Basic Information

Reference Number

0000145000

Issuing Organization

ONTARIO PENSION BOARD

Solicitation Type

RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal)

Solicitation Number

2019-001-FIN/lc

Title

External Audit Services

Source ID

PU.OTH.ON.682763.C100252

Agreement Types

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement(CETA)

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Details

Location

Canada, Ontario, Toronto

Purchase Type

Duration: 5 years
Option: option to extend for up to 2 periods of up to 2 years each

Description

This Request for Proposals (the “RFP”) is an invitation by the Ontario Pension Board (“OPB”) to prospective proponents to submit proposals for external audit services, as further described in Section B of the RFP Particulars (Appendix D) (the “Deliverables”).

OPB seeks an experienced External Audit service provider who has demonstrated financial audit knowledge and expertise in the defined benefit pension plan sector. On an annual basis, the service provider will provide external audit services for OPB financial statements, approximately nine (9) subsidiary financial statements and twelve (12) operating cost statements.

The Partner responsible for the audit team must have a CPA, CA designation and be a licensed public accountant with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in providing financial audit services; and the Partner responsible for the audit team must have demonstrated experience in the defined benefit pension sector.

Dates

Publication

2019/03/11 03:18:44 PM EDT

Bid Intent

Not Available

Question Acceptance Deadline

2019/03/26 04:00:00 PM EDT

Questions are submitted online

Closing Date

2019/04/16 03:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Michelle Zhu

416-601-5556

michelle.zhu@opb.ca

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Physical Bid Submission

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