Audit Services

Event ID EV00008636

Contact Information

Mark MacDonnell, Deputy City Auditor

Mark.Macdonnell@boston.gov

One City Hall, Room M-4

Boston, MA  02201

The City of Boston (“the City”), acting by and through its City Auditor (‘the Official”), hereby requests sealed proposals from certified public accounting firms (“Offerors”) to provide audit services which includes, but is not limited to, the auditing of the City’s financial statements. 

All proposals shall be submitted in strict conformance with the Request for Proposals (“RFP”), which is available on the City’s Supplier Portal, to be downloaded at: boston.gov/procurement on or after 10 a.m. EST, on Tuesday January 19, 2021 and will remain available until the date and time of the opening of proposals, on Monday February 15, 2021 at 12 o’clock noon EDT.  To access details for this specific procurement, or to respond through electronic format, please visit the City’s Supplier Portal and access Event Number EV00008636. 

The City shall accept sealed proposals until 12 o’clock noon EST on Monday February 15, 2021 at the location specified in the RFP. The Official shall reject late proposals. 

The attention of all offerors is directed to the provisions of the RFP documents, and especially to the requirements for proposal deposits and insurance as may be applicable.

The RFP contains both price and technical evaluation criteria. Failure to submit separate sealed price and technical proposals shall result in disqualification of the entire proposal.

A nonrefundable proposal deposit for two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) in the form of a check payable to the City of Boston must be mailed to the City before proposal deadline. A scanned copy of your check must be included with Technical Proposal.

The Official shall not open the proposals publicly, but shall open the Technical Proposals in the presence of one or more witnesses within twenty-four (24) hours of the above deadline for submission of proposals.  The Official may open Price Proposals later and in any case shall open the Price Proposals to avoid disclosure to the individuals evaluating the Technical Proposals.

The term of the contract shall be for three (3) years, with an option to renew for two additional years.  The City of Boston, acting through the Official, shall retain the sole discretion in exercising or not exercising an option for renewal.

Submission of the proposal indicates acceptance by the offeror of the conditions contained in this Request for Proposals, unless clearly and specifically noted in the proposal submitted and confirmed in the contract between the City of Boston and the offeror selected.

The City of Boston reserves the right, where it may serve the City’s best interest, to request additional information or clarification from offerors, or to allow corrections of errors or omissions.  At the discretion of the City of Boston, offerors submitting proposals may be requested to make oral presentations as part of the evaluation process. 

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, or any part or parts thereof, and to award a contract as the Official deems to be in the best interests of the City.  This contract shall be subject to the availability of an appropriation; therefore, if sufficient funds are not appropriated for the contract in any fiscal year, the Official shall cancel the contract.  The maximum time for acceptance of a proposal and the issuance of a written notification of award shall be ninety (90) days.  The award of this contract shall be made under the City Charter and is subject to the approval of the Mayor of Boston. 

Maureen A. Joyce, City Auditor