AGENCY TESTIMONY
Contract review and compliance processes
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The Department of Correction has implemented thorough contract review and compliance processes to ensure fairness and consistency with citywide policies.
- Second level review of all contract submissions by senior officials
- Exploration of establishing a contract compliance auditing process
- Procurement unit participates in training sessions on citywide procurement policies
- Focus on meeting agency and detainee needs while maintaining compliance
James Conroy
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The department's goal is to make sure that our contracting process is thorough, fair, and consistent with citywide policies, while at the same time ensuring that the needs of the agency and the people in our care are met.
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The department has enhanced its contract review process to include a second level review of all contract submissions, which is conducted by the agency chief contracting officer and the senior deputy agency chief contracting officer.
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Additionally, the Department of Correction is exploring establishing a contract compliance auditing process to reinforce our existing practices to ensure compliance.
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The department's procurement unit participates in training sessions and refresher courses on city wide procurement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with established city wide policies.
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Of course, the department is aware that a limited number of vendors that operate in the jails have engaged in problematic problematic practices in the past and has taken these into concern excuse me, these concerns into account when drafting contracts with those vendors and designing policies related to their services.