A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of Masters Degree in Procurement and Supply Chain Management (MSc.PSCM) of Mzumbe University Dar es Salaam Campus College
This research was carried out to assess challenges of public assets disposal perceptiveness from MNRT, assets need to be disposed of soon once they depreciate; the delay of disposal may cause the assets to cost the organization more money in terms of service and security, it cost also in repair and maintenances leading revenues, the PPA, No. of 2004 governing the disposal of pubic assets seems to spelled out superficially that competitive tendering shall be used in disposal of Public assets but omitted detailed criteria of how to public assets may be eligible for disposal, this research was guided by the following specific objectives, to determine the guidelines and procedures governing the disposal of public assets, to determine the practices during the disposal of assets and lastly to determine the need of reviewing the policy framework. The methodology employed to collect data was questioners, interviewer, observation and documentation, and a total of 41 informants were approached during the study.
Findings from the study show that guidelines and procedures for disposal of public assets in MNRT are stipulated by two Acts that is, Public Procurement Act No.21 of 2004. (PPA) and its regulations of 2005, and the Public Finance.No.6 of 2001 (Principal Legislation Revised Edition, 2004).With regards to staff performance practice it was noted that to some extent they comply with some Act and policy demands like announcing tender to the public and establishment of codes of conduct aiming at reducing corruption risks, but on the other hand employing competitive tendering strategies, computation of salvages value of assets and setting standards to measure efficiency in the MNRT are not practice well, the MNRT do not have its own internal policy, user department are not involved in the process, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry do not have the evidence of the disposal of the capital assets based on the values.
The researcher recommends that the MNRT should develop a policy within the organization after that procedures and guidelines stipulated in the policy should not be complicated, on top management heads of units and users should be given education on established policy to make sure that they adhere fully.