SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Auditing Services
- Notice Date
- 7/22/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541211
— Offices of Certified Public Accountants
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, USDA, FSA, KCAO, ASD, P. O. Box 419205, Kansas City, MO, 64141-6205
- ZIP Code
- 64141-6205
- Solicitation Number
- KCAO-05-07
- Response Due
- 8/8/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2005
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Service Agency (FSA) intends to issue a solicitation for auditing services. The solicitation will be for a firm-fixed price contract. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a revised Circular A-123, Management?s Responsibility for Internal Control, dated December 21, 2004, that is effective beginning in FY 2006. Appendix A of the revised Circular A-123 requires the heads of certain federal agencies to annually document and assess internal controls over financial reporting and report the results in a management assurance statement similar to that required of publicly-traded companies by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Appendix A provides a framework for management?s use in appropriately documenting, assessing and reporting on conclusions reached in evaluating an agency?s internal controls over financial reporting. Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) staff members will provide the Contractor with CCC?s existing internal controls documentation. Based on a project plan approved by CCC, the Contractor shall use a CCC-approved commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) automated tool to assess CCC?s existing documentation, identify internal control gaps, perform a gap analysis, test CCC?s internal controls over financial reporting, prepare report on the effectiveness of CCC?s internal controls over financial reporting, and document the corrective action process. The Contractor shall also document the assessment process for evaluating the overall effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Large business concerns shall comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan. Selection: The offer selected will represent the ?best value? to the government considering both technical evaluation and value offered by the offeror. Minimum requirements: 1. CPA firm that has documented experience in auditing financial statements of governmental entities of similar size and complexity, or 2. CPA firm or consulting firm that has documented experience in evaluating internal controls over financial reporting of governmental entities of similar size and complexity, or 3. CPA firm or consulting firm that has documented experience implementing requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for public companies. POINTS OF CONTACT: Steven Prado, (816) 926-6759, steven.prado@kcc.usda.gov. Copies of the solicitation may be obtained by e-mailing or faxing your request, including name, mailing address, telephone number, and fax number to (816) 926-1782 Attn: Steven Prado, Contract Specialist.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Services will be performed in Kansas City, MO and Washington, D.C.
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN00852667-W 20050724/050722211650 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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