A Dissertation Submitted to Mzumbe University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Master of Science Degree in (Procurement & Supply Chain Management) of Mzumbe University
Specification is a document which clearly, accurately and completely describes the essential requirements of the goods or service being purchased. It’s a detailed statement providing a description or list of characteristics or requirements laid down for materials, components process or services (Bairly, 1996). It is also defined as description or detailed instruction provided in conjunction with product plans or a purchase order. Specifications may stipulate the type of materials to be used, special construction techniques, dimensions, colors, or a list of the qualities and characteristics of a product. It is a detailed, exact statement of particulars, especially a statement prescribing materials, dimensions, and quality of work for something to be built, installed, or manufactured. It is always important that specifications be comprehensive and accurate.
The key objectives of this study were, to determine how specification for various tenders are being prepared by ORCI, to investigate the relationship between procurement qualifications and adherence to specification in tendering process as well as to examine how poor specification affect ORCI service provision.
Basing on the discussion of the findings, researcher find that the process of developing the specification document involve many different actors. Each actor has to perform their duties more effectively and efficiently. Failure of one actor might cause the failure of the whole process hence wastage of time and financial resources. According to the findings there is a lot of shortcoming if the specification document will be poor. The poor document will cause wastage of financial resources and energy, it may lead to the acquiring of the poor quality and the item of the poor standards, it waste time and it is too risks as it may cause death once the facility procured provides wrong results.