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R -- FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT SERVICES SOL OPM-RFP-96-00044JCB POC Judy Brader, Contract Specialist, 202/606-1924 Fred Chatterton, Contracting Officer, 202/606-1004. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is seeking a highly-qualified independent public accountant (IPA) to conduct full-scope financial statement audits of OPM's annual retirement, health benefits, and life insurance trust funds financial statements in compliance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act) and in accordance with Government Auditing Standards (GAS) and other applicable standards. The IPA may also be requested to provide other professional services through the use of individual task orders for tasks directly or indirectly related to OPM financial statement audits. Services that may be requested by task order include, but are not limited to, financial audits of specified line items of revolving fund and/or S&E financial statements; follow-up reviews of identified material weaknesses or issues relating to compliance with laws and regulations deemed material to OPM; actuarial and computer specialist services; financial systems reviews; and interpretation reports on complex accounting and auditing issues. A qualified firm will, at minimum, possess the following qualifications: be a certified public accounting firm (or public accounting firm licensed on or before December 31, 1970); be able to affirm that it does not have a record of substandard audit work; have no conflicts of interest arising from professional services performed for OPM during the past three years; and be able to provide details on at least one benefits program auditing engagement where the annual, organization-wide benefits program revenues exceeded $1 billion. The contract will be for a base period with options to extend for four (4) additional periods. The solicitation is expected to be released in early May 1996 and will close approximately 45-days after issue. It will contain details on a pre-proposal conference to follow shortly after release and guidance on the submission of written questions in advance of this conference. All requests for Solicitation OPM-RFP-96-00044JCB will be in writing. No telephone requests will be accepted. This procurement is being issued on an unrestricted basis. (0109)

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