Procedure, Practice and Problems of Procurement in the Government Office: The Case of Arada Sub city
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2018-10
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Procurement is a means by which an organization acquire good and services in a scientific
manner. In Ethiopia More than two third or 64 percent of the organization annual budget is spend
through procurement (MOFED, 2011). Every activity of the organization, either service or goods
provider, is highly attached with the procured product. Thus, failure of the procurement unit has
a direct impact on the failure of all other department. This thesis tried to study the procedure,
practice, problems of procurement in government office of Arad sub city. It assessed the
procurement department, the satisfaction of the user department, the challenges faced by the
procurement department and the adverse effect of the perception towards the department. For the
accomplishment of this, the study employed descriptive design in which the selection of
respondents were carried out by using purposive sampling technique. 15 employees are
considered as a sample unit. Furthermore, interview has made with the procurement support
team leader, from the procurement Core Process procurement head and procurement officer, who
has more than 10 years of experience. Both primary and secondary data are used. The finding of
the study reveals that the procurement department has its own procedure but it is not well
practiced in accordance with stated principles. The finding reveals that ill planning, delaying and
unplanned purchasing are the challenge that affected the practice and procedure of the
procurement processes Besides this, even if the department performed well in the area of
purchasing based on specification with the right quantity and price, the department poor
performance is shown in the area of procuring with the right quality and time.
The researcher recommended to the planning departments should consider the mismatch between
the plan and purchasing time. Beside this, coordination between planning, procurement
department and other departments should be boosted.
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A Thesis Submitted to Department of Public Administration and Development
Management of Addis Ababa University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
Degree of Masters in Public Management and Policy (MPMP)
Keywords
Arada Sub city, Procurement