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Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC <br />Features and Benefits <br />City of Santa Ana I RFQ 21- 093 <br />Revised Proposal <br />As discussed throughout our response, our team offers several differentiators s. As a large firm, we <br />provide cost-effective access to specialized expertise as questions arise. We pride ourselves on <br />delivering excellent client service and staffing our engagements with true subject matter experts. <br />Comprehensive Understar <br />Recovery Funding Options <br />Compliant, Efficient Reports <br />Specialized Expertise in Lost <br />Revenue Calculations <br />Specialized Compliance Monitoring <br />Expertise <br />Experienced Audit Readiness <br />Benefits to the City <br />Balanced advice, and consideration <br />for similar program models when <br />reviewing eligibility. <br />Grant Thornton, as one of the <br />nation's largest audit, tax and <br />advisory firm, is well equipped to <br />support the City's ARPA reporting <br />needs. Our team will build and <br />maintain a framework to efficiently <br />extract and analyze data required <br />for reporting project performance. <br />Defensible lost revenue <br />calculations. <br />Our understanding and close <br />monitoring of US Treasury OIG <br />guidance will confirm that costs <br />claimed are substantiated and <br />compliant with current legislation <br />and any and all updates to existing <br />guidelines. The City will have <br />access to all the knowledge we've <br />gathered throughout our <br />interactions with Federal and state <br />agencies, including <br />communications, best practices and <br />compliance playbooks that have <br />been tested against regulatory <br />frameworks such as 2.CFR.200. <br />These resources are constantly <br />updated by our Subject Matter <br />Experts who are supported by <br />dedicated policy analysts. <br />The proposed team includes a <br />dedicated single audit subject <br />matter expert and the City can tap <br />into an extensive network of public <br />sector auditors <br />Our knowledge of the full recovery <br />landscape uncovered opportunities <br />to maximize program dollars for <br />New Castle County (FEMA <br />PA/CRF) and healthcare clients <br />(PRF/FEMA PA) <br />In our service to the nation's largest <br />healthcare systems our grants team <br />built custom templates to assist our <br />clients identify, calculate, and report <br />expenses and lost revenues <br />attributable to COVID-19 in <br />compliance with Provider Relief <br />Fund requirements. <br />For the past 3 years, the Grant <br />Thornton team has efficiently <br />completed over 250 federal fiscal <br />accountability reports, on a <br />quarterly basis, on behalf of the <br />state of Florida's Region 4 <br />subrecipients across 8 counties to <br />the Public Assistance Program <br />Our team- hashelpeddozensof <br />clients interpret, understand, and <br />apply methods to calculate and <br />demonstrate lost revenues. <br />Grant Thornton has served as a <br />Uniform Guidance compliance <br />monitor for the states of Florida and <br />Texas to efficiently review and <br />provide compliance risk <br />assessments and corrective action <br />plans on over 3,100 applications for <br />the reimbursement of over $285M <br />through the Public Assistance <br />Program <br />Grant Thornton's New Castle CRF <br />management team has drafted <br />several eligibility and position <br />statements on behalf of the County <br />to align project costs to the <br />Treasury's guidance requirements <br />and 2 CFR 200 best practices. <br />In supporting the state of Florida <br />and New Castle County, the Grant <br />Thornton team compiles and <br />maintains support and justification <br />documentation in organized <br />packages specifically set up to <br />assist clients and demonstrating <br />Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal or quotation. <br />2 <br />