The West Florida Regional Planning Council (WFRPC) covers the seven western-most counties in Florida.

THE PURPOSE of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to enter into an Agreement with a Certified Public Accounting Firm to audit the financial statements of WFRPC. The contractor will perform audits for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, with the option of auditing WFRPC’s financial statements with two (2) additional two (2) year renewals.

A REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS should be directed to: Dawn Schwartz, WFRPC, P. O. 11399, Pensacola, FL 32524, (850)332-7976. A detailed RFP document will be available at the WFRPC website: www.wfrpc.org.

RECEIPT OF SEALED PROPOSALS: All proposals must be received as per the RFP instructions no later than 4:00 p.m. (Central Time), on August 13, 2010 at the WFRPC office in Pensacola. WFRPC reserves the right to postpone, accept or reject any and all proposals in whole or in part. All proposers must certify that they are not on the State of Florida Comptroller General’s List of Ineligible Bidders. All proposals shall remain in effect for One Hundred Eighty (180) days from the RFP submission due date.

DBE PARTICIPATION: WFRPC solicits and encourages Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation. DBEs will be afforded full consideration of their responses and will not be subject to discrimination.

NOTIFICATION OF FEDERAL PARTICIPATION: A portion of this project is funded by a grant from the Federal Transit Administration. Any resultant Agreement shall be subject to all federal rules and regulations.