SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- USAC Request for Information for Small Business Set-aside: Offices of Certified Public Accountants
- Notice Date
- 8/30/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541211
— Offices of Certified Public Accountants
- Contracting Office
- Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Managing Director, Contracts and Purchasing Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20554
- ZIP Code
- 20554
- Solicitation Number
- USAC-IAD-2010-08-30
- Archive Date
- 9/28/2010
- Point of Contact
- Jay H. Beard, Phone: 202-776-0200
- E-Mail Address
-
jbeard@usac.org
(jbeard@usac.org)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTRODUCTION The Universal Service Administrative Company (“USAC”) is requesting information from small, small disadvantaged, small woman-owned, small HUB-zone, small veteran-owned and service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses (collectively, “small businesses”) capable of providing the audit services set forth herein. Stated broadly, this RFI pertains to a future requirement for the procurement of firms to perform annual financial statement audits, agreed upon procedures reviews, and prepare annual federal and District of Columbia tax returns. STATEMENT OF NEED The Federal Communications Commission (“Commission” or “FCC”) appointed USAC the administrator of the Universal Service Fund (“USF”) and the universal service support mechanisms— High Cost (“HC Program”); Low Income (“LI Program”); Rural Health Care (“RHC Program”), including its pilot program; and Schools and Libraries (“SL Program”) (collectively referred to as the “Programs”)—as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. USAC administers, subject to FCC regulations, directives and oversight, the USF and the Programs. Section 54.717 of the Commission’s rules (47 CFR § 54.717) requires that USAC obtain and pay for an annual audit conducted by an independent auditor to examine its operations and books of account to determine, among other things, whether USAC is properly administering the Programs to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse (hereafter referred to as a “Part 54 audit”). The Part 54 audit shall include an audit of USAC’s financial statements and an agreed-upon procedures (AUP) review of operations for compliance with Commission rules and orders. The agreed-upon procedures review shall encompass each of the Programs as well as procedures to review the billing, collection, anti-fraud measures, corporate governance, continuity of operations, program administration expenses, and fund disbursement functions. USAC intends to contract with an independent accounting firm to perform the Part 54 audit for the period beginning January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 and for each of the four following calendar years (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015). The accounting firm shall also be required to prepare USAC’s federal and District of Columbia (Corporation Franchise Tax Return Form D-20) tax returns for each calendar year under the contract. USAC intends to award a contract that has a base period of one year (for performance of the 2011 tax returns and Part 54 audit) and four one-year option periods (for performance of the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 tax returns and Part 54 audits). SCOPE OF AUDITS • Auditors must be properly licensed and comply with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) standards applicable to financial statement audits and AUP reviews. • Auditors must be familiar with applicable FCC regulations governing USAC and the USF. • Auditors must be familiar with federal and state tax laws applicable to not-for-profit corporations. • The audits shall be conducted in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (“GAGAS”) issued by the Comptroller General of the United States (July 2007). • Audits will be performed primarily at USAC headquarters, 2000 L Street, NW, Washington DC 20036, but some off-site work in Whippany, New Jersey will be required. DESCRIPTION OF FIRMS SOUGHT • Firms selected to perform the audits must demonstrate experience with performing audits consistent with GAGAS. • Firms selected to perform the contract must be capable of providing resources suitable to the level of effort required to permit the Part 54 audit, AUP review and tax returns to be completed efficiently, accurately and within the time required (i.e., by April 15th of each calendar year). • Firms must have a satisfactory record of past performance in assignments of similar scope and complexity, have a satisfactory record of compliance with AICPA professional standards and must be eligible to receive federal government contracts. (USAC is not a federal government agency, and the contract resulting from a future procurement will not be a federal government contract or subcontract; but USAC does follow certain federal government contracting procedures, including requiring that its contractors be eligible to receive federal government contracts.) DESCRIPTION OF YOUR FIRM Please briefly describe your firm’s ability to meet the needs of this future procurement. Your description should include: • Your overall experience in performing services similar to those identified in this RFI; • Your familiarity with FCC regulations governing the USF; • Your experience auditing telecommunications companies; • Your experience conducting AUP reviews with the federal government; • Your experience conducting audits in accordance with GAGAS; • List of contracts in previous three years conducting audits in accordance with GAGAS standards; • The identity of your firm as a small business (e.g., small business, small disadvantaged, small woman-owned, small HUB-zone, small veteran-owned, or service-disabled veteran-owned businesses); • Your average annual revenues for the past three years. CONCLUSION This announcement is for information purposes only. This announcement shall not be construed as a commitment by USAC. This is not a request for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with the provision of the information requested in response to this announcement. Respondents will not be notified of the results of any evaluation. This is a Request For Information (RFI) only. Responses to the RFI should be emailed to Jay Beard at rfp@usac.org no later than 5:00pm EDT on September 13, 2010. Submissions received after this date and time may be reviewed but may not be considered in contract planning or in the creation of a solicitation. Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future competition for this requirement.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, District of Columbia, 20036, United States
- Zip Code: 20036
- Zip Code: 20036
- Record
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