Auditing Services

The Vendor is required to provide audit services for both the authority.
- The Authority manages the municipal solid waste in seven (7) member municipalities in the region.
- Other municipal organizations may choose to join this structure, and if they do, they will have the option to engage with the successful Proponent’s firm to perform their audit.
- Provide a common framework for both the authority representatives to assess proposals in professional and fair manner.
- Specifically, the audited financial statements need to be compliant with:
•    Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS)
•    Financial Reporting and Accounting Manual
•    Municipal Government Act
- A municipal auditor is appointed to conduct an annual audit of the authorities’ financial records that will enable the municipal auditor to express, on the basis of sufficient and appropriate audit evidence, an objective opinion on the fairness of the presentation of the financial position, results of operations and changes in capital position of the authority in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles adopted for state municipalities.
- Provide a report on any significant weaknesses in internal control systems noted during the audit;
- Prepare and file the corporate tax returns, including a null return for agency services (this may change if financial transactions are moved to this entity).

- Contract Period/Term: 5 years