Adoption of e-procurement systems in developing countries: A Nigerian public sector perspective

Adebayo, Victor Olalekan

doi:10.1109/kbei.2015.7436015

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“…The Canadian Government has carried out the preliminary implementation of e-tendering 20 years ago (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2011), while in Portugal, e-procurement is mandated for public procurement through the Public Contracts Code introduced in 2008 (Costa and Grilo, 2015). However, apart from studies in Malaysia (Alsagoff et al , 2006; Zakaria et al , 2014), Nigeria (Oyediran and Akintola, 2011; Adebayo and Evans, 2015), Malawi (Chilipunde, 2013), South Africa (Ibem and Laryea, 2016) and Egypt (Khalil and Waly, 2015), e-tendering in construction has not received adequate research attention in many developing countries. This is particularly evident in South Asian countries where empirical research on e-tendering in construction is very thin.…”

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The readiness of construction contractors and consultants to adopt e-tendering

Wimalasena

Gunatilake

2018

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Purpose Tendering is a process undertaken to obtain offers from interested contractors to carry out specific packages of construction work. Presently, most construction stakeholders in developing countries use a paper-based tendering method, which is time-consuming, costly and labour-intensive. It may be argued that considering increased calls towards efficiency improvements in the construction industry, adopting e-tendering can bring about several benefits by allowing electronic exchange of information and avoiding the errors of traditional tendering. However, the question of readiness of construction stakeholders to embrace this change remains. The aim of this study is to investigate the readiness of Sri Lankan construction contractors and consultants (who are the two key parties involved in the tendering process) to adopt e-tendering. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods research approach was used to achieve the aim. Initially, a literature review was used to compare typical conventional and e-tendering processes. Subsequently, a questionnaire survey was conducted to identify the current level of usage of e-tendering and to investigate the readiness levels of consultants and contractors to implement e-tendering. Finally, seven expert interviews were conducted to propose suitable solutions to achieve a successful e-tendering implementation. Findings The analysed data revealed that both consultants and contractors used electronic media in the tendering process but they were still not ready for complete e-tendering implementation. However, consultants were more hesitant than contractors. The main barrier that limited e-tendering implementation was the lack of legal rules to cover e-tendering. Originality/value E-tendering implementation should be initiated from the government sector. Therefore, it is recommended to update the procurement guideline and required legal policies to enrich the current usage level of e-tendering among construction stakeholders.

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The readiness of construction contractors and consultants to adopt e-tendering

Wimalasena

Gunatilake

2018

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“…Other Technological Challenges. Other technological challenges include amongst others, system integration problems with legacy and suppliers' systems, which is an important technical issue and is underpinned by the use of different enterprise software systems to handle each stage of the procurement cycle [2,34]; the presence of multiplatforms for tendering which confuse bidders [5]; excessively complicated systems and; different data formats [5,17].…”

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“…Besides, the reforms driven through e-government projects often conflict with reforms prescribed in public policies which follow the New Public Management (NPM): Somasundaram [46] found that centralization ideas underlying e-procurement, conflicted with the decentralization ideology [46] which challenged the norms of Danish local authorities; while Barca and Cordella [6] found that e-procurement faces departmentalism challenges which are perceived as a strong cultural and organizational barrier [6]. Resistance to change is also grounded in organizational power and politics [2] that shadowed the benefits of e-procurement: purchase managers were unwilling to use e-procurement despite agreeing with the economic arguments of cost-saving, and reduction of direct procurement costs related to the new e-procurement platform [29].…”

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A Systematic Review of Implementation Challenges in Public E-Procurement

Mohungoo

Brown

Kabanda

2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Challenges faced in public e-procurement implementation are not well understood despite past studies focusing on the phenomenon. This paper, which is based on a systematic literature review of academic papers, seeks to synthesize and examine the key challenges impeding public e-procurement implementation. These challenges are categorized using the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework as follows (1) Technological challenges: e-procurement acceptance and usage, disruptive innovation characteristic of e-procurement, use of digital signatures, security and privacy of technology and technical aspects of e-procurement (2) Organizational challenges: stakeholders' behavior, leaders' behavior, shortcomings in leadership, lack of training and skilled personnel, resistance to change, organizational power and politics and the creation of public value underlying e-procurement (3) Environmental/Contextual challenges: regulatory framework for public procurement, Small-and-Medium-Size Enterprise issues, and context of the country. Key e-procurement implementation challenges are grounded in human and contextual issues. So we recommend more case studies on public e-procurement implementation in the future.

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“…Studies have revealed that, e-procurement is popular among developed countries including Belgium, Italy, Austria, Canada, United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA) [25]. In their public sectors, specifically, the adoption of e-procurement has generated numerous benefits such as reduction in corrupt activities, ensure adequacy of information, reduced transaction cost, minimised maverick purchase, ensures value for money, increases competition and enhance accountability and transparency [25,28,14]. In light of these benefits, several developing countries including Ghana have embraced this concept and currently in the initial stages of its implementation.…”

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“…In Ghana, the adoption of e-Procurement in the government sector is to minimize cost, heighten transparency and enhance accountability in the traditional procurement system [14]. In the midst of these benefits, it is relevant to explore, understand and assess the enablers and inhibiters of any electronic infrastructure [15].…”

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Electronic Government Procurement Adoption in Ghana: Critical Success Factors

Ofori

Fuseini

2020

AIR

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Aims:The study investigated the critical success factors for adopting an e-procurement in public sector procurement activities in Ghana. Study Design: The study used descriptive survey design. Place and Duration of Study:The study was carried out among some selected public sector organisations in Ghana from October 2019-January 2020. Methodology: A total sample size of 215 procurement staff from public entities including: Department of Feeder Roads, Ghana Cocoa Board, Ghana Health Service, Koforidua Technical University and Tema Metropolitan Assembly. The data collection instruments were interview guide and questionnaires. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used as the analytical tools. Specifically, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used. Results: The study found that users and stakeholders of the e-procurement perceive the availability of reliable, affordable and fast Internet services as the most critical success factor for the adoption of e-Procurement technologies. Furthermore, the study discovered that the critical success factors (CSFs) for e-procurement adoption can be categorized into organisational support for infrastructure set-up, system features, Monitoring and control and supportive human factors. Conclusion:For e-Procurement technologies to adequately permeate the fabrics of the Ghanaian public procurement system, the government and stakeholders should put in place mechanisms that can help measure the metrics of physical ICT infrastructure provision; attract adequate internet infrastructure into the country and provide the necessary ICT infrastructure and leadership role in using e-Procurement technologies in their public procurement process.

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Adoption of e-procurement systems in developing countries: A Nigerian public sector perspective

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

The readiness of construction contractors and consultants to adopt e-tendering

The readiness of construction contractors and consultants to adopt e-tendering

A Systematic Review of Implementation Challenges in Public E-Procurement

Electronic Government Procurement Adoption in Ghana: Critical Success Factors

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