4.  Are performance standards adequately established and monitored?

At a glance

We looked for adequate performance monitoring and incentives.

We found that:

  the incentives for performance are clearly designed to encourage good performance by the contractor, with appropriate benchmarks. Some of these incentives were strengthened in the second contract

  the reporting and monitoring system has been thoroughly prescribed and seems appropriate for the task. However, as it is largely reliant on self-monitoring by the contractor, DET will need to carefully oversight and regularly audit the effectiveness of the system

  there are adequate contract mechanisms that DET can use to make changes to school facilities, or to intervene as necessary - such as in the case of poor contractor performance

  DET has not as yet completed work on a Contract Administration manual to identify what needs to be done by whom and when.

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