For the following reported statements of deficient conditions, describe 

(1) the evidence of corrective action you would consider satisfactory and 

(2) the steps you would take to see that corrective action has in fact been taken.
The buying organization within your company is staffed by about 100 buyers.
They are assigned to five different groups and report to five different managers, each of whom is responsible for the procurement of different types of products. You have made a test of 100 purchase orders involving purchases large enough to require written bids. You have found that:

a. Bids were being mailed by the buyers rather than by an independent person.

b. The bid forms were being delivered directly to the buyers by the mailroom, after completion by the bidders, instead of to an independent person.

c. The bids were not stamped with the dates of receipt.

d. Requests to purchase — prepared by the organizations needing the purchased materials — were held by the buyers pending receipt of the bids and not by an independent person.

e. Bids were being opened and posted to the bid record as received and were not being held until closing date.