The City of Winter Park, Florida, is seeking external auditing services through a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the City and its Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). The procurement is for a three-year fixed-fee contract to perform annual financial and compliance audits for fiscal years ending September 30, 2025, 2026, and 2027. The comprehensive audit must cover six major funds: General Fund, CRA Fund, COVID-19 Fund, Capital Projects Fund, Water and Sewer Fund, and Electric Services Fund. Auditors must conduct the work in accordance with governmental auditing standards set by the Comptroller General of the United States, the Uniform Guidance, and the Florida Auditor General. Key deliverables include completed audits by March 30 following each fiscal year, with fieldwork to be performed in January and February. The proposal submission deadline is August 19, 2025, at 2:00 pm, with an optional pre-proposal meeting scheduled for July 23, 2025, at 9:30 am. The City anticipates awarding the contract on September 24, 2025, through an evaluation committee that may request oral presentations from potential vendors. The RFP requires respondents to be a CPA-licensed firm with extensive governmental auditing experience and a clean peer review. While no specific set-aside designations are mentioned, the City seeks a qualified firm capable of handling a combined annual budget of $233,500,000 for an organization with approximately 550 full-time employees. The current auditor, Forvis Mazars LLP, was paid $65,000 for recent audits, which may provide a benchmark for the expected contract value. Proposing firms must submit detailed information about their organization, project staff, references, and a comprehensive fee proposal covering the three-year contract period. The procurement appears open to qualified accounting and auditing firms with demonstrated expertise in municipal and governmental financial auditing, with the selection likely based on a combination of technical expertise, experience, and proposed fee structure.
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