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Assessment on the Factors Affecting SMEs Participation in Public Procurement in Tanzania; A Case of Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO)

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dc.creator Mollel, Mwanaisha
dc.date 2020-11-16T04:42:00Z
dc.date 2020-11-16T04:42:00Z
dc.date 2020
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-05T08:40:24Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-05T08:40:24Z
dc.identifier APA
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4705
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4705
dc.description A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Procurement and Supply Chain Management (MSc PSCM) of Mzumbe University.
dc.description This study assessed the factors affecting SMEs participation in public procurement opportunities in Tanzania. This study identified legal framework, capabilities and information accessibility as factors that determine Small and Medium Enterprises participation in public procurement. Specifically, the study evaluated the influence of legal framework, the effect of SMEs capabilities, and the influence of information accessibility in the participation of public procurement. The study was guided by agent theory, resource-based view theory, theory of economic development, place of small business and organizational life cycle theory. The study adopted descriptive survey design and the target population was 145 participants in this study. A sample of 106 participants of this study were drawn through stratified and purposive sampling. Questionnaire, interview, and documentary review were used to collect primary and secondary data. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis and regression analysis were used to analyse quantitative data while content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. Based on the findings, legal framework, SMEs capabilities (finance and procurement skills) and information accessibility significantly affected the participation of Small and Medium Enterprises in public procurement. The findings also show that legal framework, capabilities and information accessibility have significant relationship with SMEs participation. The study concludes that legal framework, SMEs capabilities and information accessibility affect SMEs participation in public procurement in Tanzania. The study recommends that SMEs in Tanzania should invest resources in training its staff, financial institutions should establish friendly policies that would enable SMEs to lend and access funds easily and timely. Procurement authorities in Tanzania should enforce accountability and transparency in procurement procedures.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Mzumbe University
dc.subject Public procurement
dc.title Assessment on the Factors Affecting SMEs Participation in Public Procurement in Tanzania; A Case of Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO)
dc.type Thesis


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