Bids are hereby invited for the following: Appointment of a Panel of Service Providers to Provide (Co-Source) Internal Audit and Forensic Services to the Department of Cooperative Governance as and when required for a period of 36 months. Scope of work: The appointed service providers will be required to fulfil the following functions as and when assigned by the Chief Audit Executive: - Perform audits and forensic investigations services as per assignment and under the management of the Internal Audit function; - Perform audits according to the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (ISPPIA) and Internal Audit Activity(IAA) methodology; - Monitor and evaluate performance of team members on audit projects; - Perform quality assurance reviews for the projects; - Use DCoG in-house Internal Audit methodology; - Write and present audit reports to the management which were subjected to audit through the office of the Chief Audit Executive; - Write and present investigation report to the management which were subjected to investigation through the office of the Chief Audit Executive; - Perform business process analysis and suggest best practices for improvement of the IAA; and - Attend planned meetings with Chief Audit Executive or his/her delegate and relevant managers when required; - Forensic and ad-hoc services will be performed when a request is received from management, these services will be requested on an ad-hoc basis. Required at: 87 Hamilton Street, Arcardia, Pretoria, 0001. (Tender №110456195)