A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Procurement and Supply Chain Management (Msc-PSCM) of Mzumbe University
Implementation of Procurement Plan (IPP) is an important aspect in Public Organizations towards attaining Organizational goals and therefore achieving the value for money.
The heart of this paper was to analyze the challenges facing the implementation of procurement plan in Public Organization and to draw attention to associated problems from the recommendations. Information provided by this study expands our understanding of Procurement plan and challenges involved towards its implementations.
The study employed interviews, physical observation and the use of secondary data as the major instruments for gathering data. The data gathered were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively basing on the research questions. Based and finally conclusion were made.
The findings of the study revealed that there were delay of fund, Inadequate fund, Uncertain time for preparation of APP, and lack of necessary expertise, skills, and enough knowledge on Annual Procurement Plan. It was also revealed to have unclear specifications from user departments, lacking of enough management support and experience for most of members in Regional Tender Board. With all these, it was therefore concluded that the mentioned shortcomings have to be reviewed in order to enable an effective implementation of procurement plan.
Finally, the study was recommended that RC’s O should make sure that the Management teams are fully committed to strengthen their procurement committees, employ required numbers of procurement professionals with the appropriate level of skills and competencies, Annual procurement plan should be prepared as early as possible, It was further recommended that enough fund should be release earlier and training should be provided to all personnel involved in procurement planning and implementation proceedings.