Department of the Treasury, Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks, 250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219

B -- PROVIDE AN ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT Sol CC-96-R-0001, POC John P. Plott, Contracting Officer (202) 874-5040. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a Bureau of the Treasury Department, requires a contractor to perform an annual audit, including compliance reports, recommendations and financial statements and an evaluation of OCC's systems of internal controls and a conformance review of OCC's financial management/accounting systems. These requirements shall be conducted in accordance with Treasury's Guidelines for Section 4 of the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA). Financial records in the OCC Headquarters Office, located in Washington, DC, and financial records in a direct office (to be determined) shall be audited and reported upon by the contractor. The contract shall consists of a base period, running from midyear 1996 through midyear 1997, and four one-year option periods. The contractor's project manager must be a certified public accountant (CPA) and have five years of audit and accounting experience which includes banking regulatory agencies and/or federal government corporations. The other members of the team either must be CPA qualified or must have completed all the courses required to take the CPA examination, and must have three years of audit and accounting experience which includes banking regulatory agencies and/or federal government corporations. The OCC will evaluate the past performance of each proposing company, as well as the qualifications, knowledge, and work experience of the persons proposed to fill the key positions of the contract. Substitutions for the project manager and team members will not be allowed once the evaluation process begins, unless the Contracting Officer determines that it is in the best interests of the Government to allow a substitution. The proposed contract will be a firm-fixed price contract. Solicitation CC-96-R-0001 is anticipated to be released by the middle of March 1996. All requests for a copy of the solicitation must be made in writing, addressed to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks, Acquisition Services, (4-13), 250 E. St., S.W., Washington, DC 20219, Attention: John P. Plott. Telephone requests will not be honored. (047)

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