Report 2016-104 Recommendation 12 Responses

Report 2016-104: California Public Utilities Commission: It Should Reform Its Rules to Increase Transparency and Accountability, and Its Contracting Practices Do Not Align With Requirements or Best Practices (Release Date: September 2016)

Recommendation #12 To: Public Utilities Commission

The CPUC should use its contract database to track the procurement method for each contract.

1-Year Agency Response

CPUC is scheduled to be a part of the last wave of Fi$Cal implementation, July 2018. The contract office currently uses the FI$CAL System to track procurement methods as well as the current contract management system. The SCPRS FI$CAL system does track procurement by type. Initial steps for evaluating expaneded database tracking are nder way.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

6-Month Agency Response

CPUC is working with their IT team to ensure the contract database system can track the procurement method adequately.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

60-Day Agency Response

The CPUC Information Technology Branch are currently working to incorporate the procurement method into the contract record management system which records all of the contract information.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2016-104

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.