You made a comment about having a checklist, essentially, and having each individual who's responsible for the procurement process go through a checklist and make an attestation that they followed all the required steps.
It seems like such a simple fix. I find it a bit bewildering that these individuals, some of whom are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to ensure that the public gets value for money and that all the rules are followed, need a checklist to make sure they didn't skip any steps. It seems like they're not even aware the steps exist.
If the fix is so simple as a checklist, why wasn't this done years ago?