Quotations are hereby invited for the following: Assistance with draft budget, IDP and analytical review – 2024/2025. Scope of work: Draft Budget planning assistance: 1. Review of historical Budget vs Actuals analysis, and provide advice on the amounts budgeted; 2. Guidance on suggested checklist and quality check of budget data. Draft Budget capturing assistance: Primary Budget and Balance sheet budgeting assistance: 1. Evaluate primary budget data strings and assist in identifying appropriate mSCOA classifications per segment in accordance with applicable version of mSCOA Chart; 2. Analyzing of new mSCOA Chart and adopting budget data string updates accordingly; 3. Creation of new data strings for the Final budget (where necessary); 4. Capture primary Final budget on the system, in line with municipality requirements; 5. Alignment of primary budget data strings to the appropriate balance sheet control accounts; 6. mSCOA compliance analysis of primary budget; 7. Assistance in accurate reporting within required reporting formats and as per municipality classifications. Secondary Budget and Cash Flow Budgeting assistance: 1. Evaluate secondary budget data strings and assist in identifying appropriate mSCOA classifications per segment in accordance with applicable version of mSCOA Chart; 2. Creation of new data strings for the draft budget (where necessary); 3. Capture secondary draft budget on the system, in line with municipality requirements; 4. Alignment of secondary budget data strings to the appropriate balance sheet control accounts; 5. mSCOA compliance analysis of secondary budget; 6. Assistance in accurate reporting within required reporting formats and as per municipality classifications; 7. Funded budget assessment based on information available and ensure the budget is funded. Budget finalization assistance: 1. Capturing of budget Balance Sheet opening balances; 2. Guidance provided on budget opening balances based on information available; 3. Assistance with budgeting for VAT per applicable mSCOA and MFMA Circulars; 4. Ensure budget is in balance; 5. Ensure the cash flow is in balance. A Schedule Generation, NT Uploads, Verifications: 1. Evaluate and correct if any validation errors have been identified on LG Database; 2. Reconciliation of the A-Schedule to the data-strings (where necessary). Other: 1. Ensure skills is transferred to the budget team; 2. Address treasury assessment findings. (Тендер №101646834ru)