Post by Logan on Jun 17, 2016 4:36:55 GMT -6
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's $6 billion-a-year contracting system has serious flaws — including multi-million dollar contracts managed by untrained staff and contracts that are prepared without legal review, according to a new state report issued Monday.
The General Assembly's watchdog agency, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, said in a report that the state's procurement system sometimes leads to the state overpaying for services or receiving poor quality goods and services.
JLARC said some public funds have been wasted because some state contracts don't have sufficient built-in legal protections. The report identified one unnamed agency that paid $25,000 for materials and work that were never used and another agency that paid $325,000 for "faulty equipment."
The report said many agencies do a poor job of managing a contract once procured by the state. JLARC found that "many agency staff have no prior contract administration experience or training," including on some contracts worth $50 million or more.
Read more: www.fredericksburg.com/news/state/government/report-finds-problems-with-state-contracting/article_b073ce8b-18be-5f4d-a91b-852bb58f7e0e.html
The General Assembly's watchdog agency, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, said in a report that the state's procurement system sometimes leads to the state overpaying for services or receiving poor quality goods and services.
JLARC said some public funds have been wasted because some state contracts don't have sufficient built-in legal protections. The report identified one unnamed agency that paid $25,000 for materials and work that were never used and another agency that paid $325,000 for "faulty equipment."
The report said many agencies do a poor job of managing a contract once procured by the state. JLARC found that "many agency staff have no prior contract administration experience or training," including on some contracts worth $50 million or more.
Read more: www.fredericksburg.com/news/state/government/report-finds-problems-with-state-contracting/article_b073ce8b-18be-5f4d-a91b-852bb58f7e0e.html