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<br />City of Sunny Isles Beach |Request for Proposal No. 15-12-01 26 <br /> <br />Section 4 <br />Evaluation Process and Criteria <br /> <br />4.1 Review of Proposals For Responsiveness <br /> <br />As stated previously, proposals shall be reviewed and evaluated by the City's Audit <br />Committee. The Audit Committee will rank the firms submitting proposals and make a <br />recommendation to City Council. City Council will then select the firm considering the <br />recommendation of the Audit Committee. The City Council will make the selection of the <br />external auditor at a City Council meeting. <br /> <br />4.2 Evaluation Criteria <br /> <br />Proposals will be evaluated using three sets of criteria. Firms meeting the mandatory <br />minimum criteria will have their proposals evaluated and ranked for technical <br />qualifications. The following represent the principal criteria that will be considered during <br />the evaluation process. <br /> <br />Mandatory Elements: <br /> <br /> The firm is independent and licensed to practice in Florida. <br /> The firm's professional personnel have received adequate continuing <br />professional education within the preceding two years in accordance with the <br />requirements of the Florida State Board of Accountancy and Government <br />Auditing Standards. <br /> The firm submits a copy of its last external quality control review report and <br />the firm has a record of quality audit work. <br /> The firm adheres to the instructions in this Request for Proposal for preparing <br />and submitting the proposal. <br /> <br />Technical Qualifications <br />Firm and Assigned Staff Expertise and Experience: <br /> The firm's technical experience with local government units in the State of <br />Florida. <br /> The professional competence of the audit team assigned to the engagement <br />and the quality of the firm's management support personnel to be available <br />for technical consultation. <br /> Information received from references regarding firm and assigned staff. <br /> Information from interviews, if requested of Firms, either in person or be <br />telephone, if deemed appropriate by the Audit Committee. <br /> <br />Audit Approach <br /> Overall audit approach. <br /> Adequacy of proposed staffing plan for the various segments of the <br />engagement.