Seven public transportation agencies in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) consisting of the Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority (SRTA), Cumberland-Dauphin-Harrisburg Transportation Authority (Capital Area Transit or CAT), Central Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (CPTA), County of Lebanon Transit (LT or Lebanon Transit), and South Central Transit Authority (SCTA) on behalf of itself and the Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA) and the Red Rose Transit Authority (RRTA), (collectively the Transit Group), are issuing this joint Request for Proposals (RFP) to engage the services of a certified public accounting firm to provide annual year-end financial services for each of these seven organizations. Each transit agency, as separate entities in and of themselves, requires the need of an independent audit performed by a certified accounting firm. Agency Profiles are provided in Section 3. All proposals and contracts are subject to all applicable Commonwealth and Federal laws and to a financial assistance contract between the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Agencies as listed herein.
All costs incurred by proposers in the development of their proposals in responding to this RFP are the sole responsibility of the proposers. No such costs will be reimbursed by the agency or any individual in this procurement. Furthermore, proposers must not include such costs as part of their cost proposals to perform any work described in this RFP.
Requests for Proposal specifications, sealed Proposals, and questions regarding these projects should be addressed to:
Allen Hollenbach
Procurement Analyst
Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority
415 N. Zarfoss Drive
York, PA 17404
ahollenbach@rabbittransit.org
Due: 2:00 PM May 2, 2025
Issue Date: March 24, 2025
Questions Due: April 18, 2025
Proposals Due: 2:00 PM May 2, 2025
Interviews: May 12-15,2025
Contract Start Date: June 1, 2025
SRTA hereby notifies all proposers that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this RFP advertisement or solicitation, disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE’s) will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response and will not be subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex or national origin in consideration for an award. The Authorities reserve the right to postpone, accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive any informality in the RFP process as the Authorities deem in any of their own best interest. Proposals received after the specified closing time will be considered late proposals and will not be evaluated for award. Misdirected submittals will not be accepted.