Audit of USAID Senegal’s Contracting Operations

Audit of USAID/Senegal’s Contracting Operations 7-685-05-003-P January 31, 2005 Dakar, Senegal January 31, 2005 MEMORANDUM FOR: USAID/Senegal Director, Olivier Carduner FROM: Acting RIG/Dakar, Nancy Toolan /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Senegal’s Contracting Operations (Report No. 7-685-05-003-P) This is our final report on the subject audit. In finalizing the report, we considered your comments on our draft report and have included your response as Appendix II. This report contains three recommendations. Based on appropriate action taken by the Mission, management decisions have been reached on all three recommendations. Final actions to close the three recommendations should be coordinated with the Office of Management Planning & Innovation (M/MPI). I appreciate the cooperation and courtesies extended to the members of our audit team during this audit. 1 (This page intentionally left blank) 2 Table of Summary of Results 5Contents Background 6 Audit Objective 7 Audit Findings Did the Regional Contracting Office (RCO) located at USAID/Senegal comply with USAID guidelines in providing contracting support? 7 Integrated Electronic Record Keeping System 8 Would Improve Reporting Evaluations of Contractor Performance Need to 9 Be Completed and Submitted Expired Instruments Need to Be Closed Out 10 in a Timely Manner ...