Relationship between Procurement Planning and Procurement Performance in NG-CDF Funded Project in Kisii County, Kenya

Abstract

Procurement processes determine how procurement performance fairs which in turn manifest in projects of any type. NG-CDF projects are procured with empirical evidence of many of them delayed, stalled or aborted altogether. Procurement has been of the blame board for the cost and time overruns and poor quality of projects for public projects. This necessitates an inquiry establish the influence of procurement planning, on procurement performance of CDF funded construction projects in education sector in Kisii County, Kenya. The study adopted positivism research paradigm and descriptive research design. The study target population was 2333 NG-CDF funded projects in Kisii county constituencies. The study has a sample size of 428 respondents from a target population of 2333 involved in the projects funded in Kisii County constituencies by NG-CDF in both primary and secondary schools between 2013 and 2020. The study found out that procurement planning accounts for 17.6% of the total variation in procurement performance. the regression model generated was PP = 1.932+0.484 (PPL) Where PP is procurement performance and PPL is procurement planning which was significant at 0.000. The study concluded that procurement planning bore a positive and significant influence on procurement performance.