3rd Party Auditing Services

The Vendor is required to provide 3rd party auditing services for include:
- Direct engagement audit services:
•    Direct engagement audit services, the supplier shall engage directly with the centre in accordance with the relevant standard. 
•    The supplier shall review compliance of the selected centers with the agency cost-based funding guideline, per the ministry, to verify that the offsetting base fee revenue and costs reported on the standardized financial report were eligible and in compliance with this guideline, that amounts claimed for the eligible centre on their standardized financial report are eligible costs, and that a reasonable methodology has been employed to pro-rate costs, where necessary. 
•    The supplier can contact the region for questions during the process.
- Attestation engagement audit services:
•    Engagement audit services, the supplier shall engage directly with the centre in accordance with the relevant standard
•    The supplier shall review the selected centres compliance assertion, to verify, and provide a written statement asserting, compliance with the ministry's funding agreement, guidelines, or other specified requirements. 
•    The supplier shall test the evidence and provide a conclusion on whether management's assertion is fairly stated. 
•    The supplier can contact the region for questions during the process.