The implementation of engineering, procurement and construction contracts in the public sector.
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2021-07-05
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Abstract
In most countries across the world, particularly African countries, the public sector is
considered the single most important player in terms of promoting socio-economic
development. This is because, in almost every country, the public sector is the largest
employer providing jobs at central, regional and local levels and at the same time
provide high-quality services such as health services, education, transportation,
financial, infrastructure and security services to citizens. There is a huge gap between
the needed infrastructure and what is provided. The public sector must therefore
develop innovative ways of providing the needed infrastructure. The Engineering,
Procurement and Construction contracts is one of the methods which the public
sector can use to breach the infrastructure gap. The study therefore sought to
examine the implementation of Engineering Procurement and Construction contracts
as a procurement method in the public sector. The objectives were to identify the
types of EPC contracts, the factors considered in adopting EPC contracts and to
assess the challenges associated with the implementation of EPC contracts. Using a
purposive sampling approach, interview guide and questionnaires were used to
interview procurement professionals with the experience in EPC contracts. A
narrative analysis technique and descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data
obtained from the interview. The results show that, EPC contracts are not popular in
the public sector because it usually involves large projects. The research therefore
recommends that, government should consider the adoption of EPC in whatever
major project it intends to execute, such as roads, hospitals and schools. The
researcher proposes that further studies in this area should be carried out to compare
the various forms of public procurement methods in Ghana to EPC contracts
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management,Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award Degree of Master of Science in Procurement Management.
Keywords
Contracts, Procurement methods, Infrastructure, Public sector