Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
Request for Proposal
Financial Statement Auditing Services –
FSDB Endowment Fund
Advertisement Number: 1-2012
Scope of Work: Perform an audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America of the financial statements of the Endowment Fund of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, and express a professional opinion thereon. (Note: Financial statements for the fiscal years ended prior to June 30, 2012, have been previously audited.)
The audited financial statements will be for the Endowment Fund only and will not include the financial statements of the other funds of the School, which is an agency of the State of Florida. Accordingly, the Endowment Fund is not an independent entity, but a separate fund of the School organized pursuant to Sections 1002.36(4)(d), (e), Florida Statutes.
Deliverable: A bound report including the financial statements, notes thereto and schedules of other information of the Endowment Fund and an independent auditors’ opinion for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012. The report will be due by October 15, 2012.
Submittals:
1. Name of company/firm and type of organization (PA, LLC, etc.)
2. Address of local office and home office if different and distance from the School campus.
3. Telephone numbers and other contact information.
4. Copies of current occupational/business license, Florida CPA firm license, etc.
5. Insurance certificates of comprehensive liability, errors and omissions and workers’ compensation from an insurance company with a Best rating of A- or better.
6. Names of potential team members and their qualifications, designating lead contact person, supervisor (s) and partner/member in charge of engagement.
7. References for other similar types of work performed over the past 3 years.
General Instructions:
1. Sealed proposals should be submitted and addressed to:
The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
Attention: Laura Bowden
207 North San Marco Ave.
Saint Augustine, FL 32084
2. One original and two copies of the response must be submitted on or before the response due date.
Facsimile (Fax) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.
3. The response must contain a manual signature of an authorized representative of the responding company/firm.
4. Any questions concerning the Request for Proposal should be directed to: Laura Bowden, (904)827-2342.
5. Responses must arrive at the address no later than the time and date stated in the advertisement in order to be considered.
6. Responses received after the scheduled receipt time will be marked “LATE” and will be returned to the proposer.
7. FSDB is not liable for any costs incurred by the proposers prior to the issuance of an executed contract. All information received will not be returned.
8. Firms responding to this RFP must be available for interviews by the Selection Committee.
9. Proposals should respond to each item in the order noted in the Submittals section.
Request for Proposal submissions will be opened at the below address at 2:00 p.m., February 23, 2012.
Please direct all questions to:
Laura Bowden
Phone: (904)827-2342
207 North San Marco Avenue
Saint Augustine, FL 32084
Email: bowdenl@fsdb.k12.fl.us
Any person with a qualified disability requiring special accommodations at the pre-solicitation conference and/or bid/proposal opening shall contact purchasing at the phone number above at least five (5) business days prior to the event. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact this office by using Florida Relay Services which can be reached at 1(800)955-8771 (TDD).
The School reserves the right to reject any and all proposals or accept minor irregularities in the best interest of the School.