State Auditor Seeks Vendor for FI$Cal Control Review

The California State Auditor’s Office is on the hunt for a vendor to review the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) information systems controls to ensure that it meets annual reporting requirements.

FI$Cal, as the name implies, is the state’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system meant to consolidate the various legacy systems that departments had been using for their accounting, budgeting, and procurement operations.

In a request for proposals issued Oct. 29, the State Auditor’s Office notes that the review will be used to assess the effectiveness of the controls in the prevention, detection and correction of errors or fraud through the system that could impact the state’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).

“The State relies upon information from FI$Cal to produce its ACFR. The State Auditor performs an annual independent audit of the State’s ACFR in accordance with the AICPA’s Statements on Auditing Standards, as well as the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, published by the Comptroller General of the United States,” the RFP reads.

Proposers should have experience with organizational controls that could include Oracle Identity and Access Management, Oracle DB, PeopleSoft Financials, Linux OS, WebLogic, and Phire.

Deliverables for this project include a risk assessment, audit plan, work papers and final findings, according to the RFP. Findings are “due no later than Dec. 31, 2025, for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Sept. 30, 2026, for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and Sept. 30, 2027, for fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.”

Questions are due by 4 p.m. Nov. 13, and final proposals are due by 9 a.m. Dec. 17. Contract award is expected by Jan. 14, 2025. The point of contact for this RFP is Chelcy Cervantez.