Abstract:
Public procurement is a key tool to the overall achievements of reducing poverty and providing
health, development of infrastructure, education and other services. The purpose of this study
was to assess the determinants of pharmaceutical material procurement performance in Jimma
University Medical Center. The study adopted a descriptive and explanatory research design to
assess determinants relating to the procurement performance for it requires deeper
investigation. The study involved 113 employees. Mixed research methods were used. The
sample was drawn using stratified sampling method. Primary and secondary source of data were
used. Both descriptive and inferential data analysis methods were used using the statistical
package for social science (SPSS) 20 versions. The study revealed that there is poor trend of
giving training on procurement planning for pharmaceuticals, Poor Procurement process to
support timely procurement of pharmaceuticals, low level of ICT utilization of pharmaceuticals
procurement and had poor budget policies that monitor budget spending in Jimma University
Medical Center. The study found out that procurement performance has strong positive
correlation and significant associated with the determinants of pharmaceutical procurement.
The model depicts that Planning accounts for 16.2% of variations in procurement performance,
procurement process accounts for 26.2%, resource allocation accounts for 19% and lastly
information technology accounts for 38.2% of variations in procurement performance. Finally it
was recommended that pharmaceuticals procurement function at Jimma University Medical
Center needs, good culture of developing pharmaceuticals procurement planning and
implementations, reduces internal red tapes through improving communication and information
exchange; Participatory budgeting enhance Culture of budget policies that monitor budget
spending and adopting of information technology.
