Legals for June, 19 2021
No. 27868 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR AUDIT SERVICES The City of Whitefish, Montana is requesting proposals from qualified certified public accounting firms to conduct annual financial statement audits for three (3) fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2023. These audits are to be performed in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards by firms qualified to conduct audits for municipal governments in Montana. Additional services to be provided include an annual audit of businesses required to collect Resort Tax in the City of Whitefish from the sales of taxable goods and services and certain consulting services. Resort Tax business audits will be structured as agreed upon procedures as a separate process from the audit of the City's financial statements and single audits, if required. The firm selected to provide these services will be required to enter into a three (3) year contract. The City reserves the right to extend the contract for (2) one-year optional extensions with the successfully awarded firm covering the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2025. RFP Submittal Terms: Questions about this RFP must be submitted via e-mail or in writing to by 4:30 p.m. on June 25, 2021. No additional RFP questions will be addressed after this date. A response addendum listing all questions received and City of Whitefish's responses will be posted by 5:00 p.m. on June 30, 2021 on the City of Whitefish's webpage under Bid Opportunities, Finance Department Bids at: https://www.cityofwhitefish.org/Bids.aspx Proposals must be submitted to: Whitefish City Clerk's Office, 418 E. 2nd Street, P.O. Box 158, Whitefish, MT 59937 no later than 4:30 p.m. on July 15, 2021. Five (5) copies of the RFP response must be submitted as well as one (1) electronic virus-free usb drive. Please label outside of response package envelope as: RFP Response-Audit Services. Proposals are scheduled for opening by the Finance Department at 9:15 a.m., July 16, 2021 in the Arches Conference Room, located on the second floor of the Whitefish City Hall at 418 E. 2nd Street, Whitefish Montana. The Notice of Award is intended on or before September 7, 2021. A full copy of the Request for Proposal for Audit Services is available on the City of Whitefish website, https://www.cityofwhitefish.org/Bids.aspx, or may be obtained by contacting Benjamin Dahlman, Finance Director, 418 E. 2nd Street, P.O. Box 158, Whitefish, MT 59937, 406.863.2405, or bdahlman@cityofwhitefish.org. June 13, 19, 2021 MNAXLP __________________________