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a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or designee to execute a non-standard agreement (“Agreement”) with Crowe LLP, pre-qualified pursuant to Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) #10866, to perform financial audits, performance audits and/or advisory consulting services on an as-needed basis with a term of date of execution by the County, with County signing last, through March 31, 2028, with no initial monetary liability assigned to the Agreement.
b. Accept non-standard risk provisions in the Agreement, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller’s Office (“ACO”).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or designee to execute a non-standard agreement (“Agreement”) with Crowe LLP, pre-qualified pursuant to Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) #10866 to perform financial audits, performance audits and/or advisory consulting services on an as-needed basis with a term of date of execution by the County, with County signing last, through March 31, 2028, with no initial monetary liability assigned to the Agreement.
b. Accept non-standard risk provisions in the Agreement, as recommended by the Auditor-Controller’s Office (“ACO”).
SUMMARY:
On October 3, 2022, through the RFQ #10866, the ACO solicited Statements of Qualifications from qualified consultants to establish separate pre-qualified contractor pools for the following as-needed services: 1) Financial Audits, 2) Performance/Operational Audits, and 3) Consulting/Advisory Services.
A total of eleven firms were determined to be qualified. The Contracts & Purchasing Officer signed standard agreements with eight pre-qualified firms. The other three firms requested certain modifications to the standard agreement terms. Two non-standard agreements were subsequently approved by the Board on April 25, 2023, with one remaining Agreement to be approved as the non-standard terms were still being reviewed and ne...
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