Assessment on Procurement Planning and Implementation Effectiveness in Ethiopia: The Case of Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Construction
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2015-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of procurement plan and its
implementation practice in Ethiopia taking the case of Ministry of Urban Development, Housing
and Construction (MUDHCo). The main assessment areas were on the internal factors,
including: (i) the process and content of procurement plan and its implementation, (iii)
specification completeness, and (iii) the planning stage price estimation relation with market
realty. The study focuses on, assessing the plan versus the performance of the past two years,
(2012/2013 and 2013/2014). The study deploys descriptive statistical method and the selection of
the respondents was done using stratified random sampling techniques. In addition, open-ended
questions were used by coded. Accordingly, questionnaires were distributed to potential
respondents selected from the target population; and the responses were 95%. Based on the
analysis, the Ministry has a trend in the preparing procurement plan. However, having a plan by
itself does not ensure success; it largely, depends on the extent of implementation. In the case
organization, the procurement plan, specification and bid documents and market price
assessments were found poor and incomplete. Moreover, there was a long delay in the
evaluation of technical documents. Despite, the work programs of the departments had affected
much by the weak performance of procurement functions. Eventually, the study recommends
that, the need for applying a collective effort on developing continuous training programs and
vigorously and closely tracking the plan against the performance to make early corrective
action.
Key words: Effectiveness, Procurement Planning, Specification Completeness and Market Price
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Effectiveness, Procurement Planning, Specification Completeness and, Market Price Assessment