Assessment of centralised purchasing in government institution: a case study of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT Koforidua Area Office).
Abstract
The purchasing operational systems as operated by most corporate institutions are the
centralized, decentralized and the hybrid. This project work seeks to analyze the
operations of the centralized procurement system of SSNIT Koforidua Area Office. In
centralized procurement, purchasing is organized, coordinated and regulated from the
headquarters of an institution. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the effects
of centralized purchasing operations of SSNIT Koforidua Area Office and to find out
the challenges facing the centralized purchasing system of the institution. The main
aim of it is to assess centralized purchasing system in SSNIT Koforidua Area Office.
Qualitative research method, thus is purposive sampling method was employed to
come to the conclusion of the study. The instrument used for this study was structured
questionnaire with opened ended and closed ended questions on the operations of
centralized purchasing system at SSNIT Koforidua Area Office. The study
established that the operation of the centralized purchasing unit of SSNIT was
effective because, Centralised Purchasing helped SSNIT to make saving on
operational cost, enabled SSNIT to engage suppliers/contractors to provide service
cheaper and cost reduction. Some of the challenges established by this study were:
bureaucratic processes hindered the capacity of procuring staff in the implementation
of centralised purchasing at SSNIT; ineffective legal framework implementation
affects the centralized purchasing at SSNIT and change in technology in purchasing
had challenges to the implementation of centralized purchasing in SSNIT. Majority of
the respondents were in support of area proximity decentralization of purchasi ng at
SSNIT. It is therefore recommended that area proximity decentralisation at SSNIT
should be put in place to reduce bureaucracy, delays in purchasing processes.
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Building Technology, College of Art and Built Environment in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.