Call for External Audit Service

Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development (PADD) or Bread for the World (BftW) is an international development agency owned by the Protestant Churches in Germany based in Berlin. One of its offices is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, registered as an international NGO with the Federal Republic of Ethiopia Charities and Societies Agency, registration number 1295. BftW works through various faith-based and secular civil society partners worldwide with whom they share similar values. The main thematic areas of BftW are (1) new poverty and hunger crises, (2) Climate Change, (3) violence and fragility, (4) women’s rights and empowerment, and (5) digital change.

Its sister organization Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH), is tasked with emergency relief and disaster response.

Although PADD is providing financial support for its partners in the Horn of Africa region since the 1970s, it executes its project through partner organizations; PADD opened its Office in Addis Ababa in 2009. PADD works with more than 40 partners in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan.

PADD has three different projects.

• One is designed for its office running (Overhead or Administration project),
• the second account is used to provide capacity building for its partner organizations, and
• the third one is assigned for emergency relief activities.

OBJECTIVES 

PADD is looking for a reputable Audit Firm to undertake the audit of its account for the period ended December 31, 2025, 2026 and 2027. Authorized Audit Firm with appropriate license from authorized government offices are invited to submit their proposal consideration.

As needed, the agreement with the awarded audit firm might be renewed for the next two fiscal years.

THE AUDITORS SHALL RENDER THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:

• Audit the financial records for the year ended December 31, 2025, 2026, 2027 of PADD.
• Conduct the audit in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing standards, Ethiopian Charities and Societies Agency’s auditing requirements and applicable local regulations.
• Ensure that the audit encompasses tests on financial controls; safeguarding of assets; compliance with established PADD’s policies and procedures; compliance with relevant national laws and regulations.
• Provide an Audit Report in accordance with International Public-Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and local statutory requirements and in accordance with the reporting standards expressed in relevant PADD’s Policies and procedures.
• Express opinion as to the reasonableness of the financial statements in all material respects.
• Include in the audit report an opinion on compliance with procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance of detecting misstatements due to errors or fraud that are material to the financial statements.
• Inform PADD office management if the financial statements appeared to have been miss-stated because of material errors or fraud.
• If required, request PADD office management to provide written confirmation or oral presentations during the course of the audit on matters relevant to the financial statements.
• Complete the assignment in the time stipulated in the engagement letter.
• Submit the list of auditors to be deployed for this audit before the start of the audit.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Applicants must declare any financial or otherwise interest, direct or indirect, which may affect the impartiality of any obligations the successful Tenderer owes to PADD.  Tenderers should notify PADD at the time of submitting a Tender if they consider there to be a conflict of interest.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

1. Language skills: English for reporting
2. The firm’s Profile
3. Renewed Business license (as Financial Consultancy or Audit Firm)
4. Certificate of Professional Competence from the Office of the Federal Auditor General or the respective Authority.
5. Professional license (as Financial Consultancy or Audit Firm)
6. Chartered Accountants registration certificate
7. Tax Identification/Tax Payer Certificate (TIN)
8. Value Added Tax (VAT) Certificate
9. Experience in auditing iNGOs and fulfilling the requirements of CSA and AABE
10. Experience in auditing financial statements prepared in accordance with IPSAS
11. The proposal should demonstrate the firm’s qualifications and the particular staff assignments and availability to complete the audit on a timely basis
12. Estimated number of days to complete the audit
13. The audit firm should demonstrate auditing at least for five years of experience in auditing
14. The financial proposal should present the cost breakdown, including taxes.

Those interested in audit firms or financial consultancy firms who fulfill the above minimum qualifications can submit technical and financial proposals no later than November 24, 2025 (No Exception).

Note:

1. solomon.kebede@padd-africa.org and zinaye.alemu@padd-africa.org
2. financial proposal must be submitted in person to PADD’s office in a sealed envelope.

PADD physical address is the following:

Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development/Bread for the World

Horn of Africa Regional Office

Around Besrate Gebriel Church, next to Save the Children Bldg, near Togo Embassy, All Africa Conference of Church Building (3rd Floor)

Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City

Woreda 03-0665 St.

House No. 330 

Telephone: Office: +251 113 85 13 11/12/13