The District intends by way of this RFP to procure provide financial and compliance auditing of the financial statements of the District and Preserve Foundation and express an opinion on the fair presentation of its general purpose financial statements, combining and individual fund financial statements and schedules in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

The auditor is not required to audit the supplemental data contained in the comprehensive annual financial report.  However, the auditor is to provide an "in-relation-to" opinion on the supplemental schedules based on the auditing procedures applied during the audit of the general-purpose financial statements and the combining and individual fund financial statements and schedules.  The auditor is not required to audit the statistical section of the report.

The auditor shall also be responsible for performing certain limited procedures involving required supplementary information required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as mandated by generally accepted auditing standards.  The auditor is to provide an "in-relation-to" report on that schedule based on the auditing procedures applied during the audit of the financial statements.

The auditors shall provide to the District and the Foundation all audit adjustments including appropriate back-up documentation and will meet with staff, if requested, to discuss these final adjustments.