forms CAC 2 and CAC7;
(b) Evidence of company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years (2018, 2019 and 2020):
(c) Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2021;
(d) Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2021;
( e) Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31 December, 2021;
(f) Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors Certificate issued by Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) valid till 31 December, 2021;
(g) Evidence of registration with the Auditor General for the Federation;
(h) Company Audited Accounts for the last three (3) years (2018, 2019 and 2020);
( i) Evidence of Firm’s current registration with ICAN/ANAN
(j) Company profile with the Curriculum Vitae of key staff including their Academic/Professional qualifications;
(k) Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs executed in the last five (5) years including award letters. Valuation Certificate and job completion certificates as appropriate;
(l) A Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the National Assembly Service Commission or the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is a former or present Director, Shareholder, Partner or has any Pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars.