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Ref.            Audit Observation                          Audit Recommendation                   Management Comment/Action
                                                                                                                                         Implementation
     ₱6,000.00 per beneficiary totaling           2020, and the latter to attach the required     handling the various transactions
     ₱13,386,000.00 were not supported            documents to the payrolls to ensure the         of this program, the documents
     with complete documentation contrary         validity, propriety, and legality thereon,      were misplaced and could no
     to Section 8 of DSWD-DOLE-DTI-               otherwise the same shall not be passed in       longer be located despite efforts to
     DA_DOF-DBM Joint Memorandum                  the audit.                                      locate them.
     Circular No.1, Series of 2020, thereby,
     casting doubt on the propriety, validity,
     and legality of the transactions.
AAR The Municipal procured 1,200 and 800 58. We recommended that in some cases, the               Management had not taken any                Not
2020 sacks of rice and mongo, respectively,       Bids and Award Committee (BAC)                  action.                                 Implemented
     totaling ₱3,606,660.38 charge to the         indicate in the PO all the basis
     Bayanihan Grant to Cities and                information required under COA Circular
     Municipalities     (BGCM)        without     No. 96-010 to ensure that items delivered
     indicating in the Purchase Order (PO)        meet specifications.             We also
     the variety, brand name, places of           recommended that the DSWD submit the
     origin and other specifications contrary     list of recipients of the rice, mongo, fruits
     to COA Circular No.96-010, posing            and vegetables with their signatures
     possible risks that rice delivered were      acknowledging receipt thereof and for the
     not in accordance with the desired           BAC to submit the Omnibus Sworn
     specifications. Moreover, the List of        Statement of each of the suppliers and the
     Recipients/Beneficiaries            duly     documentary requirement for Mr. Llanes
     acknowledged by the constituents             in compliance with Section 4(6) of P.D.
     therein was not submitted to prove the       No.1445 and Section 6 of GPPB Circular
     actual delivery/distribution on the          No. 01-2020 to ensure the validity,
     goods      procured.     In    addition,     propriety and legality thereof.
     disbursement      vouchers     covering
     purchases of meat/pork, fish, fruits and 59. Further, we recommended that the BAC            Management lacked manpower                  Not
     vegetables totaling ₱2,066,337.70            submit the eligibility documents of Ms.         that could focus on retrieving the      Implemented
     were not supported with complete             Montemayor and explain why she still            documents.
     documentation contrary to Section 4          received payments as a SAP beneficiary
     (6) of P.D. No. 1445 and Section 6 of        of ₱6,000.00. Lastly, we recommended
     the Government Procurement Policy            that the BAC submit a written explanation

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