A Call for External Auditor
Date:- 25 February 2026
Subject:- A Call for an External Auditor
Issuing Office:- FSD Ethiopia Office
Closing Date:- 10 March 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Financial Sector Deepening Ethiopia (FSD Ethiopia) is a non-profit development agency that aims to strengthen the financial sector ecosystem in Ethiopia by addressing constraints to an effective, transparent, stable, and inclusive financial system. FSD Ethiopia is registered under Civil Societies Proclamation No. 1113/2019 and works alongside public, private, and development partners to help build a functional and effective financial sector that generates economic gains for individuals and businesses.
FSD requires the services of an external auditing firm to perform the audit of the Financial Statements for the period ending 31st March 2025. The selected company will be expected to serve for a period of three years as per the Agency for Civil Society Organization (ACSO) rules and regulations. Therefore, eligible audit firms are invited to participate by submitting the following documents:
- Company profile
- Trade license (renewed for the current year)
- Certificate of competence from the Accounting and Auditing Board of Ethiopia and Certificate of registered by AABE
- Evidence of experience/ knowledge/ qualification on IPSAS standards
- Audit fee to be charged, by clearly including any applicable taxes
- Consent/ Agreement with FSD Ethiopia TOR time period for audit completion, and
- List of staff members who will be deployed in the audit and their profiles
Bids must be submitted in two separate sealed envelopes: one for the technical proposal and one for the financial proposal. A full proposal document should be submitted to the FSD Ethiopia office on or before 10 March 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Bids will be opened on March 10, 2026 at 10:00 am. Eligible bidders will be contacted and receive further information from our Procurement department during working hours before the closing date. Bidders can collect the TOR from the FSD Ethiopia Country office, located at;
Address: 6th Floor, Giant Eagle Building,
Mexico Square, Roosevelt St, Next to Sudan Embassy
Kirkos Sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
FSD Ethiopia reserves the right to modify the date and time, to reject or accept any bid and to cancel the bidding process and reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to bidders.
