Overview
The following describes SCDOT's requirements for annual submissions by A/E Consultants. All consultants and subconsultants with active contracts or proposing to provide engineering and design related services (as defined in 23 U.S.C. §112(b)(2)(A), 23 CFR §172.3, 40 U.S.C. §1102 and state laws and regulations) for Federal-aid projects to SCDOT and its sub-recipients must submit the following information for review by the SCDOT Office of Contract Assurance (OCA):
- SCDOT - Consultant PPP Loan Forgiveness Certification
- A complete AASHTO Internal Control Questionnaire for Consulting Engineers
Supporting documents requested throughout must be submitted to be considered complete. - Audited, reviewed, compiled, or internally prepared FAR compliant Schedule of Indirect Costs (Firms receiving $250,000 or greater on SCDOT contracts for the previous calendar year must provide a Schedule of Indirect Costs that has been audited by an independent CPA, a federal agency, or another State DOT)
- Indirect Cost Certification
(**Fillable Form. Download and complete with Adobe Reader)(**Image box at top of form for Company Letterhead/Logo - optional)
- Copies of cognizant or acceptance letters from other State DOTs and/or provisional billing rates approved by the DCAA
- Executive Compensation Analysis
- Audited, reviewed, compiled, or internally-prepared financial statements.
- Trial Balance (If Schedule of Indirect Costs is unaudited)
- Current Chart of Accounts
- Sample Timesheets
- Written policies and Procedures, as indicated in ICQ questions B.3, D.1, & I.1.b. (Provide all policies/procedures updated after December 31, 2020.)
Required information should be submitted as soon as it is available, but no later than 180 days after the end of the firm's fiscal year:
Upload documents electronically: Document Submission Form.
Using this option sends the files to a secure location accessible only to the Office of Contract Assurance by password.
- Or mail to:
- SC Department of Transportation
- Office of Contract Assurance, Room 108
- P.O. Box 191
- Columbia, SC 29202-0191
Firms with Certified Indirect Cost Rates:
The firms listed in the report below are in compliance with SCDOT Procurement Policy Memorandum issued February 2, 2011, concerning indirect cost rates. This list will be updated regularly. Firms are not added to the list until their certified overhead is approved by the SCDOT Contract Assurance Office. This process can take several weeks.
Firms with Certified Indirect Cost Rates (Posted 05/04/2022)
"A cost is allowable only when the cost complies with all of the following requirements"
If you have any questions, please contact the OCA at (803) 737-1237 or Email Us
Related Documents:
- SCDOT PPP Guidance for A-E Firms
- FHWA Memo-HCFB-30 Treatment of PPP Funds for AE Consultants
- SCDOT Procurement Policy Memorandum
- AASHTO Uniform Audit and Accounting Guide (External)
(The link to the AASHTO bookstore is to download/purchase the 2016 Uniform Audit & Accounting Guide. It is free to download for members; however it is $13.00 for non-members.)
- AASHTO Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ)
- AASHTO CPA Work Paper Review Program
- 2022 National Compensation Matrix
(to be used with 2021 data)
National Compensation Matrix Tool
Instructions
NCM position descriptions
Q&A
Sample NCM Compliance Worksheet
Includes links to:
- 2021 National Compensation Matrix
(to be used with 2020 data)
Related Links
- FHWA Order 4470.1A dated October 27, 2010
- AASHTO Internal/External Audit Subcommittee Website
- Audit Community Directory (Updated January, 2021)
- 23 CFR 172, Administration of Engineering and Design Related Services (Electronic Code of Federal Regulations)
- Procurement, Management, and Administration of Engineering and Design Related Services - Questions & Answers
- Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)