Consultancy Services - Monthly Payroll, Social Tender - 58536857

Procurement Summary

Country: Iraq

Summary: Consultancy Services - Monthly Payroll, Social Security & Tax Calculations

Deadline: 18 Oct 2021

Posting Date: 13 Oct 2021

Other Information

Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 58536857

Document Ref. No.: HAI-IRQ-2021-ITB-014

Competition: ICB

Financier: Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

CPV Classification

79221000 - Tax consultancy services
79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

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Tender Details

Request for proposals are invited for Consultancy Services - Monthly Payroll, Social Security & Tax Calculations

SCOPE OF WORK

A. The Selected Advisory firm shall demonstrate experience and knowledge in legal consultation on companies

and organizations taxation specially the calculation of tax at source to be deducted from staff salaries based

on prevailing salaried slabs under labor laws in KRG and Federal Iraq. The selected firm shall also present

the authorized licenses to perform the service as licensed practitioners.

B. Proposals shall address the following areas:

(One-Time assignment/Tasks as 1st

Phase services)

 Assessment/Review:

i. Review the organization-s existing payroll setup.

ii. Review and audit previous related payroll deductions such as tax withholdings, social security and

other required deductions for the organization-s employees in the KRG area and the Iraqi Central

Government area and all required submissions made to authorities.

 Evaluation/Identify gaps:

i. Identify gaps based on the above performed reviews.

ii. Develop a corrective action plan based on the identified gaps.
 Provide an Assessment Report on Review

i. Provide a written report for management to review findings and identified gaps.

ii. Provide advisory opinion by recommending next steps or corrective action plans.
 Provide Ongoing support including: (Retainer ship Services/Tasks as 2nd Phase services)

i. Generating project wise payroll data through a system generated/e-payroll mechanism.

ii. Assembling monthly calculation of related payroll deductions such as tax withholdings, social

security and other required deductions for the organization-s employees in the KRG area and the

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Iraqi Central Government area with all required paperwork for submission to authorities.

iii. Process annual tax assessment paperwork to reconcile monthly/quarterly payment declarations

with year-end liabilities.

iv. As necessary and authorized, represent HAI to relevant government authorities; and

v. As necessary and authorized, provide ad hoc advisory services on other tax matters related to

compliance with Iraqi law.

C. HAI will evaluate bids based on the firm-s ability to meet the description of services needed, total cost of

services for assessment phase and retainer ship costs for 1st year, experience/reputation for providing tax

advisory services in Iraq, customer support history, and favorable contractual terms.

D. Preference will be given to firms that provide services for both KRG and Federal (Baghdad, Kirkuk, Mosul &

Basra). The selected firm would enter into a contractual relationship with HAI initially for six months; however,

all services requested by HAI would be done on an “as needed” basis to support operations.

E. No revenue is guaranteed from this contract and HAI reserves the right to use other vendors, if necessary.

Proposals should include the following information:

i. Profile of the firm and Curriculum Vitae of associated Advisors/Consultants.

ii. Demonstration of experience in handling the range of tax issues described above.

iii. All proposals shall provide sufficient pricing detail to permit a reasonable analysis of the bidder-s

proposal. Firms can include pricing based on per hour, per payroll cycle, per month, or other pricing

model.

iv. List of clients with contact information for at least two international organizations/companies who could

speak to HAI about the firm-s experience.

v. Illustrative examples of the firm-s recent experience (last 12 months) handling complex tax compliance

issues for clients.

vi. Draft of a firm-s engagement letter or services contract including the full name of the authorized

signatory; and

b). other relevant information as deem necessary to review overall process
Rfp Issued August 31st, 2021

Respondents Questions Due October 14th, 2021

Answers to Questions October 17th, 2021

Rfp Due October 18th, 2021

Documents

 Tender Notice