| R -- FY09 Annual Financial Audit Statement |
| Program Summary |
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| Title: |
R -- FY09 Annual Financial Audit Statement |
| GovCB Opps ID : |
ADP12065267480000733 |
| Document Type: |
Modification to a Previous Notice |
| FSC Code: |
R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services
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| Set Aside: |
Total Small Business |
| Solicitation No.: |
SAQMMA08R0199 |
| Source: |
http://www1.fbo.gov/spg/State/A%2DLM%2DAQM/A%2DLM%2DAQM/SAQMMA08R0199/Modification%2001.... |
Place of
Performance: |
Address: 1700 N. Moore Street Suite 720 Arlington, VA, 22209 Postal Code: 22209 Country: UNITED STATES
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Posted Date:
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Mar 25, 2008 |
| Last Update: |
May 21, 2008 |
| Due Date: |
Apr 03, 2008 |
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| Description |
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General Information
| Document Type: |
Modification to a Previous Notice |
| Solicitation Number: |
SAQMMA08R0199 |
| Posted Date: |
Mar 25, 2008 |
| Original Response Date: |
Jun 02, 2008 |
| Current Response Date: |
Apr 03, 2008 |
| Original Archive Date: |
Apr 18, 2008 |
| Current Archive Date: |
Apr 18, 2008 |
| Classification Code: |
R -- Professional, administrative, and management support services |
| Set Aside: |
Total Small Business |
| Naics Code: |
541211 -- Offices of Certified Public Accountants |
Contracting Office Address
Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, P.O. Box 9115 Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA, 22219, UNITED STATES
Description
Nature and Volume of the Proposed Work
To perform the 2009 U.S. Department of State (Department) financial statements audit OIG needs the services of a certified public accounting firm that has professionally qualified personnel with experience in CFO audits and is able to dedicate full time, federally-experienced professional staff members from early July 2009 to early December 2009. The Department?s assets total about $45 Billion and its annual budget exceeds $30 Billion.
The contractor shall:
? Determine and report on whether the financial statements and related notes present fairly, in all material respects, the assets, liabilities, and net position; net costs, changes in net position, and budgetary resources, in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
? Perform appropriate procedures consistent with AICPA Auditing Standard AU Section 558, "Required Supplementary Information," on all Required Supplementary Information included in the Department?s FY 2009 consolidated financial statements.
? Determine whether risk-assumed information (including projections of pensions) is presented fairly in all material respects, in accordance with the requirements of the Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) No. 5, and any subsequent revisions. If a specialist is used for this work, the auditor shall comply with guidance in AU Section 336, ?Using the Work of a Specialist.?
? Assess whether the other accompanying information, or its manner of presentation, is materially consistent with the information in the Annual Statements.
? Evaluate and report on internal control and the internal control environment related to the FY 2009 consolidated financial statements for the Department. This should include, but not be limited to, obtaining an understanding of the components of internal control, assessing the level of control risk relevant to the assertions embodied in the classes of transactions, account balances, and disclosures components of the financial statements, and performing tests of the Department?s internal controls.
o Review information system general and application controls in the Department?s applications that are significant to the financial statements to the extent necessary to (1) conclude whether general controls are properly designed and operating effectively, (2) consider application controls as part of the internal control assessment in the financial statement audit, and (3) support the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) assessment.
? Obtain an understanding of the process by which the agency identifies and evaluates weaknesses required to be reported under the Federal Managers? Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) and related agency implementing procedures. Compare material weaknesses disclosed during the audit with those material weaknesses reported in the agency's FMFIA report that relate to the financial statements. If material weaknesses were disclosed during the audit that were not reported in the Department?s FMFIA report, auditor will determine whether the failure to detect and report material weaknesses constitutes a significant deficiency or material weakness in the entity?s internal control. In order to address this objective, auditor should obtain information on the Department?s efforts to implement OMB Circular A-123, Appendix A.
? Perform tests of compliance with laws and regulations that could have a direct and material effect on the Department?s FY 2009 financial statements, including FFMIA.
? For allocation transfers, coordinate early with ?child? agencies to ensure that adequate audit coverage will be provided.
? Determine whether the special-purpose financial statements and accompanying notes present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, net costs and changes in net position, in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the presentation requirements set forth in the Treasury Financial Manual (TFM), Chapter 4700.
? Obtain an understanding of internal control over the financial reporting process for the special-purpose financial statements and perform tests of those controls.
? Perform tests of compliance with TFM Chapter 4700.
? Assess the reasonableness of FY 2009 retirement, health, and life insurance withholdings/contributions, and employee headcount information provided to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), as required by OMB Bulletin 07-04. Comply with any additional guidance issued by either OPM or OMB during FY 2009.
The contractor must demonstrate that it has successfully performed agency-wide financial statement audits of large highly complex and decentralized agencies, and issued unqualified auditors? opinions on time and in full compliance with all federal government and professional standards. It must have had these audits assessed by the Government Accountability Office to give assurance that they complied with the GAO/PCIE FAM on these audits.
Also, the contractor must demonstrate (1) its qualifications to assess the effectiveness of the Department?s information systems control environment; (2) that its IT specialists have a thorough working knowledge of FISCAM; (3) experience auditing a government agency with multiple financial management systems; (4) past experience in successfully transitioning to be the new auditor of a large complex agency; (5) experience in auditing pension funds and working with actuaries; (6) experience auditing agencies with a significant amount of grant activity; and (7) experience auditing working capital funds.
All personnel assigned to the audit must have Secret security clearances.
Location of Work
Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Area and other domestic and foreign locations including developing states. The Department has embassies, consulates, and other posts in over 260 locations, and processes financial data in Washington, D.C., Charleston, S.C., and Bangkok, Thailand. Auditors will need to perform work at 8 to 10 overseas locations.
Responses shall be ten pages or fewer.
Delivery of Responses
One (1) hard copy and one (1) soft copy of the responses in either PDF or Microsoft Word format, shall be delivered by 1:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time, on April 3, 2008 to:
Hand delivered copies to:
U.S.Department of State
Office of Acquisition A/LM/AQM
1701 N. Fort Myer Drive
Attn: Frederick Washington
Room 200
Arlington, VA 22209
CORRECTION:
This modification/amendment hereby corrects the closing/due date of this sources sought notice to read "One (1) hard copy and one (1) soft copy of the responses in either PDF or Microsoft Word format, shall be delivered by 1:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time, on April 3, 2008."
There are no other changes to this document.
Original Point of Contact
Frederick Washington, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-875-4985, Fax 703-875-4985, Email washingtonfj@state.gov - Frederick Washington, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-875-4985, Fax 703-875-4985, Email washingtonfj@state.gov
Current Point of Contact
Frederick Washington, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-875-4985, Fax 703-875-4985, Email washingtonfj@state.gov
Place of Performance
| Address: |
1700 N. Moore Street
Suite 720
Arlington, VA, 22209 |
| Postal Code: |
22209 |
| Country: |
UNITED STATES |
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