Internal Audit Services

The Vendor is required to provide for internal audit services.
- Objectives
• Convey agency internal audit requirements to qualified vendors.
• Understand the vendor’s approach and work plan, organizational and personnel qualifications, previous experience, price, and ability to perform internal audit work.
• Contract with a professional services firm to fulfill the proposal requirements.
- Functional areas include Member Services: counseling and providing direct service to members, administering group life, health, and dental insurance benefits; Fiscal Services: accounting and financial reporting activities, retiree payroll, staff payroll, benefit calculations; Investment Services: monitoring of investment managers’ performance, fund rebalancing; Information Services: handling the network, hardware and software functions and maintenance of the information systems; and, Administration: agency governance, research activities and general administrative functions.
- The user community has up-to-date desktop computers running Windows 10. Office application services provided to the desktop include, but are not limited to, the Microsoft Office Professional suite of products (Word, Excel, Power Point), FileNet (Imaging Services) and Microsoft Exchange/Outlook. Some users are also assigned laptops and cellular devices to be able to work remotely.
- Departmental payroll and accounts payable services are delivered by the City under a cooperation agreement, and use PeopleSoft products.
- The audits will include tests of the various operations of the agency, and the contribution reporting of its seven agencies.