CONTRIBUTION OF SPECIFICATION OF GOODS ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE IN RWANDA: A CASE OF INSTITUTE OF LEGAL PRACTICE AND DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of specifications of good on Rwandan public procurement performance, a case of institute of legal practice and development. Study’s goals were to demonstrate buyer-supplier integration in the specification of good for procurement performance process; to evaluate the supplier quality management for the successful of procurement performance; to motivate the collaboration of the supplier in the procurement procedure to prevent procurement failure in ILPD and to facilitate supplier training to attain successful supplier partnership in ILPD procurement performance. The study's design guided the procedures of quantitative data collection, analysis, and interpretation in a descriptive research design study that included qualitative data converted in quantitative data by filling the questionnaire. Using a census sampling technique, a sample size consisting of 45 respondents was chosen from among the five departments included in ILPD. SPSS version 22.0 was used to analyses the collected data for descriptive analysis, while inferential statistics analysis was used to analyses the data from interviews. The results indicate that there is a positive correlation between buyer-supplier integration and the specification of goods for the procurement performance process. This association is statistically significant, with a mean of 1.427. The results show that a single area of buyer-supplier integration increases procurement process innovation by 1.8383 on average and.48795. The total mean of 1.4621 showed that the effectiveness of procurement and supplier quality management are positively correlated. Moreover, there is a statistically significant positive association between supplier quality management, which is measured and monitored, and procurement performance, with a likelihood of (mean=1.7656) and a contribution to procurement performance of (SD=0.81147). The overall mean of 1.3924 showed that there is a positive link between the ILPD's avoidance of procurement failure and the supplier's motivation to collaborate during the procurement process. Additionally, supplier cooperation, which strives to foster innovation and value creation, has a statistically significant positive association with procurement performance, with an ILPD contribution to procurement performance (SD=0.67128) and a chance of (mean=1.7797). The results indicate a positive correlation between the supplier training process and effective collaboration in procurement performance, as indicated by the positive mean. This association is statistically significant (mean = 1.2621). The results show that one area of supplier training, with a mean of 1.6271 and SD of 0.6405, improves operational efficiency by providing suppliers with the essential knowledge and abilities. This leads to the confirmation that procurement performance and practices have a substantial link. As a result, this coefficient suggests that ILPD's operations' procurement procedures have improved. The results of this study and other investigations, as well as the theories and empirical studies presented in Chapter 2, support the notion that public institution procurement performance can be influenced by procurement methods. In order to ensure value for money in procurement, specifications must take sustainability into account. Procurement entities, performance-related organizations, and governmental agencies have been made aware of the standardization of specifications so that suppliers can produce goods and comply to specification in accordance with approved standards.