Procurement and Logistics Management

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    The effectiveness of procurement and contract management in local government authorities- lower levels: A survey study conducted at Babati and Simanjiro District Councils
    (Mzumbe University, 2016) Njelekela, Norbert Musa
    Procurement and contract management is a crucial aspect to government service delivery. Recently, this area has drawn a great attention from academicians and researchers. Despite the government effort to disburse a large amount of funds to the lower level government authorities, still there is substandard performance which has been reported by various stakeholders. The general objective of the study was assessing the effectiveness of procurement and contract management and implementation in the local government-lower level authorities. It sought to assess the role and capacity of actors in the lower levels, application of procurement laws, guidelines and regulations, independence of powers and political influence and the relevance of procurement methods which were used to answer the research questions. Cross-sectional survey research design was used to execute the study; targeted population was 186 respondents from wards, villages and committee members. Sample size of 127 respondents was drawn using slovin‟s formula and about 80 respondents were obtained for the study. Both questionnaires and interview guide were used as tools for data collection, Inferential and descriptive statistics methods including frequencies, percentages, levels of significance and correlations using SPSS as a tool for data analysis were used to give the findings. Representative reliability and construct validity were adopted for research quality assurance. The findings revealed that, there was high significance relationship between the variables (Sign-0.000) and variables relevance of procurement methods and independence of powers and political influence had positive contribution to the effectiveness of procurement and contract management in the lower level authorities (positive coefficients,0.353 and 0.229 with significance values of 0.001 and 0.018) the other two variables, role and capacity of actors and applicable procurement laws, guidelines and regulations had negative relationship(-0.106 and -2.40 with significance values of -.289 and 0.018).It was recommended that, the government should make effort to have a regulatory framework that will stipulate who (procurement personnel) and how procurement processes and contract management will be implemented.
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    Effectiveness of works procurement contract management in achieving value for money: A case study of College of Business Education – Dar es Salaam Campus
    (Mzumbe University, 2017) Mnango, Hassan I.
    Contract management is an important activity in public procurement especially on executing development projects while aiming at value for money. On the contrary, reports from the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority show that funds have been wasted due to poor contract management practices, hindering value for money achievement in most of the public institutions across the globe. Generally, the study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of works procurement contract management in achieving value for money. Specifically the study aimed at describing the procurement methods used in works contract, the criteria used in evaluation and selection of contractors and the extent to which the contracting parties fulfill their objectives in achieving Value for money Taking the case of College of Business Education, a case study research design was used to undertake the study where by purposive and simple random samplings were used to take a sample of 69 respondents. Data were collected through the questionnaire, interview, and document review. Based on the collected data the researcher used both qualitative and quantitative approach to analyze data; qualitative data were analyzed through the use of interpretive and reflexive approaches while the quantitative data were analyzed through the utilization of SPSS program which assisted the researcher to run some of the analysis. The findings reveal that College of Business Education has been able to achieve value for money in the works procurement contracts as results of having the effective contract management practices through selection of proper procurement methods that influence competition and lead to getting the reliable contractors at lowest costs. Also, through the criteria for evaluation and selection of contractors has been able to get capable and competent contractors, and it avoids favoritism and corruption. Lastly, the contracting parties fulfill their objectives by delivering the quality and completed work on time and paying the contractors on time. Due to all these factors, they guarantee the achievement of value for money despite of some few weaknesses.
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    Assessing the compliance on public procurement act no.7 of 2011 and it’s regulations on road construction projects in Tanzania Local Government Authorities (TLGAs): A case of selected LGAS in Dodoma region
    (Mzumbe University, 2016) Matembo, Fridolin
    The aim of this study was to assess the compliance on PPA of 2011 and its regulations on Road Construction Projects in Tanzania Local Government Authorities (TLGAs): The case of selected LGAs in Dodoma Region. Specifically, the study focused on; examining the compliance on signing contract documents after funds commitment and approval by Tender board, determining the compliance on achievement of value for money and identifying the major challenges facing LGAs on compliance with PPA of 2011 on road construction projects at Kongwa DC, Chamwino DC and Dodoma MC. The study adopted cross sectional survey design, whereby the data from three LGAs in Dodoma region were collected through Interview, Questionnaires and documentary review. The respondents were purposively and randomly selected, finally data were analysed through both qualitative and quantitative approach. The findings revealed that: The Dodoma LGAs have achieved to a great extent by ensuring that all contracts related to road construction were signed after funds commitment and approval by Tender board, the relationship between compliance on time, cost and quality of road works has rated as insignificant for almost to all Districts; this meant that, most of the implemented contracts were of late completion, above estimated budget and below stipulated standards. Unfamiliarity with laws and regulations, lack and poor use of technical expertise for preparation of procurement proceedings especially in designing stage, unstable flow of funds and lack of enough competent and committed contractors and suppliers for road construction materials were revealed as major challenges that faced the PPA No. 7 of 2011 and its regulations on implementation of roads construction projects in Dodoma LGAs. Finally, the researcher concluded and recommended that the best initiatives for improving compliance to PPA and its regulations towards procurement performance on road construction projects are; frequent seminars and workshops, promoting own source collections so as to cover funds gap, emphasizing the collective responsibility within and outside the organization during preparation of BOQ and specifications.