COA finds unnecessary P1.26-B PNP spending for supplies COA finds unnecessary P1.26-B PNP spending for supplies in 2014
The Commission on Audit (COA) chided the Philippine National Police for “unnecessary, excessive procurement and overstocking of supply” in spending P1.26 billion on commonly used supplies and materials despite the absence of an Annual Procurement Plan (APP). Of this amount, P856 million represented cash advances for intelligence expense.
The audit examination was made during the term of former PNP Director General Alan Purisima.
Making matters worse, the COA report for 2014 said, was the fact that a number of personnel tapped by the PNP to be disbursing officers for intelligence activities were not bonded, thus, violating COA rules on cash advances.
COA said the PNP violated RA 9184, the Government Procurement Act, for making huge purchases of supplies not identified in the APP. The COA said the APP should have included those commonly used supplies and equipment and the Bids and Awards Committees should have submitted the procurement of various supplies to public bidding.
But while the PNP was fast in spending general funds, it was too slow in disbursing over P79.6 million in allocated Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funds designed to fast-track government spending on vital projects.
The COA blamed the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for the snail-paced DAP disbursement. COA said that out of the P79.6 million DAP funds released in 2012, only P6,196,320 worth of patrol shoes were purchased.
The COA said that as a result of a Supreme Court Ruling that declared DAP unconstitutional, the unspent portion of the funds, approximately P72 million, should be returned to the Bureau of Treasury.
The COA report also disclosed that P873,23 million in cash advances of retired, separated, and deceased police personnel remained unliquidated.
No deliveries were made for 23 patrol jeeps for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) worth P23 million and 90,000 patrol shirts amounting to P49.5 million until 2014.
Of the P7,199,250 worth of 94,965 patrol shoes supposedly paid for by PNP, only P6,196,320 worth of items were actually delivered, leaving a balance of P1,002.930.00 still undisbursed by the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management.
“Considering the unutilized funds and the period that has lapsed in procuring the requested items, the agency was deprived of the much-needed police supplies and patrol vehicles that should have been used in attaining their mission/vision,” the COA lamented.
The COA also directed the PNP to submit the list of recipients of the 90,000 pairs of patrol shoes that have not been presented for audit inspection.
The COA said that of the P1,574,902,775.77 balance of cash advances, P873,232,747.06 in cash advances of retired, separated, and deceased PNP personnel remained outstanding for more than one year.
Read more at http://www.mb.com.ph/coa-finds-unnecessary-p1-26-b-pnp-spending-for-supplies-in-2014/#96bsm0olKo9txXDg.99
The Commission on Audit (COA) chided the Philippine National Police for “unnecessary, excessive procurement and overstocking of supply” in spending P1.26 billion on commonly used supplies and materials despite the absence of an Annual Procurement Plan (APP). Of this amount, P856 million represented cash advances for intelligence expense.
The audit examination was made during the term of former PNP Director General Alan Purisima.
Making matters worse, the COA report for 2014 said, was the fact that a number of personnel tapped by the PNP to be disbursing officers for intelligence activities were not bonded, thus, violating COA rules on cash advances.
COA said the PNP violated RA 9184, the Government Procurement Act, for making huge purchases of supplies not identified in the APP. The COA said the APP should have included those commonly used supplies and equipment and the Bids and Awards Committees should have submitted the procurement of various supplies to public bidding.
But while the PNP was fast in spending general funds, it was too slow in disbursing over P79.6 million in allocated Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funds designed to fast-track government spending on vital projects.
The COA blamed the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for the snail-paced DAP disbursement. COA said that out of the P79.6 million DAP funds released in 2012, only P6,196,320 worth of patrol shoes were purchased.
The COA said that as a result of a Supreme Court Ruling that declared DAP unconstitutional, the unspent portion of the funds, approximately P72 million, should be returned to the Bureau of Treasury.
The COA report also disclosed that P873,23 million in cash advances of retired, separated, and deceased police personnel remained unliquidated.
No deliveries were made for 23 patrol jeeps for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) worth P23 million and 90,000 patrol shirts amounting to P49.5 million until 2014.
Of the P7,199,250 worth of 94,965 patrol shoes supposedly paid for by PNP, only P6,196,320 worth of items were actually delivered, leaving a balance of P1,002.930.00 still undisbursed by the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management.
“Considering the unutilized funds and the period that has lapsed in procuring the requested items, the agency was deprived of the much-needed police supplies and patrol vehicles that should have been used in attaining their mission/vision,” the COA lamented.
The COA also directed the PNP to submit the list of recipients of the 90,000 pairs of patrol shoes that have not been presented for audit inspection.
The COA said that of the P1,574,902,775.77 balance of cash advances, P873,232,747.06 in cash advances of retired, separated, and deceased PNP personnel remained outstanding for more than one year.
Read more at http://www.mb.com.ph/coa-finds-unnecessary-p1-26-b-pnp-spending-for-supplies-in-2014/#96bsm0olKo9txXDg.99
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