Internal Audit QAR (Quality Assessment Review)
This Request for Proposal (RFP) is being issued by the University of Kentucky to invite qualified
and responsible firms to submit proposals to perform an External Quality Assessment Review
(QAR) of the Universitys Internal Audit Department.
Within the institution, the department of Internal Audit (IA) reports to the Executive Vice President of
Finance and Administration and the Audit Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees.
It is the intent of the University of Kentucky to contract a firm to measure the compliance of IA
through a QAR following the guidelines and requirements of the external assessment as defined by
the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). The contracted firms performance will be measured by the
quality of the work delivered and a final presentation.
