Internal Audit Contract

Tender description

UK Anti-Doping is a non-departmental public body accountable to Parliament through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. UK Anti-Doping is the UK National Anti-Doping Organisation and provides testing services as well as case management, anti-doping intelligence and education services. UK Anti-Doping seeks to appoint a suitable independent and experienced Internal Auditor to provide the Audit Committee and Accounting Officer with assurance on the efficiency, economy and effectiveness of policies, practices and controls at UK Anti-Doping. This Contract will be for an initial 3 year term. Tenderers should note that the incumbent contractor provides 50 internal audit days per annum. The successful tenderer will be required to provide in accordance with relevant UK Institute of Internal Auditors Standards and Guidance and HM Treasury Government Internal Audit Standards: • A detailed Internal Audit plan & strategy which reflects UK Anti-Doping’s risks and priorities; • Undertake Internal Audit services as agreed with Audit Committee and Accounting Officer in order to provide assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, in particular in relation to the Statement of Internal Control in the Statutory Accounts; • Attend Audit Committee meetings and provide an annual internal audit report; • Pay particular attention to the effective operation of controls to prevent fraud; • Undertake such other work as the Audit Committee may authorise. This will constitute an addition to the scope of services above as included in the pricing schedule under the specific projects heading. Respondents should address the following areas, and provide instances wherever possible: Technical Competency • Evidence of competency to undertake internal audit function in a public sector grant making body. This should relate to both the experience of the firm overall and key individual members of the audit team. • Ability to call on specialist auditing skills and relevant level security cleared personnel as required by the audit programme e.g. intelligence, IT; value for money and fraud prevention; procurement; human resources; information data security, etc. • Details of key staff to be engaged in the audit programme, including brief CV and seniority Audit Approach and Methodology • Brief description of your overall approach to internal audit • Extent of your reliance on a risk based approach • What is your understanding of the main issues driving UK Anti-Doping? • What is your analysis of the major risks facing UK Anti-Doping • Describe your approach to audit assignments • Procedures for ensuring confidentiality of files and information relating to the audits undertaken • Proposals for reporting effectively the outcomes of Internal Audit work back to UK Anti-Doping • Procedures for involving UK Anti-Doping in any staff change regarding the team allocated to UK Anti-Doping