Assessment of public procurement act (914) on sustainable procurement in the public institution: A case study of Municipal Assemblies in Greater Accra
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2021-06-15
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Public Procurement Act (2016) include sustainability prerequisites such as
environmental, social and economic issues of sustainability in public procurement. The
aim of the study is to assess the implementation of the provision for sustainable
procurement in the Public Procurement Act. A descriptive research was employed. The
population for this study comprised members of staff who are involved in public
procurement activities in Municipal Assemblies in Greater Accra (i.e. Adenta
Municipal Assembly, Ga East Municipal Assembly and La Nkwantanang Madina
Municipal Assembly). The survey covered a population of over 200 people comprising
staff of the Procurement Unit, Finance/Accounts Section, Internal Audit Unit, Entity
Tender committee and Key Suppliers of the municipalities. Stratified random sampling
technique was utilized for drawing 75 participants for this research. The study found
out that MMDAs understudied have policies to ensure implementation of sustainable
procurement. Yet, not all municipal assemblies have developed a procurement manual
to ensure sustainable public procurement. The study also revealed that sustainability
considerations are requirements in the tendering processes amongst MMDAs in Ghana
and as such contractors are bound to the practice of Sustainable Procurement of projects
from the MMDAs. The study found out that environmental, economic and social
impacts are considered during project implementation in MMDAs in Ghana. The study
found out that MMDAs ensure that an entity tender committee of a Regional
Coordinating Council reviews procurement plans, approves annual procurement plans
and quarterly updates of procurement plans, confirm the range of acceptable costs of
items to be procured and match these with the available funds in the approved budget
in order to ensure that they support the policies and programmes including sustainable
procurement. The study recommends that MMDAs must have procurement manuals
which would spell the procedures for compliance with relevant procurement
procedures, providing professional and practical advice to the procuring entity on
procurement matters. The study further recommends that contractors biddings for
projects submits as part of the tender documents, the environmental, economic and
social impacts of the project entity tender committees from MMDAs, Regional and
National tender committees must synchronize their operations for effective delivery.
The study recommends that all stakeholders in the public procurement processes are
educated and well equipped with amended procurement act with focus on sustainable
procurement.
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A thesis submitted to the Institute of Distance Learning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirement for an Award of Degree of Master of Science in Project Management.
Keywords
Procurement, Sustainability, Environmental, Economic, Social