Compliance Factors Affecting Performance of Procurement Contracts for Works

Abstract

It is estimated that 70% of Tanzanian country budget channels through the public procurement system. Out of this works procurement account for 60% of the total value of procurement in the country. Despite this significant value, still little attention has been taken on improving an area of compliance with procurement contracts for works. This is justified by a very low compliance of (65%) with publication of works contract awards, also (71 %) in works contracts implementation and (55%) on availability of quality control systems on works contracts. Hence there was a need to research an area of procurement contracts of works in relation to available legal frame work. The study applied a case study design, where a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches was employed to collect and analyze the data. This included use of descriptive statistics for quantitative approach and both interpretive and reflexive for qualitative approach. Three main areas were researched using these approaches; works tendering procedures, contracts formulations and implementations and contracts delivery. The findings portray a low level of compliance with PPA 2004 specifically in the areas of tendering procedures, works contracts formulations and implementations and works contracts performance output/delivery. These were justified by the lack of a wide range of tender advertisements and publications of award decisions. There were also inadequate works contracts supervisions and evidences of delayed works contracts completions. It is therefore recommended that Sumbawanga District Council has to make necessary efforts to improve an area of compliance with public procurement law on contracts of works.