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AL 66.458 Clean Water State Revolving Funds – Procurement, Suspension and Debarment – Significant Deficiency Criteria Recipients and subrecipients other than states, including those operating federal programs as subrecipients of states, must follow the procurement standards set out at 2 CFR 200.318 through 200.327. Condition During internal control inquire, we noted the City did not follow federal procurement requirements. The City also entered into a covered transaction without checking the vendor to ensure they did not have an active suspended or debarred exclusion from receiving federal funds. Cause Management oversight. Effect The City is not in compliance with federal procurement, suspension and debarment requirements. Questioned Costs None Recommendation We recommend that the City follow their procurement policy and the requirements of 2 CFR 200.318 and document the fulfillment of this requirement. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions Project management staff has been made aware of this requirement and will document vendor checks for federal projects going forward. Repeat Finding: This is a repeat finding of prior year finding 2023-004.