External audit of Cultural Institutions - RFT 05/2020

This Request for Tender seeks tenders from qualified audit firms capable of performing the external audits of five (5) cultural institutions on behalf of the Auditor- General for NSW (Auditor-General).

The Auditor-General (the Principal) will enter into a contract in the form of the ‘Agreement to Provide Auditing Services’ (the Head Agreement) with the successful tenderer to provide external audit services to the Principal. 

For the audits with a 30 June year-end, the contract will cover the audits of the financial years ending 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2023 with an option to extend for the 30 June 2024 and 30 June 2025 financial years. For the audit of the National Art School, the contract will over the audits of the financial years ending 31 December 2020 to 31 December 2022, with an option to extend for the 31 December 2023 and 31 December 2024 financial years.

NSW Regions: South East Sydney

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

• Contract Award Notices:
  • CNTR0010593  PROSPERITY ADVISERS AUDIT SERVICES PTY LTD

To access additional information referred to in the RFT, tenderers will need to sign and return the Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement to procurement@audit.nsw.gov.au. 

Upon receiving the signed agreement, the Audit Office will release the additional information.

It is a mandatory requirement to complete an online Third Party Information Security self-assessment by the tender closing date.

For tenderers that have previously submitted a self-assessment, please contact procurement@audit.nsw.gov.au to request access to review, update and re-submit your previous survey response.

The self-assessment only needs to be completed once by a tenderer, even if tendering for multiple requests for tenders.

The need to complete a Third Party Security Assessment may be waived if a tenderer has previously completed it in the last 12 months. This is at the sole discretion of the Principal and Tenderers will be advised when they send through their contact details. 

For tenderers that have never completed the Third Part Information Security self-assessment, please forward the following details to procurement@audit.nsw.gov.au to obtain access to the online self-assessment survey:

- Company Name

- ABN

- Name and email address of the person who will complete the on-line assessment. 

If you have any questions, please contact procurement@audit.nsw.gov.au.

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