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Contracting-Out Audits
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart
The Auditor-General and the staff of the ANAO play an important role in the process of public accountability by providing the Parliament, the Executive and Management with an independent assessment of the operations of public sector organisations. The ANAO’s Executive and staff are located in Canberra.
The ANAO provides its principal client, the Parliament, with approximately 50 published audit reports annually. These reports include performance audits and financial statement audits. The ANAO also has a close working relationship with the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) which reviews the audit reports on a quarterly basis.
The key outcome for each financial statement audit is to provide independent assurance on the financial statements adopted by those Agencies mentioned in Clause 1.1.1. The achievement of this outcome requires the meeting of the Auditor-General’s and the clients’ needs (in particular each entity, the Minister, and Parliament) through the delivery of quality products (in particular, the opinion on the financial statements, the report to Ministers and Parliament) on time, within budget and at a contestable price.
Conditions for Participation (mandatory criteria)
The conditions for participation are set out as follows. If a Tenderer makes an unintentional error of form, it may be able to rectify that error in accordance with clause 2.16. of the RFT
Condition 1: Identity and financial situation of Tenderer
At the time of providing a tender response and at all times during the tender evaluation process the Tenderer must be a registered company auditor (as defined in the Corporations Act) and must not be bankrupt or insolvent.
Condition 1A: Security clearance
The Tenderer must ensure that the specified personnel nominated to undertake the requirements specified in the SOR:
(a) have a security clearance to at least Baseline level; or
(b) are eligible for and commit to achieving Negative Vet 1 level of security clearance before being authorised to perform any work in relation to the requirements specified in the SOR.
Condition 2: Compliance with Commonwealth requirements
Three years.