Achievement of value for money in local government authorities: A case of Kahama town council

A dissertation submitted to the school of business as partial fulfillment for the award of Master of Science in Procurement and supply Chain Management Degree (MSc-PSCM) of Mzumbe University.

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Kime, Semen Kukula
التنسيق: أطروحة
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Mzumbe University 2024
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1602
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spelling oai:null:123456789-16022024-10-31T09:29:28Z Achievement of value for money in local government authorities: A case of Kahama town council Kime, Semen Kukula Procurement Value for money Procurement planning A dissertation submitted to the school of business as partial fulfillment for the award of Master of Science in Procurement and supply Chain Management Degree (MSc-PSCM) of Mzumbe University. Procurement is an important sector in the Tanzania economy at large. Technically, 70% of Government budget expenditure is on procurement of goods, works and services (PPRA, 2011).Value for Money concept is one among the main pillar of public procurement that ensures value is achieved during procurement transactions utilizing public funds. The main objective was to study the effectiveness of procurement procedures towards ensuring the achievement of value for money in public procurement. In order to accomplish this objective, a set of specific research objective were formulated that included finding out the factors contributing to the achievement of value for money, determining problems hindering the achievement of value for money and identifying challenges encountered during procurement proceedings that may affect achievement of value for money. Procurement aims to ensure that the right good works or services are delivered to the right place, in the right quantity with the right quality at the right cost [price] in the right time. In fact procurement using the framework contract has been established to ensure that the 5R’s of procurement are obtained. The sample of the study consisted of 30 respondents drawn from a population that was made with members from PMU,Tender Board members,Other heads of departments and members user departments. The researcher used questionnaire, interview and observation to collect the data. The researcher used Microsoft excel to make the necessary calculations of the data which helped him to derive the frequencies and percentages which were the presented in diagram.These findings were discussed to arrive at conclusions which included that the Kahama District Council got the Specialised Items in the right quality and at the right time but at a price higher than what was has had been agreed in the initial contract. Private 2024-10-31T09:29:25Z 2024-10-31T09:29:25Z 2014 Thesis APA https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1602 en application/pdf Mzumbe University
spellingShingle Procurement
Value for money
Procurement planning
Kime, Semen Kukula
Achievement of value for money in local government authorities: A case of Kahama town council
title Achievement of value for money in local government authorities: A case of Kahama town council
title_full Achievement of value for money in local government authorities: A case of Kahama town council
title_fullStr Achievement of value for money in local government authorities: A case of Kahama town council
title_full_unstemmed Achievement of value for money in local government authorities: A case of Kahama town council
title_short Achievement of value for money in local government authorities: A case of Kahama town council
title_sort achievement of value for money in local government authorities a case of kahama town council
topic Procurement
Value for money
Procurement planning
url https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1602
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