The Comptroller of Puerto Rico issued a qualified opinion of the fiscal operations of the General Services Administration (GSA) related to the examination of the disbursement processes and the acquisition of goods and services. A qualified opinion is issued when noncompliances, individually or in the aggregate, are significant but not pervasive.
The Report reveals that the GSA did not collect and the supplier did not pay $22,000 as a predetermined amount for the acquisition of 44 vehicles for $1.6 million in 2015. The predetermined amount or a percentage of the amount of the purchase orders is a quantity required of bidders for the contracts administered by the GSA. This amount is stipulated in the conditions of the bid and in the contractual clauses.
The audit of one finding notes that the Purchasing, Bidding, and Supplies Program of the GSA did not present evidence that would allow identification of the correlation between the payments made by two suppliers and the purchase orders. This situation is contrary to Act 230 of 1974, the Government Accounting Act of Puerto Rico.
The Report recommends that the necessary mechanisms be established to ensure the collection of the amount owed by the suppliers and that collection efforts be made for the corresponding $22,000. In addition, that regulations be promulgated to govern the collection operations of the amount or percentage of the contracts and bids administered by the GSA.
See Audit Report DA-20-09.
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