# USAC RFP: External Peer Review of USAC’s Audit & Assurance Division

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/aad25056

- Solicitation number: AAD-25-056
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was May 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT
- Department: Federal Communications Commission
- Contracting office: FCC (273FCC)
- NAICS: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Product or service code: R704 Auditing Services
- Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia
- County: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001
- City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000
- First posted: April 15, 2025
- Last posted: May 28, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e3588a47c89b4042bdeb9fe45dc744f6/view

## Description

**Update:** Proposal due date is extended to 5/16/2025 At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted this solicitation on its website. The purpose of this Request for Proposal (“RFP”) is to perform External Peer Review of USAC’s Audit & Assurance Division.

This Request for Proposals (RFP) describes the services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Proposals are due no later than May 9, 2025, at 11:00 AM ET. This Request for Proposals (RFP) describes the services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Further details provided herein. Proposals shall be submitted no later than May 15, 2025, at 11:00 AM ET. The RFP is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/procurement.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation issued in accordance with Part 13 of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations (known as the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; no separate written solicitation will be issued. The solicitation number is AAD-25-056. Proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC.

ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The RFP describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond.

**BACKGROUND:** USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost (HC), Lifeline (LI), Rural Health Care (RHC) and Schools & Libraries (SL) as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org. The purpose of this Request for Proposal (“RFP”) is to perform External Peer Review of USAC’s Audit & Assurance Division.

This Request for Proposals (RFP) describes the services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Proposals are due no later than May 9, 2025, at 11:00 AM ET. The RFP is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/procurement. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFP WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC.

## Publications

- April 15, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due May 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 6c68e21580f1442f95e2219557e7a9ed. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6c68e21580f1442f95e2219557e7a9ed/view
- May 5, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due May 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 2df7eefc16c542b191ff3e1119509258. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2df7eefc16c542b191ff3e1119509258/view
- May 28, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due June 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 8c045a001ed84974b9d664eaeda77c5f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8c045a001ed84974b9d664eaeda77c5f/view
- May 28, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due May 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice e3588a47c89b4042bdeb9fe45dc744f6. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e3588a47c89b4042bdeb9fe45dc744f6/view

## Points of contact

- Avaneque Johnson, Avaneque.Johnson@usac.org, 2029163485
- Noor Jalal, noor.jalal@usac.org, 2027760200

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Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/aad25056.