Common use of Contract Compliance Audit Clause in Contracts

Contract Compliance Audit. The third part of the evaluation process includes a measure of contract compliance. Each year, a compliance audit will be conducted based on the “2015-2016 Specifications and Operating Procedures”. Contractors will be notified two business days prior to the audit. The sections that will be audited are listed below: SECTIONS: G-01: Bus Terminal & Operations (C) G-35: Drug & Alcohol Programs (M) G-02: Vehicles (C/M) G-40: School Bus Insurance (M) G-05: Age of Vehicles (C/M) G-42: Computer & Telephones (C) G-12: Bus Coordination (M) G-43: Field Supervisors (C) G-13: Rider Lists (C) G-44: Financial Stability (C/M) G-32: Stand-By Drivers (C) G-45: HUB Requirement (M) G-33: Driver Roster (C) G-34: Driver Wages (C) (C) means the audit will be performed at the contractor’s site, (M) to be performed at MPS, (C/M) indicates audit may be performed at either site. A two (2) business-day advance notice will be provided indicating when an audit will be performed. The “2014-2015 Specifications and Operating Procedures” are part of the contracts signed each year by the bus contractors, therefore, they must be complied with. Contractors that comply with all provisions will have 14 points added to their score. Each audit category will be 1.0 point. Failure to adhere to any of these sections not only will result in no points awarded for that category.