Abstract:
Procurement method, a component of the procurement process, is an area that offers a potential of improvement,
an improvement that can significantly add value to procurement performance and in turn project success. Procurement
methods help optimizes all procurement performance parameters such as cost, time, and quality. The choice is usually
complex, inconsistent and uncertain given the many participants and variable involved. NG-CDF projects however record
an otherwise state of affairs with a sorry state of records across all the procurement methods. For this reason the study
sought to establish the effect of procurement method on the performance of NG-CDF funded projects in Kisii County,
Kenya. The study adopted a positivism research philosophy and a descriptive survey research with a target population of
2333 persons and ample size of 428 respondents determined by Yamane (1967) formula inclusive of 20% non-response
rate. The study found out that procurement method accounts for 1.6% of procurement performance and an R = 0.341
implying a moderately and positively influence on procurement performance. PP = 2.281+ 0.373 (PM) regression model
was realized. The study concluded that procurement method has a positively significant effect on procurement
performance.
