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Contract Monitoring Elizabeth Bogdanowicz Joseph Morrissey, MBA, CGAP Roslyn Watrobski, CFE, CIA, CGAP

Contract Monitoring Elizabeth Bogdanowicz Joseph Morrissey, MBA, CGAP Roslyn Watrobski, CFE, CIA, CGAP. Agenda. Monitoring Discussion Six Step Monitoring Process Case Study. Why Monitoring is Necessary. Program missions Millions in State spending Risks Health & safety

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Contract Monitoring Elizabeth Bogdanowicz Joseph Morrissey, MBA, CGAP Roslyn Watrobski, CFE, CIA, CGAP

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  1. Contract Monitoring Elizabeth Bogdanowicz Joseph Morrissey, MBA, CGAP Roslyn Watrobski, CFE, CIA, CGAP

  2. Agenda • Monitoring Discussion • Six Step Monitoring Process • Case Study

  3. Why Monitoring is Necessary • Program missions • Millions in State spending • Risks • Health & safety • Goal achievement • Dollars • Reputation • Fraud • Errors

  4. Monitoring • Ongoing activities, special evaluations or a combination of both used to ensure that controls are operating as intended.

  5. Benefits of Monitoring • Reduces risk of fraud, waste and abuse • Increases employees’ knowledge • Sets payee’s expectations • Get what was intended • Provides basis for payment

  6. Who Should Monitor? • Program staff • Fiscal staff in procurement, payment, etc. • Independent monitors and consultants • Internal auditors • External auditors

  7. When to Monitor • Timing • Beginning? • End? • During? • Extent • How much monitoring should you do?

  8. Monitoring Challenges

  9. Things that Help or Hinder • Management support • Vendor relationships • Differing priorities • Vendor, program and audit

  10. Things that Help or Hinder • Resources • Data • Tools • Staffing

  11. Things that Help or Hinder • Knowledge, skills and abilities • Embraces role as monitor • Understands contract terms • Adept at conflict management • Exercises professional skepticism • Obtains useful information

  12. Things that Help or Hinder • Contract Terms

  13. Contract Terms • SMART • Specific • Measurable • Achievable • Relevant • Time-bound SMART

  14. Contract Terms • Clear, Detailed and Easily Understood • Deliverables • Description • Benchmarks • Location

  15. Contract Terms • Performance measures • Quantities • Timing • Expertise • Licenses • Degrees • Test results

  16. Contract Terms • Payment provisions • Payment triggers • Invoice formats • Description of deliverable • Services • Time and attendance records • Installation dates

  17. Contract Terms • Reporting • Requirements • What • Electronic/paper • When • Records retention

  18. Contract Terms • Right to audit • Specific monitoring in contract language • Penalties for non-compliance

  19. Monitoring Process Six-step Process: • Identify contracts to monitor • Understand contract requirements • Identify risks • Prioritize risks • Design monitoring activities • Follow up

  20. Step 1. Identify Contracts • What data do you have available? • What data do your sister agencies have available? • What data does OSC have available? • How can it help you identify risky contracts?

  21. Risks • Health and Safety • Goal Achievement • Dollars • Reputation

  22. Risks – Data Analysis • # Contracts with same payee • $ Contracts with same payee • % $ v time expended • Start date (old) • Start date (new) • High $ contract • Low $ contract • Location • Contract description • Contract category code

  23. Step 2. Understand Requirements • Contract terms • Purchase order details • Laws, rules and regulations • Guidelines • Intuition? • Conversation? SMART

  24. Understand Requirements • Ask this: • Would I know how to verify whether something has occurred based on how the contract term is written? SMART

  25. Example The vendor shall submit a properly executed application for payment, together with appropriate backup supporting the amount billed.

  26. Better Example The vendor shall submit an electronic invoice for payment each month, detailing the names, titles, hourly rates, and hours worked for each consultant working during the previous month. The vendor shall also attach certified payroll records relating to the services on each invoice.

  27. Understand Requirements • Programmatic • Fiscal

  28. Programmatic Requirement Contract Term For every test, at least 2 service technicians will test all fire alarm control panels and peripheral devices according to NFPA 72. Vendor shall complete and submit all documentation and records.

  29. Fiscal Requirement Contract Term For every test, at least 2 service technicians will test all fire alarm control panels and peripheral devices according to NFPA 72. Vendor shall complete and submit all documentation and records.

  30. Step 3. Identify Risks • Programmatic • What can prevent goal accomplishment? • Fiscal • How can the payee get money they didn’t earn?

  31. Identify Risks

  32. Some Key Words • Bribe • Conspiracy to defraud • Fraud • Fraudulent • Embezzle • False instrument • Kickback • Vendor names • Program names

  33. Programmatic Monitoring

  34. Programmatic Monitoring

  35. Fiscal Monitoring

  36. Fiscal Monitoring

  37. Step 4. Prioritize Risks HIGH II Area of Minimal Concern IV Area of Most Concern Likelihood I Area of Least Concern III Area of Moderate Concern LOW LOW HIGH Impact

  38. Prioritize Risks • Avoid the risk • Accept the risk • Manage the risk

  39. Step 5. Design Monitoring Activities • Describe the activity • Who’s going to do it? • How are they going to document it? • What are they going to do with the documentation?

  40. How will they do it? • Observation • Analysis • Independent / outside oversight • Surprise visit • Audit of vendor records • Comparison to industry standards

  41. Programmatic Monitoring

  42. Programmatic Monitoring

  43. Programmatic Monitoring

  44. Programmatic Monitoring

  45. Fiscal Monitoring

  46. Fiscal Monitoring

  47. Fiscal Monitoring

  48. Fiscal Monitoring

  49. Step 6. Follow Up on Problems • Corrective action • Withhold payment • Terminate contract • Other?

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