The City of Alexandria is soliciting the services of an independent firm of certified public accountants to perform a financial and A-133 audit of the City of Alexandria. The audit firm shall perform the examination and express an opinion on all of the City’s funds in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards as set forth by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the standards for financial audits set for the in the U. S. General Accounting Office’s (GAO) Government Auditing Standards, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133, and any specific requirement of grantor agencies. It will be the responsibility of the audit firm to be knowledgeable of the requirement and to submit all applicable report(s). The audit firm will prepare the following as part of the audit report as prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board: 1. The Basic Financial Statement a. Government-wide Financial Statements b. Fund Financial Statements c. Notes to Financial Statements 2. Required Supplemental Information (RSI) other than MD&A. 3. Other Supplemental Information