441 - Financial Audits for 5 Entities

This requirement is open only to those Audit and Related Services Supply Arrangement (SA) Holders qualified under Stream 1 – Financial Audit under the SA369 series of SAs. The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a bid:

1. Welch LLP
2. Deloitte LLP
3. Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Consulting Inc.
4. Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
5. KPMG LLP
6. BDO Canada LLP
7. Samson & Associates CPA/Consulting Inc.
8. Aniko Consultants Inc., Samson & Associates CPA/Consulting Inc. in Joint Venture
9. Ernst & Young LLP


Description of the Requirement:

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) is conducting annual audits of the financial statements of five (5) entities - Standards Council of Canada, Canadian Museum of Nature, National Museum of Science and Technology, Telefilm Canada and National Gallery of Canada.
The OAG requires Contractors to provide an audit team(s) to perform audits and deliver working papers as described in the Statement of Work in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), the Canadian Standards on Quality Management (CSQM1 and CSQM2) and Contractor audit and documentation standards.
The RFP is intended to result in the award of five (5) Contracts, one for each audit entity. Bidders may submit a proposal to satisfy the OAG’s requirements for one, some or all of the audits described herein.

Level of Security Requirement:

Resource Minimum Security Level Required - Reliability

The work performed under this Contract will be at the Reliability Status and the deliverables associated with the completion of the work detailed in this document will be up to Protected B.

Applicable Trade Agreements:

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), the Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Canada–Colombia Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Canada–Honduras Free Trade Agreement, the Canada–Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Canada–Panama Free Trade Agreement, the Canada–Peru Free Trade Agreement, the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement, and the World Trade Organization–Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-GPA).

Proposed period of contract:

The initial contract period runs from the date of award to July 31, 2026, with two (2) irrevocable optional one (1)-year extensions.

File Number: RFP 441
Contracting Authority: Soo Yeon Cho
E-Mail: suppliers@oag-bvg.gc.ca

Note: The Audit and Related Services Request for Supply Arrangement is an ongoing opportunity for qualification solicitation. For suppliers who wish to find out how they can become a qualified supply arrangement holder, please see the ongoing opportunity for qualification solicitation posted on CanadaBuys (https://canadabuys.canada.ca/en/tender-opportunities/tender-notice/cb-4734-12859618).