Report 2009-103 Recommendation 16 Responses

Report 2009-103: Departments of Health Care Services and Public Health: Their Actions Reveal Flaws in the State's Oversight of the California Constitution's Implied Civil Service Mandate and in the Departments' Contracting for Information Technology Services (Release Date: September 2009)

Recommendation #16 To: Health Care Services, Department of

To promote fairness and to obtain the best value for the State, the two departments should demonstrate their compliance with General Services’ policies and procedures. Specifically, in their requests for offer, they should provide potential suppliers with the criteria and points that they will use to evaluate their offers.

1-Year Agency Response

Health Care Services modified its request-for-offer template to include evaluative criteria that it will use on all CMAS procurements. (2011-406, p. 90)

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

All Recommendations in 2009-103

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.