AUD-MERO-22-31-04

OIG recommends that U.S. Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone, update its Freetown Procurement Standard Operating Procedure for procurements over $10,000 but under the $250,000 (the simplified acquisition threshold) to include procedures for (1) soliciting and documenting the solicitation of at least three quotations meeting the requirements of the acquisition or providing written justification supporting the lack of competition, (2) including applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations and Department of State Acquisition Regulation provisions in the purchase order, and (3) publicly posting and documenting the public posting of the procurement in the file for procurements expected to exceed $15,000.