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Invitation of
Expression of Interest
for
Empanelment of Auditors to Carry out Audit of Digital Addressable
Systems
06.04.2022
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhavan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg (Old Minto
Road), New Delhi – 110 002
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Index
Sl.
No.
Section Description Page
No.
1 Section-I Notice Inviting Proposals for Empanelment of
Auditors to carry out Audit of Digital
Addressable Systems
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2 Section-II Instructions to prospective Audit Agencies 6
3 Section-III Terms of Reference (ToR) for Empanelment
of Auditors to carry out Audit of Digital
Addressable Systems
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4 Appendix-I Format for submitting application 15
5 Appendix-II List of CA/CS/Cost Accountant
Professionals/Graduate Engineers
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6 Appendix-III Undertaking – Clause by Clause Compliance 22
7 Appendix-IV Undertaking – Independence 23
8 Appendix-V Undertaking – Blacklisting 24
9 Appendix-VI Undertaking – Well-versed 25
10 Appendix-VII Evaluation Criteria for All-India
empanelment Or For Empanelment in more
than one Zones / Local (Special) Area
26
11 Appendix-VII-A Evaluation Criteria for Zonal level
empanelment
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12 Appendix-VII-B Evaluation Criteria for Local level
empanelment
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13 Appendix-VIII Details of TRAI’s office where proposal needs
to be submitted
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SECTION-I
Notice Inviting Proposals for Empanelment of Auditors to carry out
Audit of Digital Addressable Systems
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as “TRAI” or the
“Authority”), Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhavan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg (Old Minto Road),
New Delhi – 110002, invites proposals from eligible companies/Limited Liability Partnerships
(LLP)/Partnership firms/proprietorship firms registered with the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India (ICAI) as audit firm (hereinafter referred to as the “Audit Agency” or
“Applicant”) for empanelment in the panel of Auditors to carry out audit of Digital Addressable
Systems in accordance with the regulatory framework for digital addressable systems comprising
of the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Service Interconnection (Addressable
Systems) Regulations, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “Interconnection Regulations, 2017”),
the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Standards of Quality of Service and
Consumer Protection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “QoS
Regulations, 2017”) and the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Eighth)
(Addressable Systems) Tariff Order, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “Tariff Order, 2017”)
dated the 03rd March, 2017, including all subsequent amendments made thereto.
2. The empanelment shall be on one of the following basis:-
(a) All-India covering all states, union territories and zones
(b) Zones ( covering areas as defined below):-
(i) North Zone (comprising Delhi (including Areas served by Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida,
Faridabad and Gurgaon), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh)
(ii) Central Zone (comprising Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh (excluding
the Ghaziabad and Noida) and Uttarakhand)
(iii)West Zone (comprising Haryana (except the local areas served by Faridabad and
Gurgaon Telephone Exchange), Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chandigarh, Daman &
Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Lakshadweep)
(iv)East Zone (comprising West Bengal, Kolkata, Bihar, Jharkhand, North-East
(Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura), Assam,
Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands)
(v) South Zone (comprising Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Tamilnadu, Chennai, Odisha
and Puducherry)
(vi)South-West Zone (comprising Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Goa,
Mumbai)
Note: An applicant is free to operate in one or more State(s)/ Union Territory(ies) or Zones.
However, in this case applicant has to meet eligibility criteria as defined for the individual
state/UT/ Zone, as the case may be.
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(c) Special Areas (State/Union Territory) :-
(i) NER or North-Eastern Region (comprising the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura),
Note: An applicant is free to operate in one or more State(s) in a Special area.
(ii) J&K (comprising the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir)
(iii)Ladakh (comprising the Union Territory of Ladakh)
(iv)A&N (comprising the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
(v) Lakshadweep (comprising the Union Territory of Lakshadweep Islands)
3. The Auditors empaneled for one Zone or Special Area (State/ Union Territory) will not
be eligible to audit a DPO who has any operations or headend outside the said Zone or Special
Area.
4. The Audit Agency shall meet the following eligibility conditions for empanelment in the
panel of Auditors:-
(a) It shall be a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013, OR an LLP registered
under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, OR a Partnership Firm registered
under the Partnership Act, 1932, OR a proprietorship firm registered with ICAI as an
audit firm.
(b) It shall have, in the immediate two preceding financial years, a minimum average annual
turnover of:-
(i) Rupees Fifty Lakhs only (Rs. 50,00,000/-), for All-India empanelment or for
empanelment in more than one Zones;
(ii) Rupees Twenty Five Lakhs only (Rs. 25,00,000/-), for Zonal level empanelment; and
(iii) Rupees Five Lakhs only (Rs. 5,00,000/-), for Local level empanelment.
(c) It shall have a minimum experience of one year, either on its own or through any of its
partners/employees, in:-
(i) audit of Digital Addressable System (DAS) [Subscriber Management |