Factors Affecting Public Procurement Performance in Ethiopia: The Case of Public Procurement and Property Disposal Services

This research aims to examine factors affecting public procurement performance in Ethiopia: the
case of Public Procurement and Property Disposal Services. Based on literature reviews, the
researcher identified four factors that affect the procurement performance. These includes:
procurement planning, unethical practices, competency of staff, procurement procedure and
Information Communication Technology on procurement. The hypothesis of the study was the
procurement factors (independent variables) affect the procurement performance (dependent
variable) of PPPDS. The research design is made based on descriptive and explanatory research
approaches. The researcher distributed 116 questionnaires and 97 were filled and returned.
Both primary and secondary data were used throughout this research. For primary data, both
structured and semi structured type questionnaires were prepared. The results of this study
indicate that the independent variables (Procurement Planning, Competency of Staff,
Procurement Procedure and Information Communication Technology) positively affect the
dependent variable (procurement performance) to a significant extent. These factors explain
85.9% of procurement performance, while the rest 14.1% is explained by other factors which are
not subject of this study