Request for Proposal (RFP)
For: Consultancy for Audit Services for the Civil Society Support Program Phase 2 (CSSP2) Grant Recipients for the British Council Ethiopia
Overview of the British Council
Introduction and Background to the Project / Programme
The Civil Society Support Program Phase 2 (CSSP2) is a capacity development programme designed to support the development of Ethiopia’s civil society to “contribute to inclusive and accountable governance; and an improved environment for the promotion and
protection of the human rights of all Ethiopians”. To achieve this grand objective, the
programme has identified four thematic areas (gender transformation, young people and
citizen-state engagement, conflict and peacebuilding ) and has taken a human rights-based approach as its key strategic
approach. In addition to funding local CSOs, the programme provides technical and capacity development support through various means to CSOs, Networks, Coalitions, and Consortiums. CSSP2 also works with relevant government stakeholders such as the Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) by supporting thematic and organizational capacity development, so as to enhance the Authority’s supportive, coordinating and effective oversight role.
CSSP2 is funded by the people of United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, and Norway. The value of the fund is approximately £24.5m for programme and its duration is extended to August 2023. The programme is managed by the British Council, in consortium with Pact UK and Social Development Direct. To provide closer support to CSOs, the programme has regional and roving Hubs in addition to its secretariat base in Addis Ababa.
The British Council wishes to engage the services of an audit firm, ‘the Auditor’, for auditing the grantees/downstream partners contracted under the Civil Society Support Program Phase Two (CSSP2), ‘the Project’. An agreement was signed between the British Council Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and British Council, the Technical Service Provider, to provide technical assistance to the Programme (Contract Reference PO 8165), hereafter ‘the Management Agent’. CSSP2 has been under implementation with management consortium partners namely British Council Pact UK and Social Development Direct (SDD) where British Council as a lead organisation. British Council has contracted Ethiopian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to undertake activities through grant awards in which British Council and the respective CSOs signed grant contracts.
Please refer to the documents below:
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Annex_2_Supplier_Proposal-CSSP2_Audit_Services_2022
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Required Qualification and Experience for the Audit Service Provider (80%):
The British Council will cover travel related costs on reimbursement basis for the Audit firm or agree different arrangement during negotiation and hence don’t need to be included in the cost Audit fee.
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