North Merrick Union Free School District - Purchasing (2018M-87) | Office of the New York State Comptroller

Issued Date

August 03, 2018

Audit Objective

Determine whether the purchasing of goods and services complied with competitive bid statutes and District policies.

Noteworthy Achievements

The District generally complied with New York State General Municipal Law (GML) and its purchasing policy when seeking competition for purchases.

We selected payments to 22 vendors totaling $153,597 that required quotes and found that District officials obtained the required number of quotes.
We selected 10 vendors who were paid a combined total of $5.1 million to determine whether the purchases were competitively bid. We found that District officials appropriately followed GML and the District’s purchasing policy for competitive bidding for these purchases.

Our audit did not have any recommendations. District officials agreed with our report.

Background

The North Merrick Union Free School District (District) is located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County. The District is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Education (Board) which is responsible for the general management and control of the District’s financial and educational affairs.

The Superintendent of Schools is the District’s chief executive officer and is responsible, along with other administrative staff, for the day-to-day management of the District under the Board’s direction. The Assistant Superintendent for Business, who is the purchasing agent, is responsible for ensuring that all goods and services are purchased in the most prudent and economical way.

Quick Facts
Employees	310
2017-18 Enrollment	1,200
2017-18 Budgeted Appropriations	$31.4 million

Audit Period

July 1, 2016 − November 30, 2017