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Hillsborough County evaluation committee ranks audit firms; asks follow-up on Forvis hours
Summary
An evaluation committee scored six proposals for Hillsborough County's external auditing contract, ranking Cherry Beckert LLP first, Forvis Mazars LLP second and CliftonLarsonAllen LLP third, and directed procurement to confirm Forvis’s estimated 3,000 hours before the recommendation is finalized.
Hillsborough County’s evaluation committee reviewed six proposals for the county’s external auditing services and reached a consensus ranking Friday, recommending Cherry Beckert LLP as its top choice, followed by Forvis Mazars LLP and CliftonLarsonAllen LLP as the second and third-ranked firms.
The committee’s scoring and ranking followed review of six proposals submitted in response to RFP25-151 for external auditing services. Procurement staff reported the total scores, including cost, bonus points and an incumbent deduction, and the committee agreed to forward the top three firms to the Board of County Commissioners with a written caveat: procurement will verify Forvis Mazars’ estimate that the work can be completed in about 3,000 hours before the selection is finalized.
The verification question emerged after the committee reviewed detailed technical scoring and the firms’ proposed staffing hours. Ajay Gajar, finance director for the Clerk of the Circuit Court, presented reference checks and historical audit-hour figures and flagged differences among…
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