Abstract:
The main objective of this study is to identify the effects of procurement practices on public
building construction project performance in the SNNPRS with particular reference to Kembata
Tembaro Zone. The study was conducted through an explanatory design of research to explain
the effects of procurement practices on public building construction project performance.
Furthermore, the study used mixed research approaches. In order to achieve this objective, 130
sample respondents were selected by employing a purposive sampling technique and used a
questionnaire as its main data collection tool. The primary data were collected using a
questionnaire containing close ended items of Likert scale type containing five points. The data
was analyzed using descriptive statistics to calculate the general information of the respondents
and inferential statistics. Multiple regression models were used to explain the effect of
explanatory variables (procurement planning, contract administration, specification
development, procurement legal document, procurement staff competency level and tendering
system) on outcome variable (project performance). The finding of the study reveals that there is
a significant positive relationship between procurement practices and project performance.
However, each explanatory variable has no equal significant effect on a dependent variable. The
analysis revealed that the five (procurement planning, contact administration, procurement legal
document, staff competency and tendering system) explanatory variables accounted for 62.1% of
change of the dependent variables in the study. The study recommends that, to minimize the
challenges all parties (client, contractor and design and construction) should pay attention.
