External Concurrent Audit

Country:

Egypt

City/Locality:

Cairo, Alexandria, Menoufia

Notice/Contract Number:

1/Consultants/WB/QCBS/2008

Publication Date:

May 15, 2008

Deadline:

Jun 1, 2008

Funding Agency:

World Bank

Buyer:

Health Sector Reform Project
Ministry of Health and Population

Eligibility of Bidders:

The firm should have these qualifications as minimum requirements:

• Experience in financial auditing
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of health projects
• Background experience in health insurance issue
• Experience in working in The Middle East and North Africa
• Proven analytical quantitative skills including statistical packages
• Staff fluency in spoken and written English is mandatory and Arabic is preferable

Original Language:

English

Address:

Prof. Hala Massekh
Ministry of Health and Population - Central Department For Technical Support and Projects
3 Magles El-Shaab St. from El-Kasr El-Aini St.
Cairo
Egypt

Telephone:

+(20-2) 27941481/ 27924164

Fax:

+(20-2) 27950597 / 27922571

Email:

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74121200 - Auditing services

ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND POPULATION
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND PROJECTS
Health Sector Reform Program (HSRP)

Consulting Services: External Concurrent Audit

Credit 3076-EGT

Expressions of Interest (EOI)

This request for expressions of interest follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in Development Business, issue no. 493 (Article ref. WB896-493/98) 31 August, 1998 and 16 October, 2002.

The Government of Egypt has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the contract for the external concurrent audit.

This EOI is for eligible Consulting Firms to express their interest, should they be invited, to verify the payments of registration fees and co-payments for the poor and the uninsured population for health services in Alexandria and Menoufia governorates using outputs-based disbursement, and to verify that the data related to the eligible population and the delivery of services constitute a reliable base for the transfer of resources from the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) / Technical Support Office (TSO) to the Family Health Funds (FHF) and, consequently, serve as support to the financial audit that will be conducted separately.

Objectives of the concurrent external audit are to provide a professional opinion on the following:

• Integrity; validity, and consistency of the list of enrolled population with the objectives of the Project.
• Integrity, validity, and consistency of the invoicing documents
• Payments made by the FHFs to the health care providers.
• Fulfillment of the conditions for disbursement of the Project funds.

Specific tasks that will be carried out periodically are to verify the following:

(i) Consistency of beneficiaries' lists.
(ii) Consistency of the invoicing documents and fulfillment of quarterly indicator.
(iii) Availability of contracts between the FHFs and health care providers.
(iv) Payment mechanisms used are based on payments against services and not on other production factors.
(v) Accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with implementation arrangements of the Project.
and to:
(vi) Maintain a full coordination with the financial auditor.
(vii) Issue periodically (at least every three months) remarks and recommendations for improving the work stated in items (i) to (vi).

Interested Consulting Firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments especially during the last five years, and details of at least three similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consultants and firms may associate to enhance their collective qualifications.

The firm should have these qualifications as minimum requirements:

• Experience in financial auditing
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of health projects
• Background experience in health insurance issue
• Experience in working in The Middle East and North Africa
• Proven analytical quantitative skills including statistical packages
• Staff fluency in spoken and written English is mandatory and Arabic is preferable

The selection will be made in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, January 1997 (revised September 1997 and January 1999).

Interested parties may obtain further information from the address given below from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. local time (Sunday – Thursday).

Expressions of Interest must be delivered to the address below no later than 1/6/2008 at 12:00 pm

Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP)
Health Sector Reform Program
Prof. Hala Massekh
Head of the Central Department for Technical Support
Health Insurance Coordinator to H.E. the Minister
3, Magles El-Shaab st. , off El-Kasr El-Aini st.
Cairo, Egypt

Tel: +(20-2) 27941481/ 27924164
Fax: +(20-2) 27950597 / 27922571
E.Mail: asedky@hsrp.gov.eg

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