Ref.
Audit Observations Audit Recommendations Status of Implementation
standards and specifications of delivered requirements for emergency procurement
goods. before payment is made.
AAR 30. Competitiveness and transparency 44. We recommended that Management submit Unimplemented
2020 were not assured in the Municipality’s the following: Management had already
p.48 procurement of 28 catering services submitted the list of menu served
totaling ₱2,059,700.00 for the meals i. An explanation for proceeding with the to the PUMs. Management did
provided to frontliners and persons under canvass on the basis of a purchase request not submit the breakdown of
monitoring (PUMs) because the caterers which lacked details and specifications and each caterer’s menu offering, and
who participated in the canvass were able with bids which were unusually too similar, the rectified Inspection and
to come up with their bids despite the lack and despite the lack of details; Acceptance Report.
of a menu, thus, there is doubt whether the ii. An explanation as to why the caterers who
procedures provided under Republic Act participated in the canvass were able to
(RA) No. 9184 were satisfactorily adhered come up with their bids despite the lack of a
to. menu;
iii. A breakdown of each caterer’s menu
offering; and
iv. A corrected Acceptance and Inspection
Report specifying the items inspected.
45. Ensure that the procedures for Shopping Unimplemented
under Section 52.1(a) of the 2016 RIRR of The Municipality still had
RA No. 9184 are satisfactorily adhered to. transactions involving Shopping
in CY 2024.
AAR 31. The prices of procured medical 46. We further recommended that Management Unimplemented
2020 supplies charged against the Bayanihan procure medical supplies based on the SRP Per checking with the CY 2024
p.50 Grant to Cities and Municipalities set by appropriate government agencies to acquisitions of medical supplies,
(BGCM) and Local Disaster Risk ensure that the Municipality get the most some items had been procured at
Reduction and Management Fund advantageous prices. prices higher than the DOH
(LDRRMF) were above the highest suggested retail price.
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