Procurement methods and procurement performance amongst state corporations under the national treasury of Kenya
Abstract
Procurement largely contributes to spending of the public entities
funds, thus the
procurement processes must be highly monitored on how the procurements processes
are administered to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
The selection of the most
appropriate procurement method is critical for
state corporations
as it is an important
factor that contributes to the overall
corporations‟performance.
Procurement
is
an
appropriate tool in the
organisational performance, yet it has not
been given the
recognition it deserves in developing countries. Thus the main purpose of this study
is to analyse
procurement methods and procurement performance amongst state
corporations under the
National
Treasury of Kenya. The study focused mainly on the
procurement methods
used
by state corporations‟ under the National Treasury of
Kenya
and the relationship between
the
procurement methods and procurement
performance in state corporations‟.
The study adopted descriptive survey design and
targeted seventeen (17) state corporations under the National Treasury of Kenya.
Moreover, the study used both primary
and secondary data whereby both correlation
and multiple
regressions
were
employed to determine relationship between and
among
the variables.
A statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 was
used for
data
analysis.
From the study findings
it was concluded that procurements
methods affects procurement performance of state corporations thus recommended
that
state corporations
should apply
suitable
procurement methods,
policy makers in
government, practitioners and stakeholders in Kenya
should develop
their awareness
on procurement performance
measurement
for future
procurement
endeavors
Awareness on procurement performance
should be disseminated to professional
bodies, state corporations and governmental agencies so as to monitor procurement
performance
Publisher
University of Nairobi