Background and Rationale for the Program:
Three decades of civil war and instability, coupled with continual humanitarian crises such as drought and floods, have weakened Somalia’s health system and contributed to some of the poorest health indicators in the world, including very low coverage of essential health services, lack of access to hygiene and sanitation, malnutrition, high burdens of communicable and non-communicable diseases, high infant and maternal mortality and very low life expectancy (WHO, 2020). This is concurrently compounded by an active armed insurgency, weak governance, clannism, weak service delivery capacity and fiscal capacity constraints.
The Somalia Tuberculosis grant is a program continuation of the G6 grant. It is built upon successes and lessons learned of the previous TB grants in Somalia and aims at scaling up the fight against TB in the country. The grant implementation period is from 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2026 with a budget of US$ 27,474,515. The original approved budget for the period under audit is US $8,716,999. A total of $11,363,726.84 was disbursed by the Global Fund in respect of this grant during the period under audit. Out of this, $7,051,298.74 was sent to the PR bank account while the balance of $4,312,428.10 was disbursed directly to third parties. Amount disbursed to the sub-recipients by PR directly and indirectly amounted to $3,296,855.24.
Objectives of the Audit
The objective of the financial audit is to enable the auditor to express an independent professional opinion on each of the following:
(i). The Special Purpose Grant Financial Statements prepared by the Principal Recipient.
(ii). The Principal Recipient’s compliance with, i.e. whether the grant funds have been used in conformity, with the provisions of the relevant grant agreement and applicable local laws and regulations.
The objective of the audit is also to comment on adequacy of the implementers’ internal control framework, and report on the weaknesses identified. This review will also include where appropriate:
(iii). Internal control as a whole including Information Technology General Controls (ITGCs);
(iv). Controls related to Principal Recipient or Global Fund hired third party agents including review of the terms and conditions of their engagement and adherence thereof. The auditor must review the internal control framework of the Principal Recipient and key sub-recipients identified by the Global Fund Country team in consultation with the Principal Recipient. This review includes controls related to any third-party agent managing a process in the implementation of the grant, including review of the terms and conditions of their engagement and adherence thereof.
More Details to be provided in full ToR upon Expression of Interest.
We hereby invite Expression of Interest from registered, approved and reputable consultants to provide above-named services to World Vision Somalia.
How to apply
IMPORTANT NOTES TO BIDDERS
- Interested bidders must be registered to provide consultancy services in their respective countries.
- Request for Proposal documents will be available Free of Charge to all interested bidders who express interest by filling the form provided in this link https://forms.office.com/r/cJgTsKA4EU by 5:00PM Friday 31st January 2025.
- For enquiries and questions, kindly send an email to [email protected]
- Instructions for submission of completed proposals shall be indicated on the Request for Proposal document.
- Nothing in this Expression of Interest shall be construed to give rise to contractual obligations with World Vision.
- World Vision, may at its absolute discretion, suspend or defer this EOI process.
“World Vision reserves the right to accept or reject any Bid and is not bound to give reasons for its decision.”