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                                                                        Status of
Ref.           Observation              Recommendation           Implementation/Result
                                                                     s of Validation
       thus, potency and safety, as 15. The        personnel    The personnel concerned
       well as the reasonableness        concerned or the       were already required to
       of prices of these drugs and      end-user        duly   fill up the complete
       medicines, could not be           authorized by the      information required in
       guaranteed.                       Municipal Mayor,       the POs.
                                         as Head of the
                                         Procuring Entity,
                                         fill up the relevant
                                         and         required
                                         information in the
                                         PO pursuant to
                                         Item B of COA
                                         Circular No. 96-
                                         010 dated August
                                         15, 1996.
AAR Procurement of a mini 16. The Bids and                      Implemented
2023 dump truck and cargo                Awards
, AO dropside surplus by the             Committee,             The appropriate authority
no. 8, Municipality         totaling     henceforth, first      was already secured
page ₱3,894,000.00 was not               secure           the   before any purchase of a
33     supported        by       the     appropriate            vehicle.
       appropriate Authority to          authority         to
and    Purchase Motor Vehicles           purchase      motor
       (APMV) and violated the           vehicles,         in
AAR prohibition          on      the     compliance with
2022 acquisition                  of     DBM BC No.
, AO reconditioned         vehicles,     2022-1.
no.    inconsistent     with     the 17. Management             Implemented
12,    Department of Budget and          submit            an
page Management             (DBM)        explanation for the    Management explained
45     Budget Circular (BC) No.          procurement       of   that their budget for a
       2022-1, hence impairing           the surplus vehicle    vehicle was limited.
       the validity and regularity       to justify the         However, they promised
       of         the        related     violation         of   to    avoid    procuring
       disbursements.                    Section 9 of BC        surplus vehicles in the
                                         No.          2022-1    future.
                                         prohibiting      the
                                         purchase          of
                                         reconditioned
                                         motor vehicles.


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