Recovery - 9 Cost Incurred Performance Audits

TAS 49-09/13-0301

GSA Schedule #: GS-23F-0004U

The purpose of this Task Order is to engage a Contractor(s) to provide audit services to conduct cost incurred performance audits for up to eleven separate NSF award recipients. The contractor shall prepare a quote that includes up to eleven distinct audits and will result in distinct audit reports which will be tailored to each audit awardee in SOW:

Audit #1 - Stanford University
Stanford University is located in Stanford, CA. The Institution currently has 504 active NSF awards totaling 329,243,413. This includes 41 ARRA awards totaling 32,862,235 and cumulative expenditures of 246,539,949 as of June 30, 2012.

Audit #2 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is located in Blacksburg, VA. The Institution currently has 503 active NSF awards totaling $190,678,815. This includes 47 ARRA awards totaling $23,305,422 and cumulative expenditures of $113,096,547 as of June 30, 2012.

Audit #3 - Indiana University
Indiana University is located in Bloomington, IN. The Institution currently has 371 active NSF awards totaling $178,210,874. This includes 29 ARRA awards totaling $11,895,553 and cumulative expenditures of $112,913,356 as of June 30, 2012.

Audit #4 - University of Florida
The University of Florida is located in Gainesville, FL. The Institution currently has 458 active NSF awards totaling $181,193,689. This includes 38 ARRA awards totaling $19,216,469 and cumulative expenditures of $112,420,263 as of June 30, 2012. The FY 2011 Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133 audit identified findings related to the application of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) exemptions and the methodology used to apply fringe benefit pool rates to cost transfers. The finding related to CAS exemptions was also reported in the FY 2010 report.

Audit #5 - Florida State University
Florida State University is located in Tallahassee, FL. The Institution currently has 219 active NSF awards totaling $274,896,450. This includes 26 ARRA awards totaling $32,518,532 and cumulative expenditures of $201,959,679 as of June 30, 2012. The FY 2011 Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133 audit identified findings related to application of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) exemptions and application of auxiliary service charges to R&D grants. The finding related to CAS exemptions was also reported in the FY 2010 report.

Audit #7 - Michigan State University
Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, MI. The Institution currently has 416 active NSF awards totaling $377,824,606. This includes 33 ARRA awards totaling $17,982,862 and cumulative expenditures of $295,913,477 as of June 30, 2012.

Audit #8 - University of Washington
University of Washington is located in Seattle, WA. The Institution currently has 796 active NSF awards totaling $500,484,824. This includes 71 ARRA awards totaling $40,708,402 and cumulative expenditures of $367,691,107 as of June 30, 2012.

Audit #9 - Columbia University
Columbia University is located in New York, NY. The Institution currently has 635 active NSF awards totaling $406,491,333. This includes 54 ARRA awards totaling $35,396,345 and cumulative expenditures of $ 285,339,899 as of June 30, 2012. The 2011 Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133 audit identified that one transaction charged to an NSF award included a charge related to alcohol, which is unallowable.

Audit #11 - University of California - Berkeley
University of California - Berkeley is located in Berkeley, CA. The Institution currently has 754 active NSF awards totaling $578,244,343. This includes 58 ARRA awards totaling $34,350,435 and cumulative expenditures of $440,445,461 as of June 30, 2012.

Each audit shall be a Cost Incurred Performance Audit that shall be conducted in accordance with the standards applicable to performance audits contained in Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), 2011 revision, or the most current version, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, specifically Chapters 1 through 3, and Chapters 6 and 7.