QUESTION
How has NYCHA responded to the 2020 Department of Investigation's recommendations about micro purchase contracts?
0:31:05
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NYCHA has not fully implemented the 2020 Department of Investigation's recommendations on micro purchase contracts but plans to implement them now.
- The recommendation to restructure the micro purchase process was not initially accepted but is now planned for implementation.
- Establishing a cost schedule for micro purchases to control overbilling was also not implemented, but plans are underway.
- A recommendation for the upload of work verification, such as photographs and invoices, to a central portal for review before payment has not been implemented but is expected to be now.
Chris Banks
0:31:05
And to your knowledge, what did Nitro do or declined to do in response to DUI's 2020 recommendations?
0:31:14
Related to the micro purchase contracts?
Jocelyn Strauber
0:31:18
So the recommendation that the micro purchase process be restructured so that it be removed from the housing development staff and escalated to a central unit within NYCHA.
0:31:28
That was a recommendation that was made back in 2021 that was not accepted and that we're making again now and that we understand NICE does prepare to plan to implement.
0:31:38
Another recommendation related to establishing a cost schedule for micro purchases to better control over billing.
Chris Banks
0:31:45
Okay.
Jocelyn Strauber
0:31:45
That recommendation also was not implemented, although I under and that now it will be.
0:31:49
It's one that we're making again, made again a couple weeks ago.
0:31:53
And finally, we recommended that that information porting, the fact that the work had actually been done such as photographs, the statement of service, the invoice that all of that be uploaded to a central portal and that it'd be reviewed by a senior member of Nightstar outside of the housing developments before any payment be made.
0:32:15
That's another recommendation that was made back in 2021, not implemented that we expect will be implemented now.
Chris Banks
0:32:21
Okay.