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    Innovative Tendering Practice: E - Tendering Applicability for the Procurement of Ethiopian Federal Road Construction Projects
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-08-01) Hilina Belachew Demisse; Denamo Addissie (PhD)
    Construction procurement is considered to be one of the most critical stages throughout the lifecycle of construction projects. However, bidding practice which is one of the steps in procurement is identified as one of the major shortcomings of the Ethiopian construction industry. The fact that the current Ethiopian construction tendering practice is paper-based has several drawbacks like human errors in document production, poor audit trail, access problems, security concerns, insufficient copies, and time-consuming being the major ones. This paper analyses the current practice of paper-based tendering in road construction projects along with its challenges & how it can be improved via e- tendering implementation. To answer these questions, the perception & experience of tendering professionals involved in the road construction projects was assessed via a questionnaire & interview survey. Few e-tendering practitioners were also interviewed about their experience while implementing the system. Accordingly, the result showed that e-tendering was perceived to be advantageous and would improve the time, cost, communication, documentation, tender evaluation, resource consumption, and transparency of the tendering process. However, the result also revealed many factors related to management, organization, environment, & technology that may hinder the implementation of the system. Thus, due to the potential benefits of e-tendering highlighted in this paper, it requires more attention from the government & the procuring entities for its greater expansion & adoption to ultimately contribute to the growth of the country‟s economy. Accordingly, findings from the literature review, survey, and document review were finally incorporated in the conceptual framework developed for e-tendering implementation in the study area. The framework was validated using a focus group discussion & a semi- structured interview with tendering professionals engaged in the study area and amendments were made accordingly. Its clarity, comprehensiveness, relevance, simplicity, & future applicability was also assured via the questionnaires developed.