File #: 20637    Version: 0 Name: Contract for auditing services BKD
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/11/2021 In control: Finance and Audit Committee
On agenda: 3/15/2021 Final action: 3/22/2021
Title: A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month contract with three twelve-month options to extend for the furnishing of independent auditing services for use by the Finance and Purchasing Department to BKD, LLP, of Kansas City, Missouri, at a cost to the County for 2021 not to exceed $137,900.00, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 1-21.
Sponsors: Charlie Franklin
Indexes: AUDIT, CONTRACT, FINANCE & PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. 20637bu.pdf, 2. 20637adopt.pdf, 3. 20637 BKD LLP Auditor .pdf
Related files: 19399, 20887
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month contract with three twelve-month options to extend for the furnishing of independent auditing services for use by the Finance and Purchasing Department to BKD, LLP, of Kansas City, Missouri, at a cost to the County for 2021 not to exceed $137,900.00, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 1-21.


Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 20637, March 15, 2021

INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, by Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 1-21, the Director of Finance and Purchasing solicited the submission of proposals from firms interested in providing independent auditing services to the Department; and,

WHEREAS, the Director distributed twenty-nine notifications and received five responses to the RFP, one of which was rejected for non-compliance, with the remaining proposals evaluated as follows:
RESPONDER POINTS
BKD, LLP 96.86
Kansas City (Jackson County), MO

Clifton Larson 95.14
Overland Park, KS

Allen Gibbs Houlek 93.43
Wichita, KS

RSM, LLP 84.14
Kansas City (Jackson County), MO


and,


WHEREAS, the proposals submitted were evaluated on the basis of responsiveness to the scope of services, experience, pricing, and references; and,

WHEREAS, following evaluation of the proposals, the Director of Finance and Purchasing has recommended that award of a twelve-month contract with three twelve-month options to extend for these services be made pursuant to section 1054.6 of the Jackson County Code, 1984, to BKD, LLP, at a cost to the County for 2021 not to exceed $137,900.00; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute for the County an Agreement with BKD, LLP, in a form substantially similar to that attached, to be approved by the County Counselor; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED tha...

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