A Research Report Submitted to Mzumbe University, Dar es Salaam Campus
College, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree
of Master of Science in Procurement and Supply Chain Management
The study has assessed the factors that contribute to non-compliance of Public
Procurement Act in the public procurement. The study took place with the
justification of the persistence of the practices where the Government procures its
goods, works and services with violation to what PPA instructs.
The researcher distributed the questionnaires to collect the primary data and also
analyzed the available secondary data. The researcher adopted the purposive
sampling procedures as she intended to get opinions from the practitioners in
procurement, audit and other regulatory organs for public procurement.
From the study, it became apparent that the major factors contribute to noncompliance
to
PPA
are
the
human
actions
deliberately
done
including
corruption
and
collusions.
Another factor that was highly supported by the study to have a
substantial bearing on no-compliance to PPA is the Government bureaucracy and
lack of enterprising culture in its operations.
In accordance to the findings of the study, the following recommendations have been
made by the researcher:-
The Government is required to put a system in place that will encourage
aggregated procurements to enjoy the economies of scale by following what
is in PPA and do follow up for the benefit of the nation as whole.
The Government need to introduce and encourage in its operations the
enterprising behaviors to be able to catch up with the attitude of the fellows
from the private business community when working under Public Private
Partnership (PPP)
The regulatory bodies and the law enforcement organs must ensure the full
compliance with the law while undertaking the public procurement. It will
be deterrent measures to discipline the staffs who are proved to have taken
part in defrauding the Government during public procurement and will deter
others in doing the same.