Professional Auditing Services RFP

The City of Tustin is accepting proposals from qualified certified public accountant firms to audit the City’s financial statements for the three fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, with the option of providing the same services for the two subsequent fiscal years in accordance with the requirements specified herein and including all provisions set forth in the accompanying documentation.

These audits are to be performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the standards set forth for financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the provisions of the Single Audit Act of 1984, as amended in 1996, and Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance) as well as any other applicable federal, state, local or programmatic audit requirements.

There is no expressed or implied obligation for the City to reimburse responding firms for any expenses incurred in preparing proposals in response to this request.

A Review Committee consisting of City staff will evaluate proposals submitted. During the evaluation process, the City reserves the right, where it may serve the City's best interest, to request additional information or clarifications from audit firms, or to allow corrections of errors or omissions. At the discretion of the City, firms submitting proposals may be requested to make oral presentations as part of the evaluation process.

It is anticipated that the selection of a firm by the Review Committee will be completed by mid-April 2026. Following the selection, the City desires to schedule the interim fieldwork for fiscal year 2025-2026 audit in early June 2026. The City’s typical audit schedule consists of interim fieldwork in May and year-end fieldwork in October.