DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:
The Department of National Defence (DND) seeks to establish a contract for External Audit services under the Professional Audit Support Services (PASS) Supply Arrangement, under the following Streams:
5. External Audits
DND requires the services of external auditors to work with Internal Audit Non-Public Property (NPP) and Military Family Services (MFS) of the Director General Audit (DGA) organization, in delivering external financial audits of the following seven (7) NPP Entities/Components for their respective fiscal year endings:
Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS)
Canadian Forces Central Fund (CFCF)
Queensway Corporate Campus (QCC)
The Support Our Troops Fund (SOT)
The Lord Strathcona Trust Fund
Staff of the NPF, Canadian Forces Employees Group Insurance Plan
Staff of the NPF, Canadian Forces Employees Pension Plan
DURATION OF CONTRACT
The period of the Contract will be approximately one (1) year, estimated to be from date of Contract award to one (1) year later, with the irrevocable options to extend the term of the Contract by up to four (4) additional one-year periods under the same conditions.
EVALUATION PROCESS AND SELECTION METHODOLOGY
To be declared responsive, a bid must:
(a) comply with all the requirements of the bid solicitation;
(b) meet all mandatory evaluation criteria; and
(c) obtain the required minimum number of points for the point rated technical criteria.
The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract.
SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
Common PS SRCL #6