Empanelment of CA Firms for Audit of Projects of Development of MLCP Pune Airport

Empanelment of Chartered Accountant Firms for the services of Statutory Audit and Associated Activities related to the Projects of Development of Multi Level Car Parking (MLCP) at Pune Airport.

Airports Authority of India (AAI), has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) for Empanelment of Chartered Accountant firms for the works related to- ‘Development of Multi Level Car Parking with Integrated Commercial on DBOM Basis (construction cum license to operate & maintain) at AAI Airports on Blended Financing Model’

The Proposed Empanelment shall be for five years and extendable on mutual agreement. Mere Empanelment of any agency against this E0I shall not in any way guarantee any work/assignment.

Last date of Application
The last date of receipt of application shall be 15th April 2025 at 1100 hrs.

Important Dates

Before empanelment, firms may clarify doubts if any or obtain any information from this office on any working day.

Dy. General Manager
Commercial Department
Airports Authority of India
Administrative Block
Pune International Airport.
Pune-411032
Email: comml.pune@aai.aero

The Scope of work:
The scope of work will include the audit and verification of Developer’s Book of account/sub accounts in respect of the following activities:

1. Books of accounts recording all its receipts, assets and liabilities, in accordance with Development Agreement, Good Industrial Practice, Applicable Laws and Applicable Permits.

2. To verify Developer’s Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement and Profit and Loss Account, for the Project.

3. Review of Draft Financial Statements. To check the books of account (Tally Data)/Manual Cash Book with the Draft Financial Statement

4. Checking and Verification of various records

Eligibility Criteria:
a. the firm should have conducted statutory audit of the annual accounts of at least one hundred companies registered under the Companies Act, 1956/2013, including any re-enactment or modification thereof, of which at least ten should have been public sector undertakings;

b. the firm should have at least 5 (five) practicing Chartered Accountants on its rolls, each with a minimum experience of ten years in the profession;

c. the firm or any of its partners should not have been disqualified or black -listed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India or the Authority; and

d. the firm should have an office each in the state where Project exist or in an adjacent State with at least 2 (two) practicing Chartered Accountants on its rolls in such State.

e. The firm shall not have any conflict of interest with the Concessionaire/Developer and shall not be engaged in any assignment with the Concessionaire/Developer which shall form the conflict of interest.

Mutually agreed panel
i. The Authority shall, after considering all relevant factors including the comments, if any, of the DEVELOPER, finalise and constitute a panel of 5 (five) firms which shall be deemed to be the mutually agreed Panel of Chartered Accountants.

ii. After completion of every 5 (five) years from the date of preparing the mutually agreed Panel of Chartered Accountants, or such earlier period as may be agreed between the Authority and the DEVELOPER, a new panel shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of Development Agreement .

Appointment as Statutory Auditor by the Developer
(i) The Developer shall appoint, and have during the subsistence of the Development Agreement as its statutory auditors, a firm chosen by it from the mutually agreed panel/list of 5(five) reputed firms of Chartered Accountant.

(ii) The firm shall not have any conflict of interest with the Concessionaire/Developer and shall not be engaged in any assignment with the Concessionaire/Developer which shall form the conflict of interest. An undertaking shall be furnished to AAI by the firm before appointment/firming up of mutual Agreement with the Developer.

Payment for the assignment
All the fees/cost/charges (including all taxes, GST) associated with the services to be provided by appointed statutory auditors shall be paid by the Respective Developer of the Project on mutual agreement basis. AAI shall not be responsible for any payment related issue for the engaged Chartered Accountant Firms. AAI shall not be liable/responsible for the office setup and other related infrastructure requirement of the appointed statutory auditors

How to Apply
(i) The interested AAI empanelled agencies shall forward their application along with documents for Eligibility criteria stipulated.

(ii) The envelope shall be sealed marked with Bidder’s name and labelled as Submittals (in original) for “Empanelment of Chartered Accountants Firms for the services of Statutory Audit and Associated Activities related to the Projects of Development of Multi Level Car Parking (MLCP) at Pune Airports.

(iii) The envelope containing hard copies (as per Clause 4 and Annexure) shall be addressed to:

ATTN. OF ADDRESS:

Dy. General Manager
Commercial Department
Airports Authority of India
Administrative Block
Pune International Airport.
Pune-411032. Email: comml.pune@aai.aero

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