Item 15 - Agreement for Professional Auditing Services

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(9) CITY OF SANTA ANA 2020-21 total budget is approximately $772 million with the General Fund budget totaling approximately $326 million. The City maintains budgetary controls to ensure compliance with legal provisions embodied in the appropriated budget approved by the City Council. The level of budgetary control exists at the department level. D. Component Units The City identified the Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency as a Fiduciary Component Unit and the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana Financing Authority as Blended Component Units. E. Federal, State and Local Assistance The City receives financial assistance in the form of state and federal programs which vary from year to year. Accordingly, compliance with the Single Audit Act of 1996 and implementing regulations issued by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133, and the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR Part 200) will be required. F. The City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) and the Single Audit Reports for the last ten years are available on the City's website at: https://www.santa-ana.org/finance/comprehensive-annual-financial-reports-cafr-and-other-financial- reports The audits of the City for the past five (5) fiscal years were performed by Clifton LarsonAllen LLP (formerly White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP). It is anticipated that their work papers will be available for review. II. PROJECT PURPOSE The City of Santa Ana (City) is requesting proposals from qualified Certified Public Accountant firms to perform its Annual Independent Audit for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 2021 through June 30, 2022, with the option to renew the contract for one additional two-year term for a total of four years. The audits are to be performed in accordance with the provisions contained in this Request for Proposals (RFP). III. SCOPE OF SERVICES A. Auditing Standards to be followed The audits shall be performed in accordance with: Auditing Standards generally accepted in the United States of America as set forth by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; The standards set forth for financial audits in the General Accounting Office's (GAO) Government Audit Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States; RFP No. 21-024 Professional Auditing Services Page 4 of 34