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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Alameda County Grand Jury
• 2016-2017
Alameda County's Lack of Vendor Evaluation and Debarment Policy
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Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
F17-31
Page 95
In spite of two previous Grand Jury recommendations to establish vendor-evaluation policies and the county’s acknowledgment of those issues, no formal policies have been implemented.
No recommendations for this finding
F17-32
Page 95
Without a comprehensive vendor-evaluation program, county departments are not sufficiently warned when existing vendors perform poorly or even defraud the county.
No recommendations for this finding
F17-33
Page 95
The county’s failure to adopt a debarment policy has exposed county departments to organizations and businesses that have defrauded the county in the past.
No recommendations for this finding