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Audit of Financial Statements for the Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Recipient: The Kyrgyz Republic

Project: Development of an automated information system for categorization of taxpayers' “taxpayer rating” and a module of digital profile of a taxpayer in the Kyrgyz Republic

Procurement: Audit of Financial Statements for the Project

Reference number: STS-CS/LCS-1

The Kyrgyz Republic has received a grant from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (hereinafter – the “EFSD”) in the amount of USD 1,450,000 (one million four hundred fifty thousand United States dollars) to finance the project “Development of an automated information system for categorization of taxpayers ‘taxpayer rating’ and the module of digital profile of a taxpayer in the Kyrgyz Republic” (hereinafter – the “Project”) and intends to use part of the proceeds for payment of consulting services. 

The consulting services (hereinafter – the “Services”) include conducting an audit of the Project’s financial statements for the period from July 30, 2024, to June 30, 2026.

A more detailed description of the Services is provided in the Terms of Reference attached to this Request for Expressions of Interest.

The total estimated level of effort for the Services is 22 (twenty-two) person-days (for key experts), starting from the date of contract signing.

The Project Implementation Unit (PIU) under the State Tax Service under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic hereby invites eligible consulting firms to submit their Expressions of Interest for the provision of the above-mentioned Services. Interested firms shall provide information demonstrating that they meet the qualification criteria set out below.

Qualification requirements: 

• The Auditor shall be authorized to practice in the Kyrgyz Republic and apply internationally recognized auditing standards. The Auditor shall have sufficient and qualified personnel with relevant professional experience, including experience in auditing entities comparable in nature, scale, and complexity.
• The Auditor shall have at least 5 (five) years of experience in providing financial audit services in the public sector. Experience in public sector audit services includes not only audits of government institutions, but also audits of projects financed by the government.
• The Auditor shall have completed at least 3 (three) assignments of similar nature and scope in auditing financial statements of projects financed by international financial institutions (IFIs) within the last 5 (five) years.

The procurement will be conducted using the Least Cost Selection (LCS) method in accordance with the Procurement Policy for EFSD-financed projects (revised November 2018) and the Procurement Procedures for EFSD-financed projects (revised November 21, 2018), available on the EFSD website. [1].

For additional information, interested firms may contact the address below by phone or email during working days from 09:00 to 18:00 (Bishkek time). 

Expressions of Interest must be submitted in written form in English or Russian and delivered in person or by courier service no later than 18:00 (Bishkek time) on March 3, 2026, to the address below.

Contact information:

Project Implementation Unit under the State Tax Service under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic

Aijamal Adieva, Head of the PIU

Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, 92/1 Akhunbaeva Street, office 319

+996 312 51 39 18, +996 550 310 312

aijamal_adieva@bk.ru,

www.sti.gov.kg

[1] https://efsd.org/about/documents/policies_and_procedures/