1. The work to be awarded shall include a review of AAD’s quality management/control policies and procedures, and an assessment of the professional staff to ensure their understanding of and compliance with relevant quality management/control policies and procedures. The review should be sufficiently comprehensive and provide a reasonable basis for concluding whether AAD’s system of quality control/management is complied with. This will also provide USAC with reasonable assurance of conforming to professional standards in the conduct of its work for audits performed of recipients and contributors to the Universal Service Fund (“USF”) and USAC internal divisions. 2. The Contractor shall determine whether USAC’s internal quality control/management system is adequate and complied with to provide reasonable assurance that applicable auditing standards, policies, and procedures are met. Specifically, the Contractor shall assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the division’s activity in light of its charter, the expectations of the Audit Committee, the expectations of executive management, and the expectations of the Vice President of Audit & Assurance. The Contractor will consider the division’s current needs and objectives, and appraise the risk to the organization if Audit & Assurance is performing at less than an effective level or is not in conformance to one or more of the GAGAS or GIAS as promulgated by the Comptroller General of the United States and the Institute of Internal Auditors (“IIA”), respectively. The Contractor shall identify opportunities and offer ideas to the Vice President of Audit & Assurance and staff for improving their performance and that of the Audit & Assurance activity. Furthermore, the selected Contractor will provide an opinion on Audit & Assurance conformance to the relevant Standards. 3. The contractor shall provide key personnel who have expertise in performing quality assurance review of performance audits in accordance with both GAGAS and GIAS with at least one reviewer having an active Certified Internal Auditor (“CIA”) designation for the GIAS portion of the review. 4. The work to be performed as a result of this RFP must be conducted according to the practices delineated in the subsequent contract. All contractor personnel shall have good technical writing ability, interpersonal and communication skills, and conduct themselves in a professional manner.
