IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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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.
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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
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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 that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract and any extensions thereto, to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using spending agency are contained in the then current Jackson County budget.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 20637 of March 15, 2021, was duly passed on March 22, 2021 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______9__________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent _____0_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 1404 56010
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Finance
Auditing & Accounting Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $137,900.00
Funding for future years is subject to annual appropriation in the County's then current budget.
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Date Chief Administrative Officer