Item 31 - Contract to Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC for American Rescue Plan Act

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Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC City of Santa Ana | RFQ 21- 093 Revised Proposal Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal or quotation. 17 2.3 Staff Experience and Resumes Grant Thornton provides a Program Accountability Office (PAO) to assist the City in managing and reporting upon recovery funds. The Program Controls and Standards and Reporting and Data Compliance teams assist the City in documenting an overall recovery framework to guide funding decisions, to identify and optimize grant opportunities, and to assess the eligibility of proposed uses. Our Federal Funding Compliance team establishes and documents foundational internal controls to enable compliance, conducting tests of internal controls on an agreed upon schedule. Below is an organizational chart demonstrating how our team is organized to meet the City’s needs. Also included in this section is an experience matrix to concisely summarize our team’s experience with the essential duties as outlined in the RFQ and brief background information for each of our team members. As requested in the RFQ, the resumes of all professional staff, detailing their educational background and relevant experience, are supplied in Section 4.6: Attachment F. As discussed in the October 28, 2021 interview, our team is experienced in working with public sector staff with varying experience and knowledge of federal uniform guidance requirements for the management of awards. Our approach to supporting the City’s project managers will be tailored to each manager’s experience and understanding of federal grants management processes and requirements. In all interactions, our team will prioritize education as part of our communications with project managers to enable increased efficiency in efforts for data gathering and reporting. Due to the size and ambiguity of the federal COVID-19 grants programs, each of our engagement teams have a federal Single Audit subject matter expert attached. Rachel Stushek will serve in this role and has experience developing training for public sector audiences on Uniform Guidance compliance and best practices. Upon the City’s request, this training can be delivered in a manner to allow for earning CPEs. Figure 1: Organizational Chart Figure 2: Grant Thornton Personnel Experience