Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Finding 2022-003 ? Procurement Name of Contact Person: Dean Wooten The procurement process requires 3 bids for purchases over $10,000. Due to supply chain issues related to Covid 19 and the related shortages there have been many times where there were not three vendors who were offering products for purchase. Proper documentation was not maintained to show that this was the case. Management has worked with the procurement staff to ensure that the procurement process is properly documented for each purchase over $10,000 and bids will be obtained when product is available from multiple vendors. When multiple vendors are not available for bids, efforts made to find competitive bids will be documented and attached with the purchase order. Purchase orders will be reviewed and approved by the Director of Finance. Proposed Completion Date: November 1, 2022