Queensland Audit Office Schedule of Details – ITO 1 for 2017

QUEENSLAND AUDIT OFFICE

INVITATION TO OFFER

SCHEDULE OF DETAILS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

This Schedule of Details forms part of QAO’s Invitation to Offer for Contract Auditing Services. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to familiarise itself with the contents of the Invitation to Offer for Contract Auditing Services. Any Offers which are not prepared in accordance with the Invitation to Offer for Contract Auditing Services shall be considered a non-conforming offer and may be excluded from further consideration.

This Schedule of Details contains specific information referred to in the Invitation to Offer for Contract Auditing Services:

PART 1 – INVITATION TO OFFER DETAILS

1.1INVITATION

Item / Details
Offer Number / ITO
Title of Offer / Contract Auditing Services –
Eligibility / This invitation is offered to all in Category
Date of Issue
Date of Closing
Time of Closing / 4.00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time
Place of Closing / QAO Office, Level 14, 53 Albert Street, Brisbane
Offeror’s attention is drawn to the method of submitting Offers specified in Part 4, Special Conditions of Offer clause 4.1.2
Offer Opening / Offers will be opened privately
Number of Copies / Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 – 1 original (unbound) and 2 copies (bound)
Schedule 3 – 3 originals (unbound)
Contact Point / Sarah Wilkinson, Senior Contract & Procurement Officer

Offers are invited in accordance with this ITO for the provision of Auditing Services for:

Name of Entity / Address of Entity

The parties to the Resulting Contract will be the successful Offeror and the Auditor-General.

1.3FORMAT OF OFFERS

Responses to selection criteria EC1 and EC2 for each principal Entity as a guide should be no more than ten (10) pages. The response for each subsidiary Entity is to be limited to one page. The response to qualifications and experience of each nominated Key Person is to be no more than one page.

PART 2 – SPECIFICATION

2.4SCOPE OF WORK

2.4.2Summary of Excluded Activities

Nil.

2.5TERMS OF REFERENCE

2.5.1Period of the Contract

Not Applicable – standard contract period.

The Resulting Contract is to commence for the year ending 2017.

2.5TERMS OF REFERENCE

2.5.4Proposed Timetable of Events

The following outlines the timetable of events QAO intends to follow with this ITO. QAO reserves the right to alter dates throughout the process should the need arise.

Activity / Date
Issue ITO
ITO Closes
Evaluation/Contract Negotiation
Anticipated Start Date of Work

2.6DETAILED REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION

2.6.1Entity Specific Specification

For information specific to the audit of the Entity subject of this ITO, refer to the following attachments:

  • Attachment 1 - Entity Specific Specification
  • Attachment 2 - Financial Statements
  • Attachment 3 - Management letter
  • Attachment 4 - Report to the Auditor-General.

2.6.2Key Personnel Requirements

  • Potential use of a taxation specialist may be required.
  • Information Systems Audit have historically been used on this audit.

PART 3 – EVALUATION MODEL

3.2SUPPLEMENTARY EVALUATION INFORMATION

3.2.2References

For this Offer preference is for a referee who is a current director or board member of a similar sized Entity.

PART 4 – CONDITIONS OF OFFER

4.1SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF OFFER

4.1.6Insurance

Contractors shall provide Public Liability Insurance of $10,000,000.

Contractors shall maintain a minimum level of Professional Indemnity Insurance of $5,000,000 for high risk audits.Evidence of insurance cover must be provided before the commencement of the Resulting Contract.

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