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I II !. I ~. 7l@@/}JlJilil@&JIJ !Pll@fJJ@@@//! I General Requirements I GLSC agrees to address all points outlined in your request for proposal and adhere to the instructions for preparing and submitting the proposal. I Independence I GLSC's partners and its employees are independent of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida as defined by auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the U.S. General Accountability office's Government Auditing Standards (GAS) I Our firm is also independent of the component unit of the city. Our firm have not had any business relationship with the city for the past five years. I License to Practice in Florida GLSC is a properly licensed State of Florida professional association, and our assigned key professional staff are qualified to perform governmental audits (ref. Appendix I). Firm Qualifications and Experience I I GLSC is an accounting firm (South Florida professional Limited Liability Company) pro-viding comprehensive financial and compliance auditing, attestation, accounting and other management consulting and tax services. I By focusing our expertise on governmental and non-for profit entities, we provide the highest level of financial and compliance auditing and consulting services to our Governmental and Non-for-Profit Sector Clients. I Last year, GLSC performed: I ~ In excess of 9,000 hours of services to our Public Sector Clients ~ 40 Audits under Governmental Auditing Standards (GAS) ~ 25 Single Audits I I I II I I~ Ii I .. ) ~LSC ~,S~~~~j~;:,,~,~~~ ,. -- The office of GLSC performing the audit is located at 6303 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 200; Miami Florida 33126-6025. 80% . GOVEFl'JMENTAL AUDITS .OTHERAUDlTS 20% STAFF GLSC has a total of 23 full-time employees, 20 professional staff, including 4 Partners and 14 professionals who specialize in providing auditing, accounting and consulting services to the Governmental and Non-for-Profit Sector. National Firm Resources with Local Firm Personalized Service Philosophv With the equally important goals of serving our clients' best interest while remaining locally owned and autonomous, our firm has chosen to be affiliated with BKR International. BKR International is an association of independent CPA firms that provides a worldwide network of accounting and business advisors from 135 accounting firms in 70 countries. This affiliation gives us access to 56 CPA firms in the United States with expertise in governmental accounting, auditing and information technology. Qualitv Control and Confidentialitv GLSC participates in an external quality review program requiring an on-site independent examination of our accounting and auditing practice. GLSC has consistently received an unqualified opinion on the quality of our audit practice, including our firm's last external quality control review (for the year ended June 30,2007). See copy of the report on the firm's most recent quality review in Appendix II. Note: our firm's quality control review included a review of specific governmental engagements. In addition to scheduled Peer Reviews, our firm continually monitors performance to ensure the highest quality of services. Under the supervision of the Audit Partners, an Audit Manager is responsible for monitoring quality control of all appropriate engagements. Results of State and Federal Reviews All state and federal reviews of the firm's reports and audit documentation have been accepted without change or revision to issued reports. 3