West Africa Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) Phase 2 ( - Тендер #44244751)

• Project ID

P178132

• Project Title

West Africa Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) Phase 2

• Country

Western and Central Africa

• Notice No

OP00238528

• Notice Type

Request for Expression of Interest

• Notice Status

Published

• Borrower Bid Reference

GH-FSRP PHASE 2-343156-CS-LCS

• Procurement Method

Least Cost Selection

• Language of Notice

English

• Submission Deadline Date/Time

Jul 28, 2023 10:00

• Published Date

Jul 25, 2023

• CONTACT INFORMATION
• Organization/Department

Ministry of Food and Agriculture - Phase 2

• Name

Osei Owusu Agyeman

• Address

MOFA Ministries Accra

• City

• Province/State

Western and Central Africa

• Postal Code

• Country

Western and Central Africa

• Phone

024435901

• Email

agyemanprojects@gmail.com

• Website

REPUBLIC OF GHANA

MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

WEST AFRICA FOOD SYSTEM RESILIENCE PROJECT (FSRP) - GHANA

Project No.: P178132

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION

CONSULTING SERVICES FOR CONDUCTING FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR FSRP

Reference No.: GH-FSRP PHASE 2-343156-CS-LCS

BACKGROUND

The Government of Ghana has received funding from the World Bank to implement the Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP) across the major food baskets of Ghana. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is the implementing Ministry.

The development objective of the Food Systems Resilience Project is to increase preparedness against food insecurity and improve the resilience of food systems in Ghana. This development objective will be achieved through improving farmers’ access to usable weather, climate and advisory services; improving access to local climate information services through digital information platforms; facilitating the co-production of services between private and public sector; increasing farmers’ access to agricultural and nutrition sensitive technologies developed by a consortium of NCoS, Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and other international research institutes; establishing spatial information system to design and plan climate resilience land management practices; promoting private sector involvement in regional agricultural trade; and supporting women farmers to access services to improve marketing along target commodity value chain.

The Food Systems Resilience Project is organized around five core distinct but interrelated components to help achieve the objectives of the project. The project components include:

Component 1: Improving digital advisory services to support timely agriculture and food crisis prevention and management - This component aims at strengthening national capacity to provide demand-driven digital advisory services. This will include agro-advisory and impact-based hydromet/climate information and early warning services, and promote their use for food crisis prevention, management, and response.

Component 2: Sustainability and adaptive capacity of Ghana’s food systems productive base - This component consolidates the regional agricultural innovation systems and strengthens regional food security through integrated landscape management. These include strengthening regional research and extension systems to deliver improved technological innovations including climate-smart, nutrition-sensitive, gender- and youth friendly technologies in a sustainable manner, as well as combination of natural resource management with environmental and livelihood activities using the integrated landscape management approach.

Component 3: Enhancing regional food market integration and agricultural inputs and output trade - This component aims at expanding food trade in West Africa to enable an effective distribution of surplus produce to deficit regions. It will facilitate production and commercialization of agricultural products, inputs, and technologies within and across national borders.

Under Component 3 the Project seeks to support the development of strategic and regional value chains i.e. (a) rice; (b) maize and (c) livestock (Poultry) with backward integration with the soya bean value chains.

Component 4: Contingency emergency response – This component aims at making available resources to strengthen the response capacity of the Government of Ghana in case of emergency. This involved making available funding to respond to eligible emergencies or crises, including pest and disease infestation such as the Fall Army Worm, locusts, swine fever, bird flu and other pandemics such as COVID -19; extreme droughts or floods; widespread and severe bush and wild land fires.

Component 5: Project Management - This component involves establishing an effective coordination, management, safeguards, and monitoring and evaluation system for the project.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

There is the need to engage a consultant to undertake a Financial Audit for FSRP. The audit is to cover Project Preparation Advance for 2022 Accounts and two additional years for the main Project (thus 2022 to 2025).

According to the Financing Agreement of the project, and as agreed between the Government of Ghana and the International Development Association (IDA), an independent financial audit shall be carried out to cover all financial transactions for each year. This Assignment is in fulfilment of the agreement.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The objective of the audit of the Project Financial Statements (PFSs) is to enable the auditor to express a professional opinion(s) on the financial position of the project at the end of each fiscal year, and on funds received and expenditures incurred for the relevant accounting period.

PREPARATION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The responsibility for the preparation of financial statements including adequate disclosure is that of the Ministry of Food & Agriculture and its implementing agency. The Ministry of Food & Agriculture is also responsible for the selection and application of accounting policies. The PCU would prepare the PFSs in accordance with the applicable accounting standards.

The auditor is responsible for forming and expressing opinions on the financial statements. The auditor would carry out the audit of the project in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing (ISA), as promulgated by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). As part of the audit process, the auditor may request from the implementing agency written confirmation concerning representations made in connection with the audit

SCOPE OF ASSIGNMENT/DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The responsibility for the preparation of financial statements including adequate disclosure is that of the project’s management. This includes the maintenance of adequate accounting records and internal controls, the selection and application of accounting policies, and the safeguarding of the assets of the project. As part of the audit process, the auditor will request from management written confirmation concerning representations made to the auditor in connection with the audit.

The audit will be conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing [or refer to relevant national standards or practices]. Those Standards require that the auditor plans and performs the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.

• The Ministry of Food and Agriculture through FSRP now invites consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the services described above. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are: (1) Core business and number of years in business- (10 points); (2) Technical and Managerial Organization of firm- (20 points); (3) Availability of Appropriate Skills among Staff- (30 points); and (4) Firm"s experience in similar assignment- (40 points).

• A shortlist of consulting firms will be compiled, and a consultant selected in accordance with the Least Cost Selection (LCS) Method procedures specified in the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, (Fourth Edition, November, 2020) and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Guidelines.

• Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours i.e. 0900 to 1700 hours.

• Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 10.00GMT, 28th July 2023.

The Project Coordinator,

West Africa Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP)

Project Implementation Unit (PIU)

Ministry of Food and Agriculture

P. O. Box M37, Accra

Ministries, Accra.

GL-044-6077

Tel.: +233 024435901

Email: procure@fsrp.org.gh

Location: MOFA Projects Block, Behind the Government Secretarial School, Cantonment in the Vicinity of Morning Star School, Cantonment, Accra, Ghana.

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