Report 2016-124 Recommendation 12 Responses
Report 2016-124: Department of General Services and California Department of Technology: Neither Entity Has Provided the Oversight Necessary to Ensure That State Agencies Consistently Use the Competitive Bidding Process (Release Date: June 2017)
Recommendation #12 To: Technology, California Department of
To ensure that it holds agencies accountable for implementing the corrective action plans that they submit with noncompetitive requests, Technology should immediately begin tracking all outstanding corrective action plans and following up to ensure that agencies complete them. For example, Technology should require that an agency include key dates in its corrective action plan that the agency plans to meet to conduct a competitive procurement and report its progress to Technology. Further, Technology should inquire about the steps that agencies have taken before the contract expiration dates in their most recent noncompetitive requests.
1-Year Agency Response
CDT/STP updated and distributed to its staff Desktop Work Procedures to provide staff with additional direction to track outstanding Correction Action Plans (CAPs) submitted by an Agency/state entity and inquire about expiring contracts before expiration date. These updated Desktop Work Procedures were distributed to all STP staff on December 20, 2017, and discussed at the December 21, 2017 STP All Staff meeting.
- Completion Date: December 2017
- Response Date: June 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented
6-Month Agency Response
CDT is updating Desktop Work Procedures to provide staff with additional direction to track outstanding Correction Action Plans (CAPs) submitted by an Agency/state entity and inquire about expiring contracts before expiration date. The approved Desktop Work procedures will be distributed to all STP staff on December 20, and discussed at the December 21, STP All Staff meeting.
- Estimated Completion Date: December 2017
- Response Date: December 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
CDT is almost complete in updating its Desktop Work Procedures to provide staff with additional direction to track outstanding CAPs submitted by an Agency/state entity and to inquire about expiring contracts before their expiration date.
- Estimated Completion Date: September 2017
- Response Date: August 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2016-124
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.