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                                                AGENCY ACTION PLAN and STATUS of IMPLEMENTATION                                                                                   RESULTS of COA VALIDATION
                                                         Agency Action Plan (for Partially Implemented
                                                            and Not Implemented Recommendations)                           Reason for                                                    Actual
                                                                                                            Status of    Partial/Delay/       Action         Date     Status of
                                        Audit                Action Plan/                      Target                                                                                Implementation
Ref.   Audit Observations                                                         Person/                  Implemen-          Non-        Taken/Action      Follow   Implemen-                                  Remarks
                                  Recommendations              Remarks          Department  Implementati                Implementation,                                                   Date
                                                                                Responsible                  tation                        to be Taken        Up       tation
                                                                                              on Date                     if applicable
                                                                                            From     To                                                                              From      To
 20,   support              the     submit the CSHP required as one of the                                                                                                                            accompanied by a DOLE-
page   procurement of the           duly approved by contract requirements                                                                No issuance of                                              approved Construction Safety
 98    civil works for projects     DOLE            in which will be asked                                                                NTP if there is                                             and Health Program (CSHP).
       totaling                     compliance with upon issuance of the                                                                  no approved                                                 The Audit Team will continue to
       ₱47,165,134.36 in CY         Section 5.2 of Notice of Award.                                                                       CSHP      from                                              evaluate       Management’s
       2022 lacked the              DOLE DO No. 13 According to the                                                                       DOLE.                                                       compliance with the audit
       required approval of         dated July 23, bidders and as per                                                                                                                                 recommendation at year-end.
       the Department of            1998, and Section query, contractors can
       Labor               and      37.2.3(f) of the request          approved
       Employment (DOLE),           Revised IRR of RA CSHP for DOLE upon
       contrary to Section 5.2      No. 9184.          presentation of the
       of DOLE Department                              NOA or contract, and it
       Order (DO) No. 13                               will take at least three
       dated July 23, 1998,                            (3) months before they
       and Section 37.2.3(f)                           can      secure      the
       of     the      Revised                         approved CSHP.
       Implementing Rules
       and Regulations (IRR)
       of Republic Act (RA)
       No. 9184. Moreover,
       the CSHP was not
       even integrated into
       the construction cost
       of some of the
       projects, implying that
       construction safety
       measures were not
       enforced          during
       project
       implementation,
       contrary to Sections
       5.3 and 17 of DOLE
       DO No. 13, thereby
       adversely affecting the
       safety and welfare of
       the workers and the
       general public within
       the immediate vicinity
       of the construction
       site.