SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Technical Quality Assurance Critique of Audit Reports
- Notice Date
- 5/6/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration Center, = 300 S. Jackson Street, Denver, Colorado 80209
- ZIP Code
- 80209
- Solicitation Number
- 741-12-03
- Response Due
- 5/20/2003
- Archive Date
- 6/19/2003
- Point of Contact
- Contracting Officer - Teresa Thomas, Contracting Officer, (303) 33= 1-7500
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Teresa Thomas
(teresa.thomas2@med.va.gov)
- Description
- The Contractor will develop reports and other correspondence that sha= ll undergo quality assurance reviews or critiques for technical accuracy, shall include Financial Accounting and Review Office (FAO) audit/consultant reports, survey debriefs, and related planning documents as well as associated memorandums or letters. The Contractor will perform technical critiques (i.e., quality assurance reviews, revisions and improvements) to audit/consultant reports for compliance with professional auditing standards and return critiqued documents (resultant product) that must be legible, sufficient, complete, and accurate in accordance with GAO and other industry standards. The Contractor will provide technical quality assurance edits/reviews, which must take into account technical requirements of condition, cause, effect, and criteria. The Contractor must assess the strengths and weaknesses of the report contents, messages, and structure. The Contractor must check the design and organization of reports to ensure they address the information requirements of FAO=92s clients or customers. The Contractor should use professional judgment to analyze whether the documents (reports, memorandums, letters, etc.) are coherent. The Contractor should also analyze if the documents have a tendency to =93bury=94 critical information, or to overload the reader with information that is of equal value. The Contractor must offer suggestions as well as classroom and individual training to staff relative to quality assurance, assessment/ improvement of reports and other correspondence. This effort will require the Contractor to coordinate with FAO=92s grammatical editor on an as needed basis. The Contractor must ensure the contents, evidence, support, accuracy, and logic of the reports are in accordance with GAO and AICPA standards.=20 The GAO standards are taken from the GAO Yellow Book on Government Auditing Standards. These standards include but are not limited to ensuring: (1) Written report findings communicate the results of each audit/consultant project, (2) reports are issued to make the information available for timely use by management, and other interested parties, (3) reports contain objectives, scope and methodology, (4) significant findings, and where applicable, conclusions are adequately and accurately reported and (5) reports present all significant instances of noncompliance and all significant instances of abuse (as well as illegal acts) properly that were found during the review effort. The Contractor will determine through appropriate questions if information in written briefs and reports are supported by proper evidence and work papers. The Contractor will examine written findings for technical accuracy and support; discuss details and circumstances related to each finding with appropriate auditors/personnel, and make appropriate revisions to reports and other documents based on those discussions. The revisions to the reports as well as the final reports and other correspondence should be prepared electronically and submitted for official publication. Contractor should ensure: evidence used in reports is based on logical and carefully designed methodology; satisfactorily resolves the review objectives/questions; and all computations and comparisons are mathematically accurate. All work to be performed at the Financial Assistance Office in Silver Spring, MD. The Contractor must be commuting distance to the VHA Financial Assistance Office in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Contractor is required to respond to face-to-face onsite discussions/meetings, within two (2) hours. The Contractor must have references, which must be included in the bid package. The Contractor must have: Bachelors degree in Accounting, and at least 10 years experience in auditing. . The contractor is to complete the contracted services/products no later than one (1) year after award.=20 The contractor is to provide all necessary sub-contractors. All travel and per diem shall be reimbursed in accordance with VA Federal Travel Regulations and must be reviewed and approved by the FAO Director prior to execution.
- Web Link
-
RFP 741-12-03
(http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=3D741-12-03)
- Record
- SN00318726-W 20030508/030506213250 (fbodaily.com)
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