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What is "Professional Audit Support Services"?

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### Opportunity Summary

**Title:** Professional Audit Support Services (PASS)  
**Issuing Organization:** Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)  
**Location:** Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  
**Contact Details:**  
- Name: Manon Paulin  
- Email: DFOtenders-soumissionsMPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca  
- Phone: 438-468-3247

**Project Scope and Objectives:**  
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) seeks to procure Professional Audit Support Services to enhance financial operations and compliance through various streams, including:  
1. Internal Audit Services  
2. Information Technology and Systems Audits  
3. Forensic Audits  
4. Financial and Accounting Services  
5. Recipient/Contribution Agreement Audit

The primary objectives include:  
- Providing on-demand internal audits and assessments of internal controls for financial management and reporting.  
- Conducting fraud risk assessments and detection activities.  
- Performing recipient and contribution agreement audits.  
- Offering capacity for cost analyses and accounting services, including policy development.  
- Supporting business process reviews related to SAP S4HANA.

**Important Dates:**  
- **Posted:** February 26, 2026  
- **Due:** March 19, 2026 (14:00 EST)  
- **Contract Performance Period:** Upon award until June 30, 2028

**Contract Type:** One (1) contract to be awarded under a selective tendering process.

**Security Requirements:**  
- Minimum Corporate Security Required: Secret  
- Minimum Resource Security Required: Reliability Status or Secret  
Bidders must submit proposals covering all resource categories.

**Mandatory Qualifications:**  
- Bidders must have the capability to provide resources across specified streams, which include:  
  - Partner/Managing Director (3 per stream)  
  - Project Manager/Leader (6 per stream)  
  - Senior Auditor (9 per stream)  
  - Auditor (6 per stream)

All bidders are required to possess necessary certifications for the resource categories listed.

**Preferred Qualifications:**  
- Experience with financial management policies and controls.  
- Expertise in utilizing SAP S4HANA for business process reviews.  
- Proven track record in conducting audits across the required streams.

**Evaluation Criteria:**  
- Proposals will be evaluated primarily on pricing.  
- Capability to meet the resource demands and support DFO’s operational requirements is critical.  
- Competitive advantage may be given for proven experience in similar audit support services.

**Deliverables and Performance Standards:**  
Bidders must provide resources for various initiatives through issued Task Authorizations (TAs), ensuring timely support for internal control testing, fraud management, and other DFO projects as required.

**Geographic Restrictions:**  
Opportunity is limited to service providers within Canada, specifically those capable of performing in Ottawa, Ontario.

This opportunity for Professional Audit Support Services at Fisheries and Oceans Canada presents a unique chance for qualified firms to contribute to the integrity of financial operations within the federal government.

Question 2

When is the proposal submission deadline?

Accepted Answer

The proposal submission deadline is March 19, 2026 (15 days left).

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