RFQ Consulting Services ARPA

CASS COUNTY, MISSOURIREQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Consulting Services for Oversight and Compliance for American Rescue Plan Funds Cass County, Missouri, is requesting statements of qualifications from qualified consulting firms for services related to guidance, oversight, and compliance for American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds. Interested firms shall submit their Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ’s”) detailing the requirements noted herein. It is the County’s intent to review all legitimate and timely submitted SOQ’s and enter into negotiations with the firm that the County Commission determines to be the best qualified, in its sole and absolute discretion. Deadline to submit: October 11, 2021.  Scope of Services: The respondent selected by the County will be required to provide professional services necessary for the County to comply with all requirements of the Rescue Plan Funds; including, but not limited to: • Establish proper accounting and reporting internal control mechanisms

to record, track, and disburse funds according to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations including, but not limited to: Uniform Guidance; General Accepted Accounting Principles; and the County’s internal fund(s) based accounting policies and procedures. • Establish policies and procedures for appropriate document retention and reporting with the Federal Financial Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) and/or Treasury Office of Inspector General.• If needed, design/establish application procedures. • Confirmation of verification of eligibility and final disbursement of Rescue Plan Funds, and/or any other award of proceeds. • Monitor for duplication of benefits and develop processes and documentation requirements around sub-recipient risk assessment, monitoring and management, including training of sub-recipients on grant requirements. • As may be applicable, coordinate between federal, state, and local agencies • Provide for fraud, waste, and/or abuse identification, reporting, and remediation. • Provide oversight and guidance to guarantee compliance with OMB Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR, Part 200, and the Single Audit Act, including performing internal control risk assessments as required. • Establish one or more appeals procedures for disputes regarding amounts awarded, including processes for evaluation of final determinations. • Provide regular and frequent status reports, including reporting on financial performance and projection modeling, the form and contents of which shall be dictated by the County. These status reports should be transparent and address broader questions about the County’s distribution and use of the Rescue Plan Funds. Examples of questions status reports should address include: “How much total funding has the County distributed to date;” and “How have the distributed funds been allocated.” • Establish review processes for any new/future reporting requirements related and/or applicable to the Rescue Plan Funds. • Regulatory compliance expertise including identification of authorized uses of the Rescue Plan Funds. • Interpret Federal Guidance and establish and/or verify eligibility under the Rescue Plan Funds. • Establish procedures for verification of eligibility for award and expenditure of Rescue Plan Funds. • Resolve any requests for information, justification, audit findings, and eligibility appeals. • Review contracts and purchasing documentation to ensure cost recovery and compliance of expenditures using federal funds.  To be eligible to respond to this RFQ, a duly authorized representative of the firm must certify, in writing, as to each of the following requirements:  1) Firms must have at least three years of documented experience advising government clients on compliance with federal grants; including, but not limited to identification of authorized uses of such funds and any subsequent reporting requirements.  2) Firms must have prior governmental accounting or auditing experience. Respondent may provide their response as a partnership between an accounting and legal firm to ensure to cover the necessary services requested herein.  3) Firms shall have no conflict of interest in representing the County; and  4) Firms must carry sufficient professional liability insurance to cover any errors and omissions, improper judgment, or negligence associated with the engagement The selected respondent and the County will jointly work on developing the Scope of Services for the project, detailing all of the needed services and assigned hours. Negotiations will be conducted with one firm at a time and only if an agreeable cost cannot be reached, will the next firm be contacted. Interested firms should submit 5 copies of their Statement of Qualifications to: Cass County Commission, c/o Jan Cantrell, 102 East Wall Street, Harrisonville, Missouri 64701. This RFQ is an invitation by the Cass County County Commission for interested firms to submit qualifications, which may be subject to subsequent discussions and negotiations.  Submittal of qualifications does not create any right in or expectation to a contract with the County. The County reserves the right to reject any and all RFQ’s.