Draft Audit Report Fax Machines Feb 6 08

Office of the Auditor General / Bureau du vérificateur général AUDIT OF THE PROCUREMENT OF FAX MACHINES 2007 Chapter 18 VÉRIFICATION DE L’ACQUISITION DE TÉLÉCOPIEURS 2007 Chapitre 18 Chapter 18: Audit of the Procurement of Fax Machines Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................... 1 2 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................. 1 3 AUDIT SCOPE .................................................................................................................... 1 4 ALLEGATION RELATING TO THE FIRE SERVICES BRANCH........................... 2 5 FAX MACHINE PROCUREMENT ................................................................................. 2 5.1 Lack of Evidence to Support Benefits of Renting versus Buying ................... 2 5.2 Potential Savings of Buying versus Renting ....................................................... 3 5.3 Current Inventory of Fax Machines....................................................................... 4 5.4 Rates Charged............................................................................................................ 4 5.5 Examples where monthly rental payments continued past the 36-month rental period....................................................................................................... ...