Audit RFP 05 - v.1

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR FINANCIAL AUDIT SERVICES GENERAL INFORMATION: The Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council (SWWDC), a non-profit corporation located in Vancouver, Washington, is soliciting proposals from qualified firms of certified public accountants, licensed or otherwise approved by the State of Washington, to audit its financial statements/balance sheet and related statements of revenues, expenses, and changes in fund balances and cash flows for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, with an option for renewal for subsequent years. Proposals must be submitted to the SWWDC no later than at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6, 2006. The SWWDC was incorporated in July 2002 and designated as the local Workforce Investment Board under the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), when the Workforce Development Council of Southwest Washington split into two separate nonprofit corporations. All accounting functions and reports are performed and compiled by internal fiscal staff, with outside contractors and consultants as appropriate. . The SWWDC receives and administers U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Investment Act funding through the State of Washington Employment Security Department and Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, totaling approximately $8.0 million (see Attachment A, for a complete revenue and expenditure budget). The SWWDC is bound by federal and state laws governing the use of such funds. It ...