Request for Proposal: Audit services

Close Date: August 31, 2023 at 12:00pm (NL time)

Introduction

Food First NL Inc. invites you to submit a proposal for our annual audit starting fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. Contract period: next three fiscal years starting 2023-2024.

About Us

Food First NL works with communities in Newfoundland and Labrador to advance everyone’s right to food in Newfoundland and Labrador. Food First NL’s Vision is a province where everyone can eat with joy and dignity.

We are a provincial, non-profit organization that collaborates with a network of 300 like-minded organizations and individuals to improve food security in NL. Further information can be found at www.foodfirstnl.ca/

Food First NL’s first fiscal year will end on March 31, 2024. Food First NL has 13 full time and one part time employee. Bookkeeping is managed in-house and records are kept in Sage 50. Food First NL has an approximate operating budget of $1.5M and does not engage in fundraising.

Service Requirements

  • ASNFPO financial statements audit;

  • Management letter;

  • Presentation of audit findings to the Board on or before August 31 each year;

  • Advice regarding any and all changes in accounting and reporting requirements;

Proposal Contents

• Firm’s experience with the not-for-profit and social enterprise sector;

• List of individuals responsible for the audit;

• One or more references from a current not-for-profit client;

• Fee structure for services.

Food First NL reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, and the lowest or any proposal will not necessarily be accepted.

For further information please contact: Joshua Smee, CEO, josh@foodfirstnl.ca

Submit your proposal online by August 31, 2023 at 12:00pm (NL time):

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVG8aGNS3MwajfjBwT0mmJagibw-nbzDs7AcnH6ctQKl_b8g/viewform