Finding 586800 (2020-002)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2020
Accepted
2024-01-26
Audit: 14010
Organization: City of Antelope (OR)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The City of Antelope failed to provide adequate documentation to prove compliance with procurement regulations for a water project.
  • Impacted Requirements: The procurement process did not align with Oregon regulations and Uniform Guidance, despite receiving multiple bids.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Improve recordkeeping practices to ensure all procurement documentation is securely stored and easily accessible.

Finding Text

Criteria: Contract requires City of Antelope to comply with procurement regulations. Condition: The City of Antelope was unable to obtain documentation to support that procurement procedures were followed that aligned with Oregon procurement regulations and Uniform Guidance. Minutes were received that report 7 bids received, to support some procurement process was attempted. Cause: City of Antelope water project required procurement procedures to be performed according to Uniform Guidance and State standards when more restrictive. Effect or potential effect: City of Antelope appears to have received multiple proposals and performed a procurement process to comply with the contract requirements; however, documentation was not available in enough detail to confirm the procurement process was performed according to the requirements. Cotext: This was the only project that required procurement and therefore it is considered an isolated incident.Recommendation: City of Antelope should perform better recordkeeping with limitataions on where documents may be stored to avoid any loss of records that may have been created.

Categories

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 10357 2020-001
    Material Weakness
  • 10358 2020-002
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  • 586799 2020-001
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/state's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $881,091
66.468 Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Funds $448,745