Framework Agreement for Provision of Audit Services of Projects Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Krátký popis

The contracting authority is a non-US nongovernmental organisation implementing predominantly humanitarian and development projects. The scope of the public contract concerns audit services for the purpose of auditing the Fund Accountability Statements (or otherwise audit of financial statements) of humanitarian and development projects (or awards) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its affiliated programmes Food For Peace (FFP) and Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA).

Další informace

With respect to the fact that the system of Public Procurement Journal requires conversion of the estimated value of the Public Contract into Czech crowns, the estimated value of the Public Contract is stated in Czech crowns in this form according to the exchange rate of Czech National Bank. In the tender documentation and on the contracting authority´s profile it is stated in USD.

Krátký popis

The contracting authority is a non-US nongovernmental organisation implementing predominantly humanitarian and development projects. The scope of the public contract concerns audit services for the purpose of auditing the Fund Accountability Statements (or otherwise audit of financial statements) of humanitarian and development projects (or awards) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its affiliated programmes Food For Peace (FFP) and Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). The result of this public contract will be a 4-year framework agreement for annual audits in the period of 2021-2024. The scope of work is based on the requirement of the donor USAID for the recipient contracted audits in accordance with auditing standards stated in the ADS Chapter 591 — financial audits of USAID contractors, recipients, and host government entities based on the §200.514 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America and in accordance with The Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS). Each annual audit is further governed by a statement of work approved by USAID which serve as terms of reference for specific audits.

Další informace

With respect to the fact that the system of Public Procurement Journal requires conversion of the estimated value of the Public Contract into Czech crowns, the estimated value of the Public Contract is stated in Czech crowns in this form according to the exchange rate of Czech National Bank. In the tender documentation and on the contracting authority´s profile it is stated in USD.

Informace o lhůtách pro přezkum

Prior to filing a petition with the Office for the Protection of Competition (OPC), complainants must file objections with contracting authority (CA); this petition must be delivered within 15 days of the complainant's knowledge of the CA’s alleged breach of the law, but no later than by the contract conclusion date or until the design contest is considered to have been completed after a design is selected. Objections against acts formulated in documents that the CA is required to publish by law or to send to complainants, have to be delivered to the CA within 15 days of their publication date or delivery date to a complainant. Where a deadline for submission of requests to participate is defined in a tender procedure, objections against suppliers’ qualification requirements must be delivered to the CA before the expiry of such deadline. Where a deadline for submission of bids is specified in a tender procedure, objections to tender documentation must be delivered to the CA before this deadline; in case of a negotiated procedure with prior publication, objections against tender documentation shall be delivered to the CA no later than before the deadline for submission of indicative bids. Objections against a voluntary notice of intent to conclude a contract pursuant to Sec 212 (2) Public Procurement Act (PPA) have to be delivered to the CA within 30 days of the notice publication date. CAs are obliged to handle objections within 15 days. Petitions must be delivered to OPC and to the CA within 10 days from the date when complainants received the decision rejecting the objection or within 25 days from dispatch of the objections, if the CA passed no decision on the objection. Once a public contract is concluded, only a petition to impose a ban on the performance of that contract can be filed, even without filing an objection prior. Petitioners must deliver this petition to OPC and copy thereof to the CA within 1 month from the CA publishing the contract conclusion notice pursuant to Sec 212 (2) PPA, including reasons for awarding public contract without publishing a notice of procurement procedure initiation, preliminary notice or invitation to submit bids in simplified under-the-threshold procedure, but no later than within 6 months after contract conclusion date. Petitions to impose a ban on contract performance pursuant to Sec 254 (1) d) PPA shall be delivered by petitioner to OPC and to the CA within 1 month from the date when the CA published notice on contract conclusion based on a framework agreement pursuant to Sec 137 PPA or notice on contract conclusion in a Dynamic Purchasing System pursuant to Sec 142 PPA, but no later than within 6 months after the contract conclusion date. Petitioners are obliged to deposit, within the deadline for delivery of a petition, the to the OPC bank account, an amount equal to 1 % of the petitioner's bid price for the entire period of public contract performance or for the first 4 years of performance in case of open-ended contracts, but at least CZK 50 000 and no more than CZK 10 000 000. If petitioners are unable determine the total bid price, they shall be obliged to deposit CZK 100 000. In case of a proposal to impose a ban on contract performance, petitioners are obliged to deposit a surety of CZK 200 000. With regard to proceedings to review a concession awarding procedure, petitioners are obliged to pay, within the deadline for petition delivery, to the OPC bank account a deposit amounting to 1 % of the estimated value of the concession, as published in the Public Tender Bulletin (PTB) or at the CA profile, however not less than CZK 50 000 and not more than CZK 10 000 000. Where the CA failed to publish the estimated value for the concession in PTB or at the CA profile, petitioners shall pay a deposit of CZK 100 000. In case of a petition to impose a ban on a concession contract performance, petitioners shall pay a deposit amounting to CZK 200 000.