Compliance and Challenges in the Government Procurement Process
Keywords:
Compliance , Challenges , Government , Pre-procurement, Procurement proper, post procurementAbstract
Despite the existence of the government procurement laws and orders on the proper implementation of government procurement process is still the big challenge among government officials to implement and follow the RA 9184. This study was conducted to investigate on the compliance and challenges of the three groups of respondents in the implementation of government procurement process in the Division of Bacolod City in terms of pre procurement, procurement proper and post procurement stages. This study sought to determine the extent of compliance and degree of challenges in the implementation of government procurement process as assessed by the school heads, property custodians, and bids and awards committee members of twenty-two public secondary schools in the Division of Bacolod City in each stages and according to selected variables, to determine the significance of the difference in each stage according to selected variables and the significance of the relationship among the stages of the government procurement process. The results of the study showed that the extent of compliance of the respondents is high extent, while the degree of challenges encountered by the respondents in implementing the government procurement process is very high extent. There is no significant difference between the stages of government procurement process according to selected variables and there is significant difference as assessed by the respondents according to selected variables. Results of this study calls for the property custodians and bids and awards committee to have enhancement program with regard to the implementation of the government procurement process.
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