USAID/El Salvador, Office of Contracts and Grants, APO AA 34023

R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL El Salvador 00-003 DUE 121799 POC Norma Penado, Tel: (503) 298-1666, Fax: (503) 298-2155, E-mail: npenado@usaid.gov WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd, http://www.info.usaid.gov. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, npenado@usaig.gov. The United States Agency for International Development(USAID) Mission in El Salvador is seeking applications (Standard Form 171 or OF612) from an interested individual to work under a Personal Services Contract (PSC) as Auditor, dealing with the Central America and Caribbean Reconstruction Supplemental Appropriation. This USPSC Auditor will be responsible for technical direction of financial audits of roughly $300 million in supplemental appropriation funding allocated to activities in Honduras. The Contractor will have office space and a computer located in USAID/Honduras. The Auditor will have significant responsibility for providing training to audit firms and the Honduran Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) who will be performing audits on behalf of the OIG. The Auditor will also direct the efforts of one FSN PSC Auditor. The position is available for two years. Applicants may be U.S. citizens and U.S. residents only. Work Objective is to provide expert auditing and management services to RIG/San Salvador on the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the above described program. This position is critical to the overall success of RIG/San Salvador's strategy for providing audit coverage of the emergency supplemental appropriation. The Auditor will need to be self-motivated, energetic, and results-oriented to perform successfully this position. This position has been classified at a U.S. Government GS-14 level, which has a salary range of U.S. Dollars ($63,567-$82,638) per year. The actual salary of the successful candidate will be negotiated within this range depending on qualifications and previous earning history. The Contractor should have: (1) A university degree with at least 24 hours of accounting. Substantial experience in financial audits of USAID funds may be substituted for the requirement for 24 hours of accounting. An advanced degree in accounting, public administration, business administration, or a related field is desirable. Professional certification as a certified public accountant or a similar certification (by exam only) is also desirable; (2) A minimum of eight years of auditing experience is required. Substantial experience in financial audits of USAID funds is desirable; (3) The Auditor must have a through understanding of the General Accounting Office's Government Auditing Standards and be able to use professional judgment to apply them in diverse situations. The Auditor must have very strong interpersonal and management skills in order to accomplish the statement of work by working through RIG/San Salvador staff, USAID mission staff, private accounting firms, SAIs, DCAA, and USAID partners. The Auditor will work under the general direction of the Regional Inspector for Audit and will report directly to the Non-Federal Auditor Coordinator. The USPSC Auditor will be a part and will be supervised by RIG/San Salvador, but the assigned duty station will be Tegucigalpa, Honduras. RFP-519-00-003 will be available on or after November 18, 1999. Interested persons may receive a copy by written request only; i.e., fax (503)298-2155 or letter to Contracting Officer, USAID/ES/OCG, AMEMBASSY-USAID, Unit 3110, APO AA 34023. Although it will not take the place of the hard copy distribution, the preferred method of distributing USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by written request of the solicitation. This CBD notice can be downloaded using the Agency Web site. The worldwide Web address is: http://www.info.usaid.gov./procurement_bus_opp/procurement/ Select USAID Office Of Procurement, Announcements, Solicitations and Resources then select Commerce Business Daily (CBD) for present CBD notice or after November 18, 1999. Receipt of this RFP through Internet must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document that it has been received from internet in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Posted 11/03/99 (W-SN397561). (0307)

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