The State of Delaware, Office of Auditor of Accounts (AOA) is seeking professional services from qualified certified public accounting firms to examine Medicaid Long Term Care facilities' statements of reimbursement costs. The deadline for questions is January 19, 2026, and the deadline for receipt of proposals is February 16, 2026. The contract period is for three years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year terms. The evaluation process will consider technical qualifications and cost. The final award of a contract is subject to approval by the State of Delaware Auditor of Accounts.
The final reporting package must be emailed as one, comprehensive reporting package and in an unsecured pdf format to the aoa liaison by the following dates: fiscal year 2023 November 13, 2026, fiscal year 2024 November 12, 2027, fiscal year 2025 November 10, 2028.
aoa agrees to pay the selected firm compensation calculated solely on the amount of engagement work performed by the selected firms staff, based on actual hours billed and hourly rates as set forth in the cost section of the selected firms proposal, as well as approved outofpocket expenses.
The selected firm shall warrant that all equipment, software, documentation, services, and deliverables, do not and will not infringe upon or violate any patent, copyright, trade secret, or other proprietary rights of any third party.
The contract will be awarded to the firm whose proposal is the most advantageous to the state of delaware, as determined by aoa in its sole discretion.
The firm must provide copies of valid delaware cpa licenses or valid cpa licenses from a substantially equivalent jurisdiction as defined by the uniform accountancy act uaa for all cpas on the engagement team.
If the selected firm violates any provision of this rfp or the contract without prior discussion with and prior written approval of exception by aoa, including not submitting deliverables timely due to the fault of the selected firm or not providing an advance written request for extension for aoas approval prior to the due dates, the selected firm shall be deemed to be in default and subject to liquidated damages in the amount of onetenth of one percent 0. 1 of the total contract price for each day following the violation up to ten percent 10 of the total price.
A mandatory prebid meeting has not been established for this rfp and is not required.
The deadline for questions is January 19, 2026, at 4: 00 pm EST.