Abstract:
This study was conducted in public sectors of west shoa zone regarding assessment
of purchasing practice effectiveness. The purpose of these study is to investigate
the implementation of right quality, right time, right price, right quantity, to
examine effect of Internal control, to assess ethics in purchasing, market condition
and Legal of purchasing effectiveness in West Shoa zone public sectors. Both
descriptive and explanatory research design were employed with quantitative and
qualitative research approach. The primary and secondary sources of data were
collected from the selected sectors employees through questionnaire. From 1,005
employees of 29 public sectors only 286 sample size of respondents were selected
by using simple random sampling technics. All of the quantitative data were
arranged, edited, processed and finally analyzed by Statistical package for social
science (SPSS) Version 26. To measure the relationship between dependent and
independent variables multiple linear regression model was employed. The
regression analysis indicates that except purchasing ethics and Legal framework,
the remaining five independent variables have a positive and statistically
significant relationship with purchasing effectiveness. On the other hand, the
multiple regression analysis results demonstrate that all independent variables
(staff competence, purchasing opportunities, five right questions, Internal control
and Market conditions) have a positive and statistically significant effect on
purchasing effectiveness at p< 0.05) while purchasing ethics and legal framework
have negative significant on purchasing effectiveness at p< 0.05). It recommended
that sectors should improve in guiding purchasing activities by annual purchasing
plan, timely submitting Purchasing plan, appropriately preparing bid document,
timely completing bid evaluation, applying good contract management,
appropriately implementing purchasing principles, using open bidding as the
preferred procedure of Public purchasing reduction in quality complaints, time
delivery, conducting market survey to achieve right price, delivering the requested
quantity, purchasing from the suppliers.
