Exploring the factors that influence decision making in tendering for government of Ghana project – A case study of the Adentan and Ga East Municipal Assembly
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2021-06-25
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The Government of Ghana remains the largest investor in the construction sector in
Ghana, delivering much needed infrastructure projects under its development agenda.
Construction companies are partners in this process as they bid for these projects to
deliver them. Since the government will continue to procure the services of consultants
and contractor to execute projects, construction companies will always be required as
partners in this process. Construction companies do not only bid for any government
project simply because it has been advertised, but also there is a decision-making process
that is undertaken. Thus, this study was undertaken to evaluate the factors that influence
the decision-making process of construction firms regarding the decision to bid for
governmental projects. The objectives were to identify the decision-making processes
used and the factors that influenced the decisions. The study made use of quantitative
strategy using the census sampling method was used. One hundred and twenty-five (125)
questionnaire were administered to construction firms registered with the Adentan and
Ga East Municipal Assembly. The questionnaires were analysed using descriptive
statistics and mean score indexing. The study revealed that construction companies do
not impulsively bid for any government project nor rely on intuition to make the decision,
but rather have to depend on experience, past data from previous projects and organise
pretender meetings to evaluate the factors of projects they wished to bid for. With regards
to the factors that influence the decision to bid for a project, the study revealed that the
most significant included the client identity and financial standing, level of competition,
project complexity and technological requirements. It was recommended that
construction companies must invest in their capacity so they can increase their chances
of winning governmental projects
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology & Management
College of Art and Built Environment
in partial fulfilment of the of the requirement for Degree of
Master of Science,
Keywords
Exploring, Government of Ghana project, Factors that influence decision making