Finding 1149583 (2023-009)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
I
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2025-08-08
Audit: 363965
Organization: Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PR)
Auditor: Galindez LLC

AI Summary

  • Issue: A vendor involved in Airport Improvement Program expenditures was not registered on the System for Award Management (SAM).
  • Trend: This raises concerns about compliance with federal requirements for vendor registration and verification.
  • Follow-up: Ensure all vendors are registered in SAM and verified against the excluded parties list to avoid future compliance issues.

Finding Text

During our testing for Airport Improvement Program expenditures, we detected that there was a vendor which was not registered on System for Award Management (SAM) and was not verified on the excluded parties list system (EPLS)

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Other Findings in this Audit

  • 573138 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 573139 2023-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 573140 2023-008
    Significant Deficiency
  • 573141 2023-009
    Significant Deficiency
  • 573142 2023-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 573143 2023-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 573144 2023-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 573145 2023-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 573146 2023-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1149580 2023-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1149581 2023-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1149582 2023-008
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1149584 2023-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1149585 2023-006
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1149586 2023-007
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1149587 2023-005
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1149588 2023-006
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
20.106 Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and Covid-19 Airports Programs $13.92M
97.039 Hazard Mitigation Grant $1.79M
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $792,252
16.922 Equitable Sharing Program $189,988
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $15,141