One missing record in an award file can become an audit finding.
Get the free SCM Award File Audit Checklist: the 24 items an Auditor-General (AGSA) audit team commonly tests in a municipal award file, in six stages, from the approved need to the deviation report. Four printable A4 pages.
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- Planning4 items
- Advert and bids2 items
- Bidder compliance9 items
- Evaluation and award3 items
- Contract and close-out4 items
- Deviation2 items
Each item says what evidence to have on file and the regulation behind it, with a High or Medium risk rating (15 of the 24 are High). The same items drive our free Award File Evidence Checker.
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Guidance, not legal advice. Using it does not guarantee any audit outcome; the Auditor-General forms its own opinion.