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Finding 38449 (2022-003)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
I
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-02-01
Audit: 30472
Organization: Washakie County (WY)
Auditor: Carver Florek & James Cpa's

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The County awarded a contract over $20,000 without conducting required competitive bidding.
  • Impacted Requirements: Contracts over $20,000 must be competitively bid; expenditures over $5,000 require written quotes.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Ensure adherence to procurement policies for bidding and obtaining quotes to maintain compliance.

Finding Text

Compliance Requirement: Procurement ALN Number: 93.276 Grant Number: 6H79SP080706-01M001 Criteria: Condition: Cause: Questioned Costs: The County requires that contracts over $20,000 to be competitively bid. Expenditures over $5,000 should have written quotes from other vendors. The County has policies on this threshold of expenditures requiring bidding and quotes. The County entered into a contract with a vendor and the contract was over the threshold of $20,000. No competitive bidding was performed prior to the contract awarded to the vendor. The County should follow their policy related to bidding and obtaining competitive quotes to ensure compliance. None Context for Calculation Of Questioned Costs: None Effect: Noncompliance Recommendation: We recommend that the County follow their procurement policy as it relates to obtaining bids and competitive quotes in an effort to ensure compliance.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding 2022-003 Contact Person: Lily Rakness Parra, County Clerk Corrective Action Planned: Washakie County agrees with the finding of 2022-003. As noted above, a Procurement Policy is being drafted which will in turn allow guidance in use of Federal funds for competitive bidding, obtaining quotes etc. in order for The County to satisfy the above finding.

Categories

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 38450 2022-002
    Significant Deficiency
  • 38451 2022-002
    Significant Deficiency
  • 614891 2022-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 614892 2022-002
    Significant Deficiency
  • 614893 2022-002
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.276 Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants $136,689
93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services_projects of Regional and National Significance $111,692
10.664 Cooperative Forestry Assistance $91,673
16.588 Violence Against Women Formula Grants $61,322
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $60,859
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $59,758
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $45,899
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction $44,072
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $38,846
10.557 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $31,062
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $30,668
16.540 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention_allocation to States $15,403
21.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund $11,955
15.904 Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid $9,000
97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program $7,752
93.590 Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants $2,820