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Audit Objective

Determine whether School officials used a competitive process to procure goods and services.

Key Findings

School officials did not:

• Always obtain competitive pricing in compliance with the School’s procurement policy or publicly advertise for capital improvement projects.
• Verify that the School received the awarded New York State Office of General Services contract (State contract) pricing for goods procured.

Key Recommendations

• Comply with the policy to secure quotes or requests for proposals when required, review all quotes received and publically advertise to meet procurement needs.
• Verify that the correct pricing is obtained when procuring goods or services using State contracts.

School officials agreed with our recommendations and indicated they are initiating corrective action.