Financial Statement Audits 2021-2023 Tranch 1

The Auditor-General and the staff of the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) play an important role in the process of public accountability by providing the Parliament, the Executive, and Management with an independent assessment of the operations of public sector organisations. The ANAO’s Executive and staff are located in Canberra.
The ANAO provides its principal client, the Parliament, with approximately 50 published audit reports annually. These reports include performance audits and financial statement audits. The ANAO also has a close working relationship with the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) which reviews the audit reports on a quarterly basis.
In addition, the ANAO provides audit services to about 260 audit client entities, including a number of commercially oriented entities. The majority of these clients prepare financial statements under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth) (PGPA Act). The audit reports on the financial statements of these clients are published in the clients' annual reports, which are tabled in Parliament.
Financial Statement Audits are generally undertaken under the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997 (Cth) (Auditor-General Act) and the PGPA Act.
These audits are undertaken in accordance with the ANAO Auditing Standards set by the Auditor-General in accordance with section 24 of the Auditor-General Act 1997 (as amended from time to time).

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) is seeking the services of suitably qualified and accredited organisations for provision of services for the audit of the financial statements, and review of the half year financial statements of:
1. Australian Federal Police, including:
a. Australian Federal Police ACT Community Policing - Statement of Financial Performance; and
b. Australian Federal Police ACT Community Policing - Statement of Performance
2. Comcare
3. Seacare Authority
4. Australian Electoral Commission
5. Defence Housing Australia
6. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; and
7. Australian Fisheries Management Authority.
A detailed statement of the required services (Services) is contained in the Statement of Requirement (SOR) Part 2 – Statement of Requirement of this Request for Tender (RFT).
Tenderers are reminded of the requirements relating to auditor appointment, independence and rotation in Part 2M.4 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act), when the audit is of a Corporations Act body