NASA Headquarters, Acquisition Division, Washington, DC 20546 Attn:CW/Verron M. Brade

R -- ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITS OF NASA AND ADVISORY SERVICES SOL D-14125 POC Verron M. Brade tel: 202/358-0517 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a requirement to obtain an independent public accounting firm to provide the necessary audit and advisory services resulting in annual financial statement audits of NASA for fiscal years (FY) 1996-2000. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) may also request that the contractor provide other assistance and advisory services to NASA as necessary. It is expected that the contract will be indefinite-delivery/indefinite- quantity (IDIQ) for a five (5) year period of performance with no options; the first three (3) fiscal years will be listed as one contract line item number (CLIN) while the fourth and fifth years will each be listed as separate CLINs. The minimum contract value will be based upon the negotiated price for the FY 1996 through FY 1998 financial audit statements. Additionally, the Government may also issue time-and-material delivery orders to obtain advisory services (excluding the financial statement audits) to assist the Inspector General and the Chief Financial Officer in carrying out the responsibilities of the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990. These advisory services may include but are not limited to 1) interpretation and application of accounting principles and standards developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Board; 2) improvements in the preparation and auditability of NASA's financial statements; 3) enhancements to the form and content of NASA's financial statements; 4) reviews of internal controls; 5) development of financial management performance measures; and/or 6) research, analysis, and technical guidance on accounting and financial management issues. The following labor categories will be ordered under this portion of the effort: partner, audit manager, senior auditor, staff auditor, and junior accountants. This procurement will have a subcontracting goal of 30% to small businesses; the applicable SIC code is 8721. NASA intends to issue RFP No. D-14125 on or about December 1, 1995; firm date for the receipt of offers will be stated in the Request for Offers (RFO). This procurement is being conducted under the NASA idRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993. All requests for copies of the RFO should be submitted to Verron Brade, NASA Headquarters, Code CW, 300 E. St., SW, Washington, DC 20546. Requests may be faxed to (202) 358-3080 or sent via E-mail to vbrade@proc.hq.nasa.gov. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ENTERTAINED. The solicitation will be made available over the Internet; these documents will be in ASCII format and reside on a World-Wide-Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers such as MOSAIC. The WWW address, or URL, of the Headquarters Acquisition Division home page is: ''http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/acquisition/bizops.htm'' (without quotations). Other documents related to this procurement (e.g., June 1994 edition of the Government Auditing Standards and Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 1992, 1993, and 1994) will be available at the NASA Headquarters Reading File in the Library located at the west end of the first floor. (0318)

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