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                    Audit Observations                          Audit Recommendations                     Status of Implementation


AAR     56.     The Bids and Awards Committee 90. We recommended that, henceforth, the                          Unimplemented
2016,     (BAC) awarded the procurement of One        members of the BAC/TWG allow only                Future procurements still had to
p. 32     Unit KIA single cab costing ₱1.20 million   eligible prospective bidders to participate in   be continuously validated.
          to an unauthorized dealer, contrary to      the public bidding for the procurement of
          Section 34, Rule X of the 2016 Revised      goods and services.
          Implementing Rules and Regulations of
          RA No. 9184 which could possibly result 91. We further recommended that the                           Unimplemented
          in overpricing.                             BAC/TWG          should    conduct      post-    Future procurements still had to
                                                      qualification in accordance with Section 34,     be continuously validated.
                                                      Rule X of the 2016 Revised Implementing
                                                      Rules and Regulations of RA No. 9184.

AAR     57.     Had the Municipality procured cattle 92. We recommended that, henceforth, the                   Unimplemented
2016,     under the Cattle Fattening Project thru        Municipality conduct competitive bidding      According to Management, it had
p. 34     competitive public bidding, instead of         in the procurement of cattle in accordance    not been possible to procure the
          uniformly extending ₱20,000.00 to each of      with Section 10 of the Revised IRR of RA      cattle through public bidding
          the farmer beneficiaries, in accordance        No. 9184 to ensure that the most              because the Municipality had a
          with Item C.6 of the Memorandum of             advantageous price is obtained and more       previous experience where the
          Agreement (MOA) entered into by and            farmer beneficiaries are benefited.           cattle acquired and given to the
          between the Municipality and the                                                             farmers were of inferior quality.
          Department of Agriculture Regional Field                                                     They     mentioned that         the
          Office 7, more farmers could have                                                            Department of Agriculture is
          benefited from the project.                                                                  aware that there is no qualified
                                                                                                       supplier in the province, thus, the
                                                                                                       method of releases was converted
                                                                                                       to giving cash to farmer
                                                                                                       beneficiaries    for   them to
                                                                                                       personally buy cattle on their
                                                                                                       own.



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