NOTICE OF BID OPPORTUNITY

Competitive Solicitation 05825

Professional Auditing & Financial Services

COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION POSTING: August 20th, 2025

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING BIDS: October 6th, 2025 - 11:59 pm (Pacific Time)

Find the full solicitation on Washington’s Electronic Business Solution (WEBS). Vendors not registered in WEBS will not receive updates or amendments to the solicitation, which could disadvantage your bid.

Pre-bid conference: August 27th at 1:00 pm (Pacific Time) via Microsoft Teams

Link: Meeting Weblink

Meeting ID: 271 781 891 831

Passcode: DX6yY6Eo

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+1 564-999-2000,,229136671# United States, Olympia

(833) 322-1218,,229136671# United States (Toll-free)

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Phone conference ID: 229 136 671#

Contract location: Statewide and Regional

Contract description: Enterprise Services is using this Competitive Solicitation to solicit value-added bids from innovative, qualified Bidders to provide professional auditing & financial services (“Goods/Services”) that, at a minimum, meet or exceed any required minimum specifications for the Goods/Services and/or the required minimum performance requirements for Bidders who are awarded a Contract as stated in Exhibit D - Contract.

Professional Auditing & Financial Services are performed in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), and include, but are not limited to, the following services: Local Government Audits, Opinion Audits, Internal Audits, Fiscal Reviews, Risk Assessment Instruction, Legal Compliance, Internal Control, Financial Statement Preparation and Review, Financial Performance Audits, Assist with Federal Grants and Forensic Audits. These services also include attestation, consulting, or compliance auditing, which ensures the adherence to external laws, regulations, and industry standards, as well as programmatic auditing, which examines programmatic operations (credit/debit tracking, full cost accounting, long-term management, etc.) and assesses compliance with relevant regulatory requirements. 

Commodity codes:

• 918-04- Accounting/Auditing/Budget Consulting
• 946-20- Auditing
• 946-31- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Services
• 918-49- Finance/Economics Consulting

Inclusion plan: Bidder’s Diverse Business Inclusion Plan – Subcontractors

Preference/priority points: Executive Order 18-03

Solicitation documents: Solicitation documents, contacts and bid instructions are available  in WEBS by searching “05825”: https://pr-webs-vendor.des.wa.gov/.

Question-and-answer period:

Question due date: September 22nd, 2025, at 11:59 pm (Pacific Time)

Final Answer Posting date: September 24th, 2025

Submit questions or concerns about this solicitation in writing to the Procurement Coordinator: Chelsea Clark at descontractsteamapple@des.wa.gov