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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 6 EXTER AUDITORS 04-02-90ter. A CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 6 uENI-ffA 4-2-90 WNW DATE: -- MARCH 26, 1990 Inter - Com �i TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER FROM: RONALD A. NAULT, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE SUBJECT: CITY OF TUSTIN AUDIT COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION FOR SELECTION OF EXTERNAL AUDITORS FOR THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING JUNE 30, 1990 RECOMMENDATION: The City Council of the City of Tustin authorize the Finance Director to sign an Agreement appointing the firm of Diehl, Evans and Company as the external auditors for the City for a five year period beginning June 30, 1990. DISCUSSION: At a regular meeting of the City Council in January, the Request for Proposal for professional auditing services was approved by the City Council. This proposal was prepared by the Audit Committee and all aspects of what they felt were important elements of the audit process, specific to the City of Tustin, were incorporated into a model RFP prepared by the Government Finance Officers Association. Requests for Proposals were sent to those firms we knew had the expertise and the experience to audit governmental agencies, and to any firm that requested a copy. Thirteen RFP's were mailed. Nine highly. qualified firms were present at our mandatory pre - bidders conference and five exceptional firms submitted proposals for our review. The bids were submitted in two parts, under separate cover, so that the Committee could evaluate each firms qualifications without being influenced by the dollar bid. Only after the Committee had completed their evaluation, and had arrived at the total points for each proposer, did they apply the points based on the submitted pricing. The maximum points went to the lowest bidder and all other points were allocated as a percentage of the lowest bid. The two point totals added together, gave the Committee the final point totals with 'the recommendation going to the firm receiving the highest total points. The highest point recipient was Diehl, Evans and- Company. The Committee is in unanimous agreement in recommending to the City Council that Diehl, Evans and Company be retained as the City's external auditors for the five year period beginning June 30, 1990. '115/90 CITY OF TU TIN AUDIT PROPOSAL EVALUATION QUALIFICATIONS: NOTE: Each Committee member- applied their individual points for qualifications to each proposal and all points assigned where added to arrive at the sub -total. The Pricing points were allocated by assigning the maximum points to the lowest bidder then allocating points to the remaing bidders as a percentage of the lowest bid. EXPERIENCE/ AUDIT TOTAL PROPOSAL ------------------------------- EXPERTISE APPROACH SUP -TOTAL PRICE POINTS Diehl, Evans & Co. --------- 75 --------- SG --------- 155 --------- 19 ------- 194 Peat Marwick so 50 1310 '419 158 Conrad y Associates 55 55 110 26 136 Lance, soil & Lungard 45 45 90 1-Z 125 Miranda, Strahala & Associates 30 735 65 40 105 NOTE: Each Committee member- applied their individual points for qualifications to each proposal and all points assigned where added to arrive at the sub -total. The Pricing points were allocated by assigning the maximum points to the lowest bidder then allocating points to the remaing bidders as a percentage of the lowest bid. Page 2 March 26, 1990 Selection of Auditors Attached you will find a schedule they eceived for each portion of o ld A. Naul Director of Finance RAN: 1s Attachment a:auditrec.rfp of the proposers and the points the proposal.