This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) from the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) for annual financial statement audit and agreed upon procedures (AUP) engagement services. The contract period will be one base year plus four option years. Proposals are due by May 12, 2026. The services will be performed within the United States, with a hybrid work approach requiring contractor staff to be in the USAC office at least two days per week. Travel expenses are not reimbursable. Key personnel, including a project manager and team leaders, must be assigned. The contract will be a firm fixed-price, single-award contract. Offerors must adhere to USAC's standard terms and conditions, including confidentiality and security requirements. Proposals must be submitted electronically and organized into four volumes: Corporate Information, Technical Capability, Past Performance, and Price Proposal. Evaluation will be based on technical merit, past performance, and price.
The bid notice states that proposals are due by May 12, 2026, by 11:00 am ET. The contract term is one base year plus four option years.
The bid notice states that USAC will pay invoices submitted in accordance with section 6 of the USAC standard terms and conditions within thirty 30 calendar days of receipt of invoice, provided the services and/or deliverables have been delivered and accepted by USAC.
The bid notice states that USAC will award a single contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to USAC, price and other factors considered. The evaluation factors are technical, past performance, and price.
The bid notice states that USAC will only award contracts to responsible offerors. USAC will make a responsibility determination based on any available information, including information submitted in an offeror's proposal, considering factors such as sufficient resources, satisfactory record of performance, integrity, business ethics, accounting systems, internal controls, quality assurance processes, organizational structure, experience, facilities, technical and personnel resources, and exclusion from government contracting.
The bid notice states that if any of the services do not conform to the requirements set forth in the contract, USAC may require the contractor to perform the services again in conformance with those requirements and at no additional cost to USAC.
The bid notice mentions that contractor staff may be required to be in the USAC office at least two days per week and that contract kickoff meetings and other in-person meetings will be held at USAC headquarters or other reasonable locations designated by USAC.
The bid notice does not mention any requirement for sample submission.
The bid notice states that contractor must submit all claims or other disputes to the procurement specialist and USAC general counsel for informal resolution prior to initiating any action in the courts and must work with USAC in good faith to resolve any disputed issues. If any disputed issue by contractor is not resolved after thirty 30 calendar days of good faith attempts to resolve it, contractor may instigate legal proceedings.
