Report 2009-118 Recommendation 12 Responses

Report 2009-118: Department of Developmental Services: A More Uniform and Transparent Procurement and Rate-Setting Process Would Improve the Cost-Effectiveness of Regional Centers (Release Date: August 2010)

Recommendation #12 To: Developmental Services, Department of

To ensure that the regional centers achieve the greatest level of cost effectiveness and avoid the appearance of favoritism when they award purchase of service contracts, Developmental Services should require regional centers to adopt a written procurement process that specifies the situations and dollar thresholds for which contracts, RFPs, and evaluation of competing proposals will be implemented.

1-Year Agency Response

Developmental Services' contract with each regional center now requires regional centers to have a board-approved policy specifying the circumstances under which the regional center will issue request for proposals, the applicable dollar thresholds, and how the submitted proposals will be evaluated. (2012-406, p. 105)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2009-118

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.