Canada Firearms Centre Contracting and Acquisition Card Audit

October 2006

Executive Summary

The purpose of this audit was to assess the compliance of Contracting & Procurement activities and Acquisition Card purchases to applicable Treasury Board (TB) policies and procedures.

The audit concluded the following:

• The Canada Firearms Centre (CAFC) Contracting & Procurement Guide is consistent with the TB Contracting Policy.
• CAFC contracting activities were found to generally comply with TB policy however weaknesses were noted in terms of employer-employee relationships, pay-rolling and contract splitting.
• CAFC acquisition card purchases were found to generally comply with TB policy however weaknesses were noted in terms of authorization of transactions

To address the above conclusions, action plans have been developed by CAFC management.

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