CARTA Audit Services

The Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority (CARTA) is soliciting proposals from Certified Public Accountants to perform auditing services. The audit services will be over a three-year period, with an optional two-year extension. The first year of auditing will cover the fiscal years ending on June 30, 2024, and 2025, respectively. These services are to be performed in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the standards set forth for financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Super Circular.

In January of 2024 Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), Yolo Transportation District (YoloTD), and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), created a joint powers authority (CARTA) to serve as tolling authority for the Sacramento region. While SACOG, YoloTD, and Caltrans are CARTA's initial members (and have voting seats on its board), CARTA was designed to expand membership to Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA), Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA), and El Dorado County Transportation Commission (EDCTC) as the toll network grows. Each of these three (3) agencies has a non-voting seat on the CARTA board. All six (6) agencies actively participate in the CARTA Technical Advisory Group (TAG), an interagency executive group that oversees and guides the development of CARTA’s work. For more information about CARTA, p lease visit our website at https://carta.ca.gov.

To date, CARTA’s operations have been entirely funded by $2.6 million in loans from SACOG, along with a federal pass-through grant. The Yolo 80 Express Lanes is CARTA’s first toll facility and is scheduled to begin collecting toll revenue in summer 2028. Once the Yolo 80 Managed Lanes project opens to revenue service, traffic and revenue studies show that the project is forecasted to cover all operating costs. The Yolo 80 grant funds, including $86 million in federal Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) and $105 million in state Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP), are held by Caltrans. CARTA is in the process of procuring a Toll System Integrator Services (TSI). The TSI provider will operate and maintain the toll systems. The anticipated full-service contract will include design, install, and maintain toll infrastructure, and operate the system to collect and process toll transactions on CARTA's behalf.

CARTA is currently being managed by staff at the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Yolo Transportation District, and Caltrans District 3, with SACOG providing administrative and finance support. CARTA anticipates hiring an Executive Director by July 1, 2027.