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With healthcare and construction topping the District’s contract spending, a new report from the Office of the DC Auditor found general compliance with DC laws and regulations governing procurements but insufficient proof of evaluation of contractor performance.
The report, released last Thursday, noted that DC spent $6.46 billion with its top 10 vendors over a three-year period encompassing fiscal years 2020, 2021 and 2022. The list included five Medicaid managed care organizations, other healthcare providers, construction firms, and the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness.
The auditor’s report is based on a sample of 13 contracts issued by the Office of Contracting and Procurement and the Department of General Services with those firms, excluding the Medicaid MCOs. In letters responding to the draft report, the two agencies agreed in whole or in part with most of the recommendations.
“Our contracting agencies clearly need to up their game when it comes to ensuring we’re getting value for the dollars spent,” DC Auditor Kathy Patterson said in a statement. “Agency leaders committed to doing exactly that, and that’s good news. At the same time according to our sample, the front end of procurement — awarding contracts — appears to be working well.”
Recommendations included the development of a process to ensure that contract administrators complete timely evaluations of contractor performance. The report also calls for OCP and DGS to study deviations between “independent government estimates” and final contract values to improve the accuracy of future cost projections and prevent the District from overpaying (or underpaying) for goods and services.
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