Professional Auditing Services

White Plains, NY.New York, USADue Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Client: White Plains, NY.
RFP Number: ACCT-26531
Posted: —
Category: Auditing, Finance and Accounting
Budget: Looking for proposal
NAICS: —
Set-aside: —
Contact: —

Description

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The government authority located in White Plains, NY requires a USA-based vendor to provide offsite professional auditing services for its financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The buyer holds options for the vendor to audit the County’s financial statements for two additional fiscal years ending December 31, 2027, and December 31, 2028. The buyer limits eligibility to onshore USA organizations only. Interested vendors must submit all questions no later than September 10, 2026. The buyer requests proposal submissions to determine the budget and provides no specific evaluation criteria or additional key dates in the source text.

Key solicitation details

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The Westchester County Board of Legislators is requesting proposals from qualified firms of certified public accountants to provide professional auditing services for the County's financial statements. The solicitation includes audits for fiscal year 2026 and two optional one-year extensions for fiscal years 2027 and 2028. Eligible bidders must be licensed onshore USA organizations meeting specific municipal auditing requirements.

Issued by: Westchester County Board of Legislators
Issue Date: August 26, 2026
Requests for Clarification Due: September 10, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
Written Responses to Requests for Clarification Posted: on or before September 21, 2026
Proposal Due Date: October 6, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
How to submit: Sealed hard copy
Submission details: One sealed package marked Proposal - Professional Auditing Services containing two separate sealed envelopes for Technical Proposal and Cost Proposal, delivered to Vedat Gashi, Chairman.
Contract term: Initial term for fiscal year 2026 audit, with two additional one-year option terms for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 audits
Place of performance: Offsite / White Plains, New York
Insurance and bonding: Workers' Compensation, Disability, Commercial General Liability ($1,000,000 combined single limit), Commercial Umbrella/Excess ($2,000,000), Automobile Liability ($1,000,000), and Contractor's Professional Liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence/$3,000,000 aggregate)
Funding: Title 2 of the CFR

How proposals are evaluated

The proposer's overall qualifications and experience
The qualifications and experience of the specific partners, supervisory personnel, and staff assigned
Experience with similar engagements with other governmental entities
The proposer's experience with federal and state financial assistance programs
The proposer's experience with the GFOA's Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting program
Cost

Scope of work

Audit of County financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026
Option term audit for fiscal year ending December 31, 2027
Option term audit for fiscal year ending December 31, 2028
Provide in-relation-to reports on combining/individual fund statements and federal assistance schedule
Provide detailed and summary preliminary audit findings by January 25, 2027
Deliver final audit report to the County by June 15, 2027
Provide reports on compliance applicable to major programs under Title 2 of the CFR
Provide special assistance for GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting

Minimum qualifications

Independent of the County as defined by GAO Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book) (2024)
Licensed to perform accounting/audit work in New York State with properly licensed assigned professional staff
Experience in auditing general purpose financial statements of New York municipal governments, particularly counties
Experience with preparation of ACFR and working with GFOA for Certificate of Achievement
Thoroughly familiar with all Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements

Documents to include with the bid

Transmittal letter signed by an authorized person with binding offer statement
Proposer Certification (Section IV) with applicable acknowledgement and certificate of authority
Responses to questions in Schedule A
Schedule D: Questionnaire Regarding Business Enterprises Owned and Controlled by Persons of Color or Women
Schedule E: Certification Regarding Business Dealings with Northern Ireland
Schedule F: Required Disclosure of Relationships to County
Schedule G: Questionnaire Regarding Business Enterprises Owned and Controlled by Service-Disabled Veterans
Cost Proposal forms: Form B-1, Form B-2a, Form B-2b, Form B-2c, and Form B-3
Most recent external quality control review report

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