Effect of Procurement Method on Procurement Performance in NG-CDF Funded Project in Kisii County, Kenya

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.