Audit of USAID Mozambique’s Procurement and Distribution of

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT OF USAID/MOZAMBIQUE’S PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES FOR THE PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF AUDIT REPORT NO. 4-656-09-001-P DECEMBER 18, 2008 PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA Office of Inspector General December 18, 2008 MEMORANDUM TO: USAID/Mozambique Mission Director, Todd Amani FROM: Regional Inspector General/Pretoria, Nathan S. Lokos /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Mozambique’s Procurement and Distribution of Commodities for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Report No. 4-656-09-001-P) This memorandum transmits our report on the subject audit. In finalizing this report, we considered management comments on the draft report and have included those comments in their entirety as appendix II. This report includes eight recommendations to strengthen USAID/Mozambique’s efforts to monitor the procurement and distribution of commodities for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. In response to the draft report, the mission concurred with recommendation nos. 1 through 7 and management decisions have been reached for these seven recommendations. The mission did not concur with recommendation no. 8 to strengthen USAID/Mozambique’s compliance with agency branding requirements. A management decision for recommendation no. 8 will be considered to have been reached when USAID/Mozambique develops procedures and ...