Assessment Of Internal Controls Support Services (AICSS)

The Assessment of Internal Controls Support Services (AICSS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is a multiple-award contract vehicle established by the Department of Homeland Security for providing professional consulting services focused on internal controls, risk management, and organizational support. The master BPA enables agencies to issue task orders for specialized professional services across a range of financial, operational, and strategic domains. Services under this vehicle appear primarily centered on supporting financial management, program analysis, risk assessment, and organizational effectiveness for federal agencies.

Guidehouse LLP (doing business as PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector) and Grant Thornton LLP Public Sector Division are the primary contractors executing task orders under this BPA, with contract values typically ranging from $1.5 million to $22 million. Task orders consistently utilize time and materials or labor hour pricing structures, with performance periods spanning two to three years. These task orders predominantly support the Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Management, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The contracts are consistently awarded without specific small business set-aside designations, and work is primarily performed in Washington, DC. The task orders cover diverse scopes including internal controls support, mission support modeling, validation and modeling support, acquisition staffing, and risk management services.