Purpose of Audit

The purpose of our audit was to review the School's procurement and monitoring processes and procedures for professional service contracts for the period July 1, 2014 through May 18, 2016.

Background

The purpose of our audit was to review the School's procurement and monitoring processes and procedures for professional service contracts for the period July 1, 2014 through May 18, 2016.

Key Findings

• The Board has not established adequate written policies or procedures for procuring professional services.
• School officials did not use competitive methods when procuring professional services.

Key Recommendations

• The Board should consider revising its procurement policy and procedures to require competition for the procurement of professional services and prescribe methods for soliciting competition for such services through the use of requests for proposals (RFPs) and written or verbal quotes.
• School officials should periodically solicit competition, through RFPs or another competitive process, for all professional service contracts.