The Georgia Head Start Association, Inc. (GHSA) is a statewide non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the capability of local Head Start programs to deliver quality comprehensive services to children and their families.  GHSA has affiliations with 27 Head Start and Early Head Start agencies in the State of Georgia that provide these services to over 20,000 low-income preschool children from birth through five years old and their families.

The GHSA Board has initiated procedures to explore a change in outside auditors approximately every three years to maintain integrity in the audit process.

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is to establish the criteria for soliciting bids to perform audit services for the Georgia Head Start Association, Inc. and to ascertain the availability and interest of prospective auditors.

The successful contractor will be required to perform the following functions for the Georgia Head Start Association, Inc.  beginning with the fiscal year end audit September 30, 2024.

  1. Audit the balance sheet and the related statements of activities, functional expenses, and cash flows for the year then ended.
  2. Provide a report that will include schedules of federal awards that will be subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic financial statements.

At the end of the audit, the vendor will prepare the federal and state information returns for the year ended September 30, 2024 and subsequent contracted years.  The audit will be conducted within 60-90 calendar days.

The fee for service estimate is: $8,000.00 and we anticipate auditing activities will take approximately 40 hours to complete the engagement with  final audit deliverables completed within 60-90 days.

GHSA has the option of extending the contract for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.

Interested contractors from small to mid-size Auditing\CPA firms are encouraged to apply.  For consideration, please respond to the RFP document by clicking here: Audit RFP2024.doc

Please submit your proposal, proof of insurance, and any licensing or certifications your company has not later than October 18, 2024 by 5:00 p.m.

Proposals and supporting documents should be sent to:

                                                                                                                   

Juanita Yancey, Executive Officer

Georgia Head Start Association, Inc.

One West Court Square Suite 750

Decatur, GA 30030

email: gaheadstartassociation@gmail.com