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Dallas procurement review finds contract irregularities; $3.8 million in retroactive payments raised to committee
Summary
Procurement staff told the committee they found multiple instances where services were procured outside standard procedures and requested retroactive ratification for payments dating to 2023; procurement said it has imposed temporary controls and is retraining and disciplining staff.
Council members told procurement leaders they were alarmed on June 10 after staff disclosed they had identified multiple instances of services procured or paid outside established contracting procedures, including about $3.8 million spent between January 2023 and September 2024 that the city is asking committees to ratify retroactively.
Juanita Ortiz, director of the Office of Procurement Services, said the department’s recent process review turned up services received under terminated term contracts or…
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