NIGP 94620: Auditing

NIGP 94620 Auditing, an Item code, encompasses independent financial statement audits, compliance audits, internal audits, forensic reviews, and specialized auditing services that state and local governments procure to fulfill statutory audit requirements, evaluate internal controls, assess regulatory compliance, and support governance oversight. Recent solicitations show a broad mix of audit types: external financial statement audits across counties, cities, school districts, and special districts; Single Audits addressing federal funding compliance; internal audits of specific operational areas; construction audits; payroll audits; PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) facility audits; and specialized reviews such as sales tax recovery audits and claims audits for healthcare plans. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under the code include county governments (Tooele County Utah, San Mateo County California, Beaufort County South Carolina, Milwaukee County Wisconsin, Effingham County Georgia), cities (Sarasota and Fort Worth Texas, Hampton Georgia, Gulfport Mississippi, McKinney Texas, Savannah Georgia), school districts and educational entities (Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Pecan Valley Centers Texas, Spindletop Center Texas, Texas Tech University System, Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School Massachusetts), transit and special-purpose authorities (Orange County Transportation Authority California, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Florida, Ontario International Airport Authority California), state departments (Colorado Department of Personnel, Texas Facilities Commission, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Education Agency, Texas Department of Agriculture, Massachusetts Department of Correction), workforce boards and community organizations (Workforce Solutions North Texas, Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area, Texoma Community Center Texas), and higher-education institutions (City Colleges of Chicago, California School Finance Authority, Texas Comptroller programs). The code sees activity across numerous states, with recent opportunities concentrated in Texas, California, Florida, Colorado, Washington, Georgia, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.

Representative recent opportunities include Tooele County Utah's RFP DF26-28 for external audit services with proposals due August 15 2026, seeking a single-award certified public accounting firm for a one-year initial term plus four option years; the State of Colorado Department of Personnel's sole-source procurement for ARPA compliance monitoring and closeout services under federal recovery funds, with capabilities statements due July 21 2026; Sarasota Bay Estuary Program's RFP for external audit services covering fiscal years ending September 30 2026 through subsequent years plus optional renewals, due August 6 2026; Orange County Transportation Authority's RFP 250352 for sales tax audit and recovery services on a five-year tiered-percentage-of-recovery basis, due July 14 2026; Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission's RFQ 458-E260682 for internal audit services with HUB subcontracting requirements, due August 12 2026; Milwaukee County's RFP RFP2026001 for countywide audit services and Single Audits covering five fiscal years 2026–2030, due August 7 2026; Lane Council of Governments Oregon's RFP FY27-004 for annual financial statement audits with mandatory CPA qualifications and five-year local government experience, due July 22 2026; Illinois Department of Human Services' IFB 27444DHSCONTOB53178 for enhanced audit services supporting executive inspector general investigations with 4% BEP participation goals, bids due July 28 2026; and City of Fort Worth's RFQ 2027 for Transportation Impact Fee Program financial audit covering approximately $285 million in collected revenues, due July 23 2026.