Title:
EFFECTS OF PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES ON PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, ZANZIBAR

Authors:
Riziki J. Salim and Dr Lilian Joseph Macha, Tanzania

Abstract:
The study focused on effects of procurement procedures on performance of public building construction in the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MEVT), Zanzibar. The specific objectives of the study were to; analyze the effects of procurement planning on performance of public building construction in the MEVT, assess how procurement selection criteria affect performance of public building construction in the MEVT and to analyze the effects of procurement contract monitoring on performance of public building construction in the MEVT. Descriptive research design was adopted; the population of the study was 28 where a sample of 26 respondents was gotten from using Yamane formula of 1967. The sample was selected from the population by use of purposive sampling technique. Data used in the study was collected using questionnaire and interview. Qualitative data was analysed thematically while the quantitative data was analysed using Mean and standard deviation, frequency distribution and percentages; and multiple regressions. The findings showed that, procurement planning, procurement selection criteria and procurement contract monitoring varied on affecting performance of public building construction in the MEVT. The regression analysis found that, procurement planning, procurement selection criteria and procurement contract monitoring affected performance of public building construction by 59.2%, 37.3% and 30.7% respectively. All variables were significant at 0.000 and 0.001, P<0.05. The study had the following recommendations; The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Zanzibar to increase procurement planning by devising efficient procurement planning standards, have stringent procurement selection criteria and to increase procurement contract monitoring by employing staff with skills of monitoring and evaluation of projects.