EU EXTERNAL AID AUDIT TENDER – EU ENLARGEMENT

BY KEITH NUTHALL INTERNATIONAL accounting firms have been asked to tender for contracts to audit external aid programmes managed by the European Commission, focusing on European Union (EU) membership applicants such as Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria. A maximum of three firms will be offered contracts from either of two 'lots' of work, one commanding annual budgets of Euro 1 million and the other Euro 2 million. Brussels wants to issue contracts for an initial 36 months, with the possibility a 1 year renewal. Deadline for tenders - March 20. ...


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