Developing Capability of Public Sector Procurement in Ghana: An Assessment of the Road Subsector Client

Addo-Duah, Peter; Westcott, Tony; Mason, Jim; Booth, Colin A.; Mahamadu, Abdul–Majeed

doi:10.1061/9780784413517.209

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“…There appears to be a realisation of the changing role of procurement from technical and operational procedures towards more tactical and strategic functions. This is contrary to previous studies that have highlighted seemingly lack of appreciation of the changing role of procurement in developing countries (see Basheka, 2010;Addo-Duah et al, 2014). The study has revealed a relatively adept group of procurement professionals in the Nigerian context.…”

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Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector

Mahamadu

Manu

Booth

et al. 2018

JEDT

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Purpose-Procurement of public infrastructure that is fit for purpose partly depends on the competencies of procurement personnel. In many developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, there is a deficit in the quantity and quality of infrastructure and their procurement is further riddled with deficiencies in the capacity of public procuring entities. It is, however, unclear from the extant literature, what are the critical skills development needs of public personnel involved in the procurement of infrastructure in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach-Based on a quantitative research strategy, this study sought to address the knowledge gap through a survey of public infrastructure procurement personnel (n=288) in different tiers of government (i.e. state and local government) and geopolitical contexts (north and south) in Nigeria. Findings-Of the 45 procurement skill areas operationalised, there is need for further development in 38 of them including: computing/ICT; problem solving; communication; decision making; health and safety management; quality management; relationship management; team building; project monitoring and evaluation; time management; and procurement planning. Originality/value-A key implication of this study is for policy makers in state and local government to formulate and implement infrastructure procurement capacity development reforms that address the competency gaps of procurement personnel. Such reforms need to take into account the suitable methods for developing procurement competencies. Additionally, the procurement skill areas operationalised in this capacity assessment study could serve as a useful blueprint for studying capacity deficiencies amongst public infrastructure procurement personnel in other developing countries.

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Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector

Mahamadu

Manu

Booth

et al. 2018

JEDT

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“…Despite the availability of studies that have highlighted public procurement challenges in countries in sub-Saharan Africa (e.g. Fayomi, 2013;World Bank, 2013;Addo-Duah et al, 2014;de Mariz, and Abeillé, 2014), the extent to which procurement capacity challenges related to the environmental facet affect the effectiveness of infrastructure procurement by governmental organisations has received limited research. This study investigated the extent to which procurement capacity challenges aligned to an enabling environment affect the effectiveness of infrastructure procurement within the context of Nigeria.…”

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Assessment of procurement capacity challenges inhibiting public infrastructure procurement

Manu

Mahamadu

Booth

et al. 2018

BEPAM

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Public procurement capacity is composed of three facets: individual; organizational; and an enabling national environment which encapsulates national legislation, policies, and institutional arrangements that can facilitate or hamper the effectiveness of procurement. This study investigated the extent to which procurement capacity challenges in the national environment affect the effectiveness of infrastructure procurement by public agencies in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: 30 procurement capacity challenges drawn from literature were operationalized in a survey of infrastructure procurement personnel in different tiers of public agencies (i.e. local and state government) in order to ascertain the critical challenges affecting the effectiveness of infrastructure procurement. The survey yielded 288 responses, which were analysed using descriptive statistics, one sample ttest and independent samples t-test. Findings: Challenges related to transparency, integrity and accountability are amongst the topmost challenges adversely affecting the effectiveness of public infrastructure procurement. There is limited difference in the extent to which the challenges affect the effectiveness of infrastructure procurement in different tiers of public agencies in Nigeria. Originality/value: Whilst various procurement capacity challenges have been identified in the extent literature, this study has shown that an assessment of their effect on the effectiveness of infrastructure procurement could reveal valuable insights regarding the status of public infrastructure procurement within a country, particularly countries in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions where there is acute infrastructure deficits. Such insights could inform appropriate infrastructure procurement reforms by policy makers, procurement entities, and infrastructure funders.

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“…The increased influence of procurement in public organisations requires a general understanding of the methodology to manage the procurement function (Addo-Duah et al 2014). Hence, irrespective of implementing or complying with public procurement legislation, effective procurement activities largely depend on a well-trained and skilled workforce, combined with a professional and structured process (McCue and Gianakis 2001;Prier et al 2010;Appiah 2011;McKevitt et al 2012;Addo-Duah et al 2014).…”

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“…The unstructured approach to communicating project specifications is reflected by the limited focus in following up on previous projects, which several municipalities mentioned and is reflected in Table 3, question 4. The process is based on ad hoc initiatives, and results are not shared internally, resulting in possible sub-optimisation, which could be based on an untrained workforce and an unprofessional structure design, according to Appiah (2011) and Addo-Duah et al (2014). This provides increased subjectivity when evaluating a developer's solutions, which are directly based on limited information in the specification phase.…”

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“…Hence, a method should be developed to evaluate the level of completion compared to the initially proposed solution (Figure 1), which would be supported by the ability to capture information from previous projects. Furthermore, if municipalities have an ambition to develop wood-based building solutions, their knowledge of wood as a building material should be reflected to facilitate project delivery by all involved parties, as discussed by Addo-Duah et al (2014) and McKevitt et al (2012), who mentioned the importance of having appropriate knowledge about both the process and subject area for successful project fulfilment.…”

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Developing Capability of Public Sector Procurement in Ghana: An Assessment of the Road Subsector Client

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector

Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector

Assessment of procurement capacity challenges inhibiting public infrastructure procurement

Structural development of the tender based land allocation process enables an improved public building development activity

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