Factors Affecting Public Procurement performance: A study at Sheka Zone Finance and Economic Development Department.

Abstract

This study is conducted on Factors Affecting of Public Procurement performance in Sheka Zone Finance Economic and Development Department. The main objective of this study is to determine factors affecting public procurement performance in Sheka Zone Finance economic and development department. The rationale of this study was to facilitate the annual budget purchasing activities and in order to satisfy stakeholders, serve the public in efficient and effective manner through understanding review of literatures and theoretical aspects. The result of pilot survey and literature reviewed that procurement planning, resource allocation, information technology and ethics are the major factors that affect procurement process. To determine whether these factors really affect procurement performance extensive study needed. Primary data was collected by interviewing top managers and questionnaires was addressed by the respondents from the public sectors, Procurement department, in two woreda and one town administration under the Sheka zone public organizations. Purposive sampling technique was used to select tow woreda and tow town from the zone; stratified sampling technique was used to select user sectors and by simple random sampling technique 247 respondents of sample size was determined. Data were analyzed both descriptive analysis and inferential analysis by using statistical package for social science (spss 20 version). The findings indicate that, there exists linear and positive significant relationship between independent variables and dependent variable. The independent variables have significant effect on public procurement performance with 76.2 percent. Recommendations to public financial organization that relesse funds on a time. Employees update thier understanding of IT usage rate; improve professional ethics of honesty, accountability, and transparency, participating in provided training, customers identify the need on a time and suggestions for other researchers study should be on 23.8 percent countered factors, mainly on lengthy of prcuement procee and contract management.