A Dissertation Submitted to Mzumbe University Dar es Salaam Campus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Procurement and Supply Chain Management (MSc-PSCM) of Mzumbe University.The planning for procurement in public organizations has been one of the problematic areas. In recent years many public organizations, have shown poor performance in preparation and implementation of the annual procurement planning; as 68% of tenders are awarded without annual procurement plan and payments made without complying with the annual procurement planning in public organizations (Utouh L.S 2012) .Recent studies show that there is poor performance in the area of procurement planning. This marks as a foundation of this study. The study aimed at assessing the effective annual procurement planning in Tanzania immigration department, finding the root causes of these irregular procurement practices, delays in preparation and submission of annual procurement planning, and why most public organizations fail to implement procurement plans despite of the presence of legal and regulatory framework. The study was conducted at Tanzania Immigration Department at the Headquarter in Dar es Salaam region, where face to face interviews and questionnaires were used to obtain primary data from 30 selected respondents; documentary review will be used. Data were analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative approaches/techniques and presented using tables and charts for easy understanding. Therefore, procurement planning and compliance in public organization is still an area which requires a close attention so as to overcome those challenges. There must be a policy of ensuring better participation in the overall organizational plans since procurement planning is most derived from the organizations plans. Thus why this study intends critically to make assessment of procurement function at Tanzania immigration department