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File ID: 2025-01113 1/27/2026
[Contract] Utility Cost Recovery Audit Services
File ID: 2025-01113
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion authorizing the City Auditor to execute a Professional Services Agreement with American Utility Auditors, LLC for an amount not-to-exceed $500,000 to provide Utility Cost Recovery Audit Services.
Contact: Farishta Ahrary, City Auditor, (916) 808-7266, [email protected], Office of the City Auditor
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Agreement
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: This report seeks the City Council’s approval for the City Auditor to execute the attached professional services agreement with American Utility Auditors, LLC for an amount not-to- exceed $500,000 to provide Utility Cost Recovery Audit Services; this agreement is contingency- based, with no upfront cost to the City and compensation based solely on successful cost recovery and/or verifiable future cost savings.
Policy Considerations: The City Auditor’s intent to provide Utility Cost Recovery Audit Services is consistent with the City Auditor’s fiscal year (FY) 2025-26 Annual Work Plan.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: None.
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
File ID: 2025-01113 1/27/2026
Rationale for Recommendation: The Office of the City Auditor issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on April 29, 2025. It is in the best interest of the City to enter into a contract with American Utility Auditors, LLC, determined to be the most responsive proposal received in the competitive bidding process, for an amount not-to-exceed $500,000; this agreement is contingency-based, with no upfront cost to the City and compensation based solely on successful cost recovery and/or verifiable future cost savings.
Financial Considerations The proposed agreement has a one-year term for a total not-to-exceed amount of $500,000; this agreement is contingency-based, with no upfront cost to the City and compensation based solely on successful cost recovery and/or verifiable future cost savings.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): The selected vendor is not an LBE.