NIGP 94631: Certified Public Accountant (Cpa) Services

NIGP 94631 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Services is an Item code. State and local governments solicit CPA services across a broad spectrum of audit, attest, and advisory work—financial statement audits for municipalities and special-purpose entities, Single Audits under federal Uniform Guidance, internal control assessments, compliance testing, forensic audits, tax compliance examinations, and specialized engagements such as Medicare cost reporting, unclaimed property auditing, and managed care organization (MCO) financial analysis. Recent opportunities show demand concentrated in traditional financial statement audits for cities, counties, and state agencies, along with growing volume in specialized compliance and risk-assessment work for state healthcare and workforce programs. Issuing bodies span state departments (comptroller offices, health and human services commissions, departments of licensing and regulation, lottery operations), counties, municipalities, school districts, special-purpose authorities (utility companies, community health centers, workforce boards), and independent entities (state boards, state hospitals). Texas state agencies—particularly the Comptroller of Public Accounts, Department of Licensing and Regulation, and Health and Human Services Commission—are standout repeat buyers, each issuing multiple solicitations in the June–April 2026 timeframe for audit, attestation, and monitoring services.

Geographic spread reflects concentrated activity in Texas, with secondary clusters in Georgia (Burke County, McDonough, Americus, Stone Mountain, and the City of Albuquerque) and emerging activity in Florida, Washington, Arkansas, Nevada, Mississippi, and Oregon. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Comptroller's RFP 240h (posted July 1, 2026, due March 11, 2026) for financial statement audits and policy compliance attestation for the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company managing $167 billion in assets; the Texas Comptroller's RFP 240q (posted June 30, 2026, due July 13, 2026) for independent audits of the Education Savings Account Program serving 95,934 students with $824.5 million in awards; the Texas Department of Public Safety's request for qualifications (posted June 29, 2026, due July 6, 2026) for financial viability assessments of Compassionate Use Program cannabis licensees on an as-needed, no-minimum basis; Burke County Board of Commissioners' RFP (posted June 25, 2026, due August 5, 2026) for annual independent audits across five fiscal years with fixed fees and no escalation clauses; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's RFQ HHS0016852 (posted June 3, 2026, responses due May 18, 2026) establishing Master Contracts with a pool of audit providers for MCO audits with a $22.5 million cumulative compensation cap and post-selection work-order pricing; the City of Stone Mountain, Georgia RFP (posted June 15, 2026, due June 30, 2026) for four-year municipal audit services; and the Washington Department of Revenue's unclaimed property audit RFP (posted April 16, 2026, due June 15, 2026) with compensation structured at ten percent of property recovered. Texas HUB subcontracting plan requirements and VetHUB participation goals (ranging from one percent to 23.7 percent depending on contract value and agency) appear across multiple Texas solicitations. Evaluation criteria typically weight technical qualifications, experience, and past performance at 60–85 percent, with cost ranging from 15–40 percent, and many jurisdictions reserve the right to negotiate scope and fees with the highest-ranked proposer after selection based on qualifications alone.