Procurement Practice And Problems In Case Of Oromia Public Procurement And Property Disposal Agency

Abstract

This research is intended to assess the procurement practice and problems of Oromia public procurement and property disposal Agency. It visualized having significance for both realistic improvement of the public procurement practices and intangible contribution to fill literature gab in addition to its academic purpose. Mixed research approach employed since primary and secondary data sources have been used intensively. To conduct this study, the researcher gathered data from primary sources by using semi-structured questionnaire, interview has been held with purposively selected respondents, and in addition, secondary data sources including procurement manuals, procurement requisition formats and other various documents related to procurement practices have been used. As to the sample size, census or complete enumeration have been used for the target study population due to small and manageable population. The data is analyzed using by descriptive statistical results are presented by figures, tables, frequency distributions and percentages to give a condensed picture of the data. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS 16.0) software has been employed to analyze and present the data through the statistical tools used for this study. The major findings of this study were; the agency was poor in procured of items in provisions of the 5Rs procurement principles, long procurement process and items procured do not much with items requested are the core findings shown as the main problems related with the procurement activities of Oromia public procurement and property disposal Agency