Finding F40
During the 2020 and 2025 external auditor procurement cycles, BART staff issued the Request for Proposals in both cycles without prior Audit Committee review, and in the 2025 cycle the Committee was not provided the RFP or the responses received from prospective auditors.
Jury report: BART at a Crossroads: Structural Deficit, Governance Accountability, and the Choices Ahead · PDF page 24
Permanent linkOfficial response
BART Board of Directors
Partially disagrees: charter does not require pre-issuance RFP review; cites March 2021 and October/November 2025 proposal reviews.
Read official response · PDF page 18Addresses both authority and actual proposal access with charter clause and dated meetings, without independently verifying procurement history.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.