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CONDITION: The Beaver County Career and Technology Center contracted with a third-party vendor – Huckstein Mechanical for electrical upgrades to the welding lab and Robovent for welding equipment at the Center. The contract was procured through a cooperative purchasing group. The Center, 1) was unable to provide documentation from the cooperative purchasing group to verify that the welding lab upgrade and equipment procurement contract was competitively procured, such as a bid evaluation and public solicitation and 2) did not obtain the adequate number of price or rate quotations. This is a repeat finding (2024-001) from the prior fiscal year.