ACCOUNTING SERVICES
1. The City desires to obtain financial accounting assistance in performing account
reconciliations, examining and recording revenues and expenditures and assisting accounting
staff to ensure compliance to regulations as related to Governmental Accounting Standards
Board ("GASB") Statements and Governmental Generally Accepted Accounting Principals.
2. Consultant must have a thorough and demonstrated working knowledge of Governmental
Fund Accounting. A working knowledge of Microsoft Great Plains and Advantage Financial
Systems is preferred.
3. Each respondent to this Request for Proposals ('RFP") shall describe to the City the
approach, level of effort, and plan for immediate fulfillment of these needs.
4. The City will provide space for Consultant to work and workstations to access the financial
systems.
5. The City will provide the Consultant with data in a timely manner, and in a format mutually
agreeable by the City and Consultant, and provide access to the City's financial management
system, personnel system and other sources needed to allow the Consultant to perform activities
necessary to meet requirements of the City.
6. The Consultant will assist in the following functions: cash reconciliation, government-wide
and fund financial statement preparation, balancing general ledger accounts, documenting fixed
assets additions and deletions, preparing payables and receivables schedules, and assisting with
any normal governmental fund accounting activity.
7, Responses submitted shall contain no more than fifty (50) pages on letter size paper.
