A planned day care center rehabilitation project was not started on time. Even after the year ended and a follow-up inspection was done, construction still had not begun, so the money allocated for the project was not being used.

Why It Matters

Recommended Actions

• (a) maximize the utilization of the 20% DF by requiring the Municipal Planning and Development Officer (MPDO), ME, and implementing offices to continuously monitor project status to ensure prompt and timely execution of planned PPAs
• And (b) require the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Secretariat to submit all perfected contracts and their integral parts to the AT within the prescribed period for timely contract review.

Original Audit Finding Excerpt

"The implementation of Project No. 27 had not yet started due to a complaint filed by the tenant of the former landowner. While negotiations between the parties are on-going, the tenant continues cultivating crops on the said location. After the issues were settled, the Municipal Engineer (ME) said that they decided to postpone the construction until the tenant could harvest their crops. On January 13, 2024, the AT conducted an ocular inspection and found that the project still had not started."

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