U.S. Department of Energy, Document Control Specialist, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-1615

R -- FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT SUPPORT SERIVCES SOL DE-RP01-98IG00087 POC Benjamin Lardizabal, Contract Specialist, (202) 426-4560, Craig S. Frame, Contracting Officer Provide the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DOE-wide professional audit services which conform to the requirements of the current version of Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements, Government Auditing Standards,and the DOE Office of Inspector General Audit Manual. The contractor shall perform financial statement audits and will be responsible for (1) an opinion, or disclaimer of opinion, as appropriate on the financial statements; (2)conducting an evaluation of and preparing a report on the internat control structure; (3) conducting an evaluation of and preparing a report on the entity's compliance with laws and regulations expected to have a material effect on the financial statements under audit; and, (4) preparing a management letter describing internal control deficiencies not considered to be material weaknesses or reportable conditions. The contractor shall also perform other financial-related audits including, but not limited to (1) audits of certain specified portions of financial statements (2) attest services related to providing opinions on special purpose financial statements (3) perform agreed upon procedures on specified accounts and balances in connection with the Audit of the Department's Consolidated Financial Statements related to Pensions and other Post-Retirement Benefits, Environmental Liabilities and Nuclear Materials and Strategic Petroleum Inventories, and (4) performing agreed upon procedures for reviews of computer-based accounting and other management information systems; reviews of suspects fraud or illegal acts; special reviews of other Departmental contractor records; and, other special purpose reviews are required by OMB or other laws or regulations. Additionally, the contractor will conduct work performance audits to provide an independent assessment of the performance of a government organization, program, activity, or function in order to provide information to improve public accountability and facilitate decision-making by parties with responsibility to oversee or initiate corrective action. Work performance audits will address the entity's economy and efficiency and program management. All work will be performed under specific work orders which will identify all required deliverables, including workpapers, draft and final reports. The resulting contract awarded under this solicitation will require that the prime and subcontractor employees obtain unique DOE security clearances for those personnel assigned under the contract. The contract will require the following positions: Project Manager, Managers/Partners, Financial Audit Quality Control Specialists, Performance Audit Quality Control Specialists, Senior Financial Auditors, Senior Performance Auditors, Staff Auditors -- Financial, Staff Auditors -- Performance, Junior Auditors, Actuary Specialists, Oil and Gas Measurementand Valuation Consultant, and, Nuclear Materials Management and Measurement Consultant. The contractor will provide audit support to all three Office of Inspector General Regional AuditOffices located in Albuquerque, NM (Western Region), Oak Ridge, TN (Eastern Region) and Germantown, MD (Capital Region). To reduce travel expenses in responding to a work order, the following cities are to be utilized by the contractor as hubs when conducting audits of DOE locations and contractors: San Francisco, CA, Denver, CO, Chicago, IL, Albuquerque, NM, Las Vegas, NV, Tulsa, OK, Richland, WA, and Oak Ridge, TN. The firm may offer and justify other cities which are near the requested hub cities. This acquisition is unrestricted and is under Full and Open Competition. A single, Fixed Rate-Labor Hour type contract is contemplated consisting of one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods. The incumbent contractor is KPMG Peat Marwick. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation is expected for release on or about October 15, 1997. The solicitation will solely be available for downloading on the Internet from the "Current Business Opportunities at HeadquartersProcurement Operations "home page" located at address http://www.pr.doe.gov/solicit.html. No paper copies of the solicitation will be made available. Prospective offerors that do not have the electronic capability to download the solicitation should submit a written request (no fax) to the Document Control Specialist (HR-543) for a diskette copy of the solicitation. The requestor must include a self-addressed stamped envelope and a MS-DOS formatted high density 3 1/2" virus free diskette suitable for download of the electronic solicitation. Offerors who fail to submit an appropriate diskette and self-addressed stamped envelope will not receive the solicitation. It is the responsibility of prospective offerors, after receipt of the solicitation, to notify the Document Control Specialist of their intent to propose. Without such notification, prospective offerors will not be informed when amendments and other solicitation-related information is posted on the Internet. (0252)

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