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Audit finds frequent post‑award changes to Watershed contracts; auditors recommend tighter controls
Summary
A city audit found that many Watershed Management contracts were substantially modified after award, sometimes more than doubling in value; auditors recommended additional guidance, a quarterly reporting requirement and better documentation; the City Utilities Committee accepted and filed the audit.
City auditors told the City Utilities Committee on July 15 that contract amendments and alternative procurements in the Department of Watershed Management frequently increased awarded contract value and often lacked sufficient written justification, raising risks of reduced competition and oversight.
The audit, presented by Dwayne Braithwaite and the audit team, reviewed 298 Watershed contracts the auditors could compile. Of those, 237 were procured competitively and 61 through alternative methods. About 21% of the 298 contracts were later modified. In a sample of 47 competitively procured contracts that were modified, 22 had post‑award increases of more than…
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