2025-005 – Procurement, Suspension and Debarment Corrective Actions – Sheridan County Issue: The Weed & Pest District does not have formal, written policies or procedures governing procurement activities, including required methods of procurement, documentation standards, and approval thresholds. Ad...
2025-005 – Procurement, Suspension and Debarment Corrective Actions – Sheridan County Issue: The Weed & Pest District does not have formal, written policies or procedures governing procurement activities, including required methods of procurement, documentation standards, and approval thresholds. Additionally, the Weed & Pest District lacks documented procedures to verify and document that vendors are not suspended or debarred prior to entering into contracts or making payments using federal funds. Corrective Action: Management agrees with the finding and plans to develop and formally adopt procurement and suspension and debarment policies. Implementation is expected to occur during the next fiscal year. Implementation of Corrective Action: All Weed & Pest federal award grants will be sent to the County Administrative Director for review. Suspension and debarment language, including required lower tier transaction verification requirements shall be added to all Weed & Pest contracts which are funded through Federal Awards as follows: • Suspension and Debarment, Voluntary Exclusion. By signing this Contract, ______________ certifies that it is not suspended, debarred, or voluntarily excluded from Federal financial or non-financial assistance, nor are any of the participants involved in the execution of this Contract suspended, debarred, or voluntarily excluded. Further, _____________ agrees to notify Sheridan County Weed & Pest by certified mail should _____________ or any of its agents or subcontractors working on this project become debarred, suspended or voluntarily excluded during the term of this Contract. Weed & Pest will conduct a search of the System for Award Management (SAM.GOV) to determine if the bidding entity has been suspended or debarred from participating in Federal award contracts. A copy of the SAM.GOV certification will be required from contractors prior to final Weed & Pest award of contract.