Warwick Valley Central School District - Professional Services (2019M-139)

Issued Date
September 20, 2019

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Audit Objective

Determine whether the District procured professional services in accordance with Board policies and applicable statutory requirements.

Key Finding

  • District officials did not seek competition for professional services from four of the 12 professional service providers reviewed. These providers were paid $740,600 during the audit period.

Key Recommendations

The Board should:

  • Review and update the procurement policy to be sure it sets forth the expectations for the procurement of professional services.
  • Ensure that the procurement policy requirement that professional services be procured using requests for proposals (RFPs) is followed.

District officials generally agreed with our recommendations and indicated they planned to initiate corrective action.