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Finance and Management Services <br />www.santa-ana.org/finance <br />Item # 21 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />May 7, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Award a contract to CliftonLarsonAllen LLP for professional auditing services <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Award a Contract to CliftonLarsonAllen LLP for Professional Auditing Services, in an <br />Aggregate Amount Not to Exceed $1,020,030, for up to a Five-Year Term (General <br />Fund and Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Award a contract to CliftonLarsonAllen LLP for professional auditing services, for a <br />three-year period beginning with the fiscal year-ending June 30, 2024 through June 30, <br />2026, with a provision for one two-year renewal exercisable by the City Manager, for the <br />fiscal year-ending June 30, 2027 and June 30, 2028, for a total aggregate amount not to <br />exceed $1,020,030 (Agreement A-2024-XXX). <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Finance and Management Services Agency (FMSA) is responsible for overseeing <br />the financial statement audits and examinations along with the preparation of the City’s <br />Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. Annually, the City of Santa Ana utilizes the <br />services of an independent Certified Public Accounting firm to conduct the annual audit <br />of its financial statements, and state and federal grant audits (Single Audit). The audits <br />are conducted in accordance with the generally accepted auditing standards and the <br />Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United <br />States. The standard annual audits include evaluation of internal controls, determination <br />of compliance to legal requirements, application of General Accounting Standards <br />Board (GASB) requirements, and validation that the City’s financial statements are <br />presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in the <br />United States of America. <br />A total of six accounting firms submitted proposals in response to the Request for <br />Proposal (RFP) No. 24-009 (Exhibit 2): Badawi & Associates, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, <br />Eide Bailey LLP, Macias, Gini & O’Connell LLP, Moss Adams LLP, and The Pun Group. <br />The six proposals were evaluated and ranked by a Review Committee (Committee) <br />comprised of Assistant Director of Finance and Management Services Agency, <br />  <br />  <br />City Council 21 – 1 5/7/2024