Perform a review of the remaining 453 contracts and any additional contracts issued under the old invitations to bid to ensure that overhead and profit amounts charged by contractors were reasonable. The State should either provide justification or support for the reimbursements to its housing program from non-Federal funds for the unsupported amounts.
Publication Report
2022-AT-1001 | Marzo 30, 2022
The State of Florida Administered Its Housing Repair and Replacement Program Effectively but Not Always in a Cost-Efficient and Prudent Manner for the Projects and Activity Delivery Costs Reviewed
We audited the State of Florida’s Housing Repair and Replacement Program (HRRP), one of the programs that the State developed to address its unmet disaster recovery housing needs because of Hurricane Irma in 2017. We audited this program due to the... másRelated Recommendations
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- Status2022-AT-1001-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Julio 30, 2024$107,036.00Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A] resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B] that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost]; or (C] that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
SummaryProvide support for the reimbursement to its housing program of $107,036 from non-Federal funds if justification cannot be provided to support that the overhead and profit amounts paid to the contractors were reasonable.
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Update policies and procedures to ensure that a cost reasonableness assessment is performed on all cost elements, including the overhead and profit percentages charged by contractors for future contracts.
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Develop and implement procedures to ensure the execution of newly developed policies that require contractors that work on multiple programs to provide adequate support to distinguish the proper amount of time and cost spent on each program. The State should also be required to provide procedures that implement the policy changes.
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Train staff to ensure that expenditures, including payments made to contractors, are classified to the proper project activity in the DRGR system and provide support for training conducted.