Accounting and Back-Office Services

The government authority located in Indianapolis, Indiana is seeking a vendor to provide comprehensive accounting and back-office services. The agency requires support to manage its core financial operations, ensure compliance with regulatory reporting, and assist with payroll and human resources administration. This initiative aims to streamline the authority's financial management, budgeting, and planning processes through professional external support. The scope of work covers core accounting tasks, including the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, accounts payable processing, and accounts receivable management. The selected vendor must handle monthly reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts, manage fixed assets with tracking and depreciation schedules, and maintain accounting documents in a shared drive. Additionally, the project requires recording payroll in the general ledger across federal, state, and private grants, verifying payroll tax compliance, and managing retirement plan contribution processing. Compliance duties involve meeting charter authorizer financial reporting requirements, filing sales tax exemptions, and preparing or coordinating Form 990. The agency permits the work to be performed through a combination of onsite and offsite delivery. Bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States to be eligible for this opportunity. The agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget for these services. Proposals must be submitted digitally either via email or through the online portal. The deadline for submitting questions regarding this procurement passed on June 8, 2026.