Rec_for_Award_-_RFP_24-20_Financial_Audit__Related_Services.pdf
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This document is a recommendation for award memorandum from the Tampa Sports Authority (TSA) for Request for Proposal #24-20 for Financial Audit & Related Services. The RFP was released on June 17, 2025, with proposals received by 2:00 p.m. that day, and distributed through multiple platforms including Demandstar, VendorLink, TSA website, NAACP, Hillsborough County, City of Tampa's Office of Supplier Diversity, and Stadium Managers Association. The Selection Committee evaluated and ranked five accounting firms based on six criteria, with Rivero Gordimer & Company receiving the top ranking. The intended contract will be awarded to Rivero Gordimer & Company effective October 1, 2025, covering fiscal year 2025 audits, with a three-year initial term and one optional two-year renewal, contingent on satisfactory service.
The evaluation criteria included personnel ability (35 points), client references and local availability (25 points), proposed cost (20 points), work approach (10 points), overall RFP responsiveness (10 points), and D/MBE participation (5 points). The Selection Committee, comprised of Luciano L. Prida Jr. (TSA Board Member & Committee Chair), Sabrina McAdoo (City of Tampa Accounting Operations Manager), Tom Fesler (Hillsborough County Chief Financial Administrator), and David Byrne (VP of Finance and Administration in an advisory capacity), determined they had sufficient information to rank the proposals without conducting interviews. The final rankings showed Rivero Gordimer & Company at 102.33 points, Saltmarsh CPAs, Inc. at 99.02 points, and CLA at 98.89 points, with the top-ranked firm recommended for the contract.
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TO: Finance Committee, Tampa Sports Authority Board of Directors, Tampa Sports Authority
FROM: Deltecia Jones, Procurement Manager
DATE: June 30, 2025
RE: Recommendation for Award – RFP #24-20 (Financial Audit & Related Services, TSA)
Please be advised that sealed proposals regarding the above-referenced service were received on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 2:00p.m. Requests for Proposal were released to multiple proposers through posts on Demandstar, VendorLink, the TSA website, NAACP, Hillsborough County, the City of Tampa - Office of Supplier Diversity and Stadium Managers Association.
The Selection Committee collectively ranked the firms as follows:
RFP 24-20 FINAL RANKINGS
FIRM COMMITTEE RANKING RANKING
Rivero Gordimer & Company 102.33 1 Saltmarsh CPAs, Inc. 99.02 2
CLA 98.89 3
Carr, Riggs & Ingram 98.00 4 Citrin Cooperman 93.56 5
The rankings were based on the following evaluation factors and/or criteria with possible points.
Evaluation Criteria Maximum Awarded Points
1. Ability of personnel, experience, ability to furnish required services. 35
2. Responses to client references (reputation, professionalism), and local availability (presence, allocation of resources to this engagement.) 25
3. Proposed cost to Authority 20
4. Proposer’s understanding of and approach to the work to be performed for TSA 10
5. Overall responsiveness to RFP 10
6. D/MBE participation 5
The Selection Committee indicated that they had all the information they needed to evaluate the proposals, therefore they opted not to conduct interviews, as was permitted in the RFP. Therefore, the rankings shown above are the final rankings of the committee.
Based upon the Selection Committee’s rankings, it is the Tampa Sports Authority’s intent that a contract will be awarded to Rivero Gordimer & Company effective October 1, 2025 (initially covering FY-2025 audits) for a three (3) year annual term with one (1), two (2) year renewal option based on the Tampa Sports Authority receiving proper service and cooperation from the selected individual/firm. Any alteration or change of terms or conditions, including billing rates, as specified in the contract will be considered a modification to the contract that requires the mutual consent of both parties.
Bids Evaluated By: Luciano L. Prida, Jr. – TSA Board Member & Committee Chair Sabrina McAdoo- City of Tampa Accounting Operations Manager Tom Fesler- Hillsborough County Chief Financial Administrator
David Byrne, VP of Finance and Administration (Served in an advisory capacity) cc: RFP File
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