Finding Text
Criteria:
In accordance with 2 CFR 200.319, all procurement transactions for the acquisition of property or services required under a Federal award must be conducted in a manner providing full and open competition. A situation considered to be restrictive of competition includes specifying only a “brand name” product instead of allowing an equal product to be offered and describing the performance or other relevant requirements of the procurement.
Condition:
For 2 (or 40%) of 5 procurement transactions tested, aggregating $24K of $63K in total procurement costs, procurement records specified brand name in solicitations and bid, therefore limiting open competition as required by Federal requirements.
Per Program Details
Effective Date Campus Code Division Code Transaction Description Session ID Amount Funding Source
1 5/31/2022 10 104 po22-01531 apn22-013 $1,670 SEG
2 6/27/2022 10 104 po22-02805;8931 api22-1083 22,650 SEG
Total $24,320
Cause:
COM-FSM did not effectively monitor compliance with applicable procurement requirements.
Effect:
COM-FSM is in noncompliance with applicable procurement requirements.
Recommendation:
COM-FSM should effectively monitor procurement procedures to ensure that full and open competition is performed.