APPLICATION FOR EMPANELMENT OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS FOR APPOINTMENT OF
STATUTORY
AUDITOR IN ADANI VIZHINJAM PORT PRIVATE LIMITED
Empanelment terms and conditions:
1 .
Government of Kerala (Authority) has entered into a Concession Agreement with
Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited (Concessionaire), a company registered
under the Companies Act 2013 on 17-08-2015, for development of Deepwater
International multipurpose seaport on a Design, Built, Finance, Operate and
Transfer (DBFOT) basis at Vizhinjam, which is 15 Kms away from
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of state of Kerala.
2 . As per the
Concession Agreement the Authority and the Concessionaire shall prepare a mutually
agreed panel of 5 (five) reputable firms of Chartered Accountants having their
registered offices in India. Internal Auditors and / or Concurrent auditors, if
decided by the Authority will also be selected from this panel.
3 . Eligibility Criteria for panel enlistment:
a.
Firm of Chartered Accountants with at least 5
(five) practicing Chartered Accountants on its rolls, each with a minimum
experience of ten years in the profession can only apply.
b.
The firm should have conducted statutory audit of
the annual accounts of at least one hundred companies registered under the
Companies Act, 1956, including any re-enactment or amendment thereof, of which
at least ten should have been public sector undertakings.
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 in the State (ie,
Kerala) or in an adjacent State (ie, Karnataka or Tamil Nadu) with at least 2
(two) practicing Chartered Accountants on its rolls in such State.
4 . Interested
firms meeting the eligibility criteria are required to submit an application,
which is given below showing their capability including the bio-data of all the
practicing Chartered Accountants on its rolls.
5 . Firms are
required to furnish year- wise information relating to the names of all the
companies with annual turnover whose annual accounts were audited by such firm
in any of the preceding 5 (five) Accounting years in the respective cells
provided in application.
6 . Evaluation
and Selection: 1 (one) point shall be awarded for each annual audit of the
companies with an annual turnover exceeding Rs. 100,00,00,000 (Rupees one
hundred crore) and panel will be ranked based on points. (For the avoidance of
doubt and by way of illustration, a firm which has conducted audit of the
annual accounts of any such company for 5 (five) years shall be awarded 5
(five) points).
7 . The Concessionaire shall appoint the Statutory Auditor
from the Panel of Chartered Accountants.
8 . Hard copy
of filled application along with enclosures and a CD containing the soft copy
in Excel & scanned copy of the application with enclosures should be
forwarded in sealed super scribed covers to Vizhinjam International Seaport
Limited, First Floor, Vipanchika Towers, Near Govt. Guest House, Thycaud P.O.,
Thiruvananthapuram – 695 014, Kerala on on before 14th October 2015, 4:00 pm.
If there is any difference between contents in Hard copy and Soft copy,
contents in Hard copy will be considered as final.
9 . Contact
telephone number for clarifications if any – 09447971799 / 0471- 2328613.
email: syamaravind@vizhinjamport.in
