Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Internal Control over Financial Management (ICFM)

This tender closed on August 19, 2026, 10:00 AM ET

Buyer
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Location
Ontario
Category
Professional Services, IT & Software
Published
July 31, 2026
Closes
August 19, 2026, 10:00 AM ET

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Description

20260737/A Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Internal Control over Financial Management (ICFM)

This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders under E60ZQ-180001 who qualified under, under the National Capital region / metropolitan area, level of expertise and for the following Streams and categories:

Stream 3: Information Technology and Systems Audit

Stream 6: Financial and Accounting Services

The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal:

1. BDO Canada LLP

2. Deloitte LLP

3. Ernst & Young LLP

4. KPMG LLP

5. MNP LLP

6. OXARO Inc.

7. Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

8. Samson and Associates CPA-Consulting Inc.

9. A Hundred Answers Inc.

10. Aniko Consultants Inc., Samson and Associates CPA-Consulting Inc., in Joint Venture

11. QMR Staffing Solutions Inc.

12. Orbis Risk Consulting Inc.

THE CANADIAN INSITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING BIDS VIA SAP ARIBA.

The only acceptable email address for responses to the bid solicitation is procurement-approvisionnements@cihr-irsc.gc.ca. Bids submitted by email directly to the Contracting Authority or to any email address will not be accepted.

The maximum email file size that the Canadian Institutes of Health Research is capable of receiving is 35 megabytes. The Bidder is responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed bid due to file size.

The Bidder should be cognisant of the size of the email as a whole, and not only the attachments. Please take into consideration that some attachments, when sent, may be resized during the email transfer. If the email size is too large, the Bidder should send the bid in multiple emails properly labeled with the solicitation number, project name, and indicate how many emails are included (ex. 1 of 2).

Emails with links to bid documents will not be accepted. Bid documents must be sent as email attachments.

REQUIREMENT

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research requires individual the professional services to support CIHR's Financial Monitoring unit in completing the annual assessment of the design and operating effectiveness of Internal Control over Financial Management (ICFM), in accordance with Treasury Board policy requirements and CIHR's rotational monitoring plan.

PERIOD OF CONTRACT / DELIVERY DATE

This requirement is for a year period commencing hopefully in September 2026 until September 2027 with 4 additional 1-year periods.

SECURITY REQUIREMENT

There is a security requirement associated with this bid solicitation.

New personnel security clearance requests will require mandatory fingerprints to initiate the criminal record check. The validity of an existing personnel security clearance issued by the Government of Canada is not affected by the change in the criminal record check process. Applicants who require a personnel security clearance are responsible for all costs associated with fingerprinting.

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries of a technical and contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting Authority.

Enquiries regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing (procurement-approvisionnements@cihr-irsc.gc.ca) and should be received no later than 5 calendar days prior to the date set for solicitation closing to allow sufficient time to provide a response. Enquiries received after that time may result in an answer NOT being provided.

INFORMATION

Bidders that elect to base their bids on documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk. Late submissions will not be considered.

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada. Canadian Institutes of Health Research has made every effort to provide equivalent documents in both official languages, however, if you find any discrepancies between the English and French documents, please notify the contract officer listed in this opportunity as soon as possible so that we can rectify the situation.

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