Factors Influencing Performance of Construction Procurement Contracts at Kenya Ports Authority, Mombasa County, Kenya
Keywords:
Procurement Ethical Practices, Procurement Contract Administration, Procurement Contractor Selection, Construction Procurement Contracts, Kenya Ports Authority.Abstract
Construction procurement contracts have been a subject of passionate debate among taxpayers in Kenya. Many of them feel there is a lot of wastages and corruption in public construction projects. Reports published by the Auditor General reveal that, construction procurement contracts in most cases are discharged by breach as opposed to by performance. This study, therefore, sought to examine the factors that influence performance of construction procurement contracts in the public sector. The objectives of the study were; to assess the influence of procurement ethical practice, procurement contract administration, procurement contractor selection, and procurement planning on the performance of construction procurement contracts at KPA. Four theories have been applied in this study. These include, The Normative Ethics theory, the Stakeholder theory, the Transactional theory and the Planning theory. Each of these theories explains the relevance of the independent variables. The target population comprised four divisions of Kenya Ports Authority; namely the internal audit, legal, finance and infrastructure. The sampling technique used was stratified sampling. The sample size was 75 employees. Data collection instruments used was questionnaires. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to analyze the data. The statistical tests that were employed include Pearson correlation, ANOVA and multiple linear regression. Out of the 75 questionnaires which were disseminated, 54 were filled and returned. This represented a response rate of 72% .The data analysis revealed that there was a correlation between the dependent and independent variables. The multiple regression output, presented an R square value of 0.813. The Analysis of Variance revealed a p value of less than 0.05 which confirmed that the statistical test was significant and therefore the null hypothesis was rejected in favour of the alternative hypothesis. The multiple regression analysis revealed that all the independent variables had a p value of less than 0.05. This study therefore concluded that, there was a positive linear relationship between construction procurement contracts and procurement ethical practices, procurement contract administration, procurement contractor selection and procurement planning. The study recommended Kenya Ports Authority to, practice procurement ethics throughout the procurement cycle, undertake procurement contract administration, employ procurement contractor selection before award and ensure procurement plans are prepared as prescribed by law before tender advertisement.
Keywords: Procurement Ethical Practices, Procurement Contract Administration, Procurement Contractor Selection, Construction Procurement Contracts, Kenya Ports Authority.
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