Assuring Contractors’ Systems Sample Clauses

Assuring Contractors’ Systems. 2.1 The primary purpose of the Contractor Assurance Team is to provide the Authority with an assurance that payments to Contractors are in accordance with the Authority requirements, and that public funds are protected and value for money has been obtained. 2.2 Planning of visits by the Contractor Assurance Team to Contractors shall take account of the Service and the assessment of the risk attached to the delivery of the service. The assessment of risk shall follow an evaluation of the key, relevant systems adopted by the Contractor, supported by the results of testing undertaken. 2.3 Contractors shall have suitable systems in place to: a) detect and prevent duplicate claims; b) prepare and submit accurate, valid, supported, timely claims; c) monitor, record and manage lateness and all absences; d) support claims for payments through an effective Customer attendance recording procedure; e) ensure that all the required evidence is collected (and submitted, where appropriate) to support the claim; f) identify Customers who have left the Services (“Completers”) early to prevent over-claiming; g) carry out effective monitoring of Sub-contractors; and h) respond to financial appraisal and monitoring reports with an appropriate action plan.

Assuring Contractors’ Systems. 2.1 The primary purpose of the Contractor Assurance Team (CAT) is to provide the Authority with an assurance that payments to contracted employment provision contractors are in accordance with DWP and Treasury requirements that public funds and DWP data are protected and that value for money has been obtained. 2.2 The Contractor Assurance Team a) operates at a national level enabling it to present contractors operating across regions with a single view of the effectiveness of their systems. Each contractor will have a nominated Senior Assurance Manager and therefore a single point of contact in DWP for management of assurance related issues and concerns; b) conduct’s its work primarily by visiting contractors to review the systems of internal control in place to manage the risks to DWP in relation to contracted employment programme expenditure and protection of DWP data. This will include the arrangements contractors have in place for sub-contractors; c) visits take account of a number of different factors and at the conclusion of their visit the CAT will discuss their findings with contractors and subsequently produce a report which will include an assurance rating for the overall system and an action plan detailing areas where control could be improved if necessary. 2.3 Contractors shall have suitable systems in place to: a) detect and prevent duplicate claims; b) prepare and submit accurate, valid, supported, timely claims; c) monitor, record and manage lateness and all absences; d) support claims for payments through an effective participant attendance recording procedure; e) ensure that all the required evidence is collected (and submitted, where appropriate) to support the claim; f) identify participants who have left the Services early to prevent over-claiming; g) carry out effective monitoring of Sub-contractors; and h) respond to financial appraisal and monitoring reports with an appropriate action plan.

Assuring Contractors’ Systems. The primary purpose of the Provider Assurance Team (▇▇▇) is to provide the Authority with an assurance that payments to contracted employment provision contractors are in accordance with DWP and Treasury requirements that public funds and DWP data are protected and that value for money has been obtained.

Assuring Contractors’ Systems. [Optional – For use Welfare to Employment only 2.1 The primary purpose of the Provider Assurance Team (▇▇▇) is to provide the Authority with an assurance that payments to contracted employment provision contractors are in accordance with DWP and Treasury requirements that public funds and DWP data are protected and that value for money has been obtained. 2.2 The Provider Assurance Team a) operates at a national level enabling it to present contractors operating across regions with a single view of the effectiveness of their systems. Each contractor will have a nominated Senior Assurance Manager and therefore a single point of contact in DWP for management of assurance related issues and concerns; b) conduct’s its work primarily by visiting contractors to review the systems of internal control in place to manage the risks to DWP in relation to contracted employment programme expenditure and protection of DWP data. This will include the arrangements contractors have in place for sub-contractors; c) visits take account of a number of different factors and at the conclusion of their visit the ▇▇▇ will discuss their findings with contractors and subsequently produce a report which will include an assurance rating for the overall system and an action plan detailing areas where control could be improved if necessary. 2.3 Contractors shall have suitable systems in place to: detect and prevent duplicate claims; prepare and submit accurate, valid, supported, timely claims; monitor, record and manage lateness and all absences;

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Assuring Contractors’ Systems. The primary purpose of the Contractor Assurance Team (CAT) is to provide the Authority with an assurance that payments to contracted employment provision contractors are in accordance with DWP and Treasury requirements that public funds and DWP data are protected and that value for money has been obtained.