Framework Agreement for Audit services 2016-2018 Ramavtal för revisionstjänster 2016-2018 The Embassy of Sweden, Bamako, signed a Framework Agreement for Audit services on  December 2011 with the firm “Fiduciaire Africaine d´Audit, de Conseil, d´Informatique et de Management” (FAACIM-SARL). The Framework Agreement, after an extension of two years, expired on December 3, 2015, and no further extension can be made. Sida recommends that Embassies, which have received a full delegation of development cooperation funds, should have a Framework Agreement for Auditing Services at their disposal. Thus it is proposed that the Embassy of Sweden, Bamako, shall procure such an agreement for 206-2018 in accordance with the annexes to this decision. There are no internal resources available for this assignment and there is no Framework Agreement available within the area of competence. 

This contribution will put in place a framework for audit services through an open tender procurement process. The aim is:
(1) to give the Embassy of Sweden, Bamako, the possibility to undertake different types of auditing and related services including financial assurance and nonassurance audits and other audit related services
(2) to assist the Embassy and counterpart institutions, authorities and organizations in building internal capacity relating to audit activities.
(3) to assist on and adhoc basis in less complicated audit advice that can be given by telephone or email within a day.
The agreement will be ranked for assignment up to 120 hours and renewed competition will be undertaken for all assignments above 120 hours. The ambition is to sign agreement with max 3 firms. The Framework Agreement shall be valid for two years with an option too prolong for two additional years, one year at a time. Sida genom Sveriges ambassad, Bamako, tecknade den 2 december 2011 ett ramavtal med firman “Fiduciaire Africaine d´Audit, de Conseil, d´Informatique et de Management” (FAACIM-SARL) för revisionstjänster inom utvecklingssamarbetet. Avtalet löpte ut den 3 december 2015 och det finns inga ytterligare möjligheter till förlängning. Sida rekommenderar att utlandsmyndigheter som har fullständig delegering av medel för utvecklingssamarbetet ska ha ett ramavtal för revisionstjänster till sitt förfogande. Baserat på ovanstående och med hänsyn till ambassadens behov på området föreligger det därför skäl att upphandla ett nytt ramavtal för revisionstjänster inom utvecklingssamarbetet.    

Möjlighet att täcka behovet med interna resurser föreligger inte. Tillämpligt ramavtal inom området finns inte.

Ramavtalet har till syfte att 
1) ge Sveriges ambassad, Bamako, möjlighet att upphandla olika typer av revisionstjänster
2) assistera ambassaden och samarbetspartners att bygga intern kapacitet vad gäller revision
3) att på en ad hoc bas assistera med frågor som uppkommer med kort varsel och som kan besvaras samma dag via mail eller telefon, d.v.s. en sorts lokal "help desk" vad gäller revisionsfrågor.

Ramavtal ämnas tecknas med högst 3 parter och under 120 timmars arbete avropas avtalsparten genom  ranking och över 120 timmar genom förnyad konkurrensutsättning. Insatsen innehåller dels själva ramavtalet men också utnyttjandet av ramavtalet, d.v.s. varje avrop blir en utbetalning under denna insats. Detta för att hålla ihop revisionstjänsterna och ha kontroll över hur mycket som avropas och till vad mm. Ramavtalet ska vara giltigt två år med möjlighet att förlänga ytterligare två år, ett år i taget. The Embassy of Sweden, Bamako, signed a Framework Agreement for Audit services on December 2011 with the firm “Fiduciaire Africaine d´Audit, de Conseil, d´Informatique et de Management” (FAACIM-SARL). The Framework Agreement, after an extension of two years, expired on December 3, 2015, and no further extension could be made. Sida recommends that Embassies, which have received a full delegation of development cooperation funds, should have a Framework Agreement for Auditing Services at their disposal. Thus the Embassy of Sweden, Bamako, procured such agreements for 206-2018.
This contribution aims to put in place a framework for audit services through an open tender procurement process. The aim is: (1) to give the Embassy of Sweden, Bamako, the possibility to undertake different types of auditing and related services including financial assurance and nonassurance audits and other audit related services (2) to assist the Embassy and counterpart institutions, authorities and organizations in building internal capacity relating to audit activities. (3) to assist on and adhoc basis in less complicated audit advice that can be given by telephone or email within a day. The agreement is  ranked for assignments up to 120 hours and renewed competition will be undertaken for all assignments above 120 hours. The Framework Agreements are valid for two years with an option too prolong for two additional years, one year at a time.Three firms were contracted, as ranked below. 
1. AE2C SARL AUDIT EXPERTISE COMPTABLE & CONSEILS
2. PANAUDIT
3. MOORE STEPHENS LLP
As this contribution is an internal Embassy decision and not a conventional development cooperation project program, no risk regsiter was drafted when the assessment was done and the decision was made.