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Dorchester County Council awards multi-year audit contract to second-lowest bidder

2123241 · January 7, 2025
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The Dorchester County Council voted to award audit services covering fiscal years 2023–2027 to the firm the finance department recommended as the best technical fit, citing multi-county experience and pledged hours; the contract covers 710 pledged audit hours and the council approved the recommendation unanimously.

Dorchester County Council on Jan. 7 approved the finance department’s recommendation to award audit services for fiscal years 2023–2027 to the firm judged the best technical fit, selecting the second-lowest bidder after a review of three qualified proposals.

County finance staff said the contract covers 710 pledged audit hours. The selection committee recommended the firm based on its multi-county audit experience, physical proximity and an audit-hour estimate that the finance team judged aligned with Dorchester County’s scope of work.

“We actually received 3 qualified bid packages from highly qualified audit firms,”…

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