Finding 575960 (2024-003)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
I
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-09-09
Audit: 365875
Organization: Town of Gorham (ME)

AI Summary

  • Answer: The School needs to improve documentation of vendor comparisons for micro-purchases.
  • Trend: Currently, the School seeks competitive pricing but lacks evidence of this process.
  • List: Implement a procedure to record and keep comparisons from at least three vendors.

Finding Text

Management’s response/corrective action plan: The School routinely looks for competitive pricing before the procurement of micro-purchases but does not retain evidence of doing so. The School will develop and implement a procedure for recording and retaining the comparison of minimally three source vendors.

Categories

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 575952 2024-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 575953 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 575954 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 575955 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 575956 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 575957 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 575958 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 575959 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 575961 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1152394 2024-001
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1152395 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1152396 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1152397 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1152398 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1152399 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1152400 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1152401 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1152402 2024-003
    Significant Deficiency
  • 1152403 2024-004
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants $1.00M
84.027 Special Education State Grants Individuals with Disabilities Act $933,351
21.027 Covid-19 Pre-K Expansion $453,809
10.553 National School Lunch Program $306,452
84.010 Title Ia - Basic Disadvantaged Program $262,427
21.027 Covid-19 American Rescue Plan $245,815
84.425 Covid-19 Esser #3 $177,921
10.555 School Breakfast Program $96,812
10.555 Food Donation Program $94,073
84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction $87,237
10.555 Child Nutrition Supply Chain Assistance $65,842
21.027 Covid-19 Maine Recovery and Jobs Plan $61,017
20.600 2024 High Visibility Enforcement and Education $20,686
84.173 Preschool $19,956
84.425 Covid-19 Multilingual Learners Experiencing Homelessness $18,400
84.425 Covid-19 Esser #2 $11,664
20.600 2023 Impaired Driving Enforcement $11,133
20.600 2024 Dre / Fp Training and Call-Out $5,239
10.558 Snap Year 1 $3,265
20.600 2023 Op Hve Cit & Sustained Enforcement $3,083
16.738 Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant $2,850
20.600 2023 Dre / Fp Training and Call-Out $2,378
20.600 2023 Hv Distracted Driving Enforcement $1,479
97.067 Homeland Security Grant $1,346
20.600 2024 Distracted Driving Enforcement $1,344
20.500 2023 Speed Enforcement $735