Assessment of the Effectiveness of E-Procurement in Local Government in Tanzania. A Case of Lindi District Council, 2020.

Abstract

Despite the theoretical role played by electronic procurement in Tanzania, still, some ineffectiveness and challenges are facing electronic procurement in Tanz ania. This paper assesses the effectiveness of e-procurement in local Government in Tanzania and recommended strategies for improving the e-procurement in Tanzania. Qualitative and Quantitative approaches were adopted and data were drawn from a purposive or judgmental and conveniences sample of 51 respondents through interviews and questioners. Accordingly, given the important role of e- procurement in the Government institutions, the study revealed that the Government play the roles of establishing important infrastructure to facilitate e-procurement as per procurement policy and acts enforcement. Also, the findings on the effectiveness of E-procurement showed that the efficiency of e-procurement depends on the reduction of cost. Also, demand was highly fulfilled and, e-procurement was used in contract management. Furthermore, the level of e-procurement in record keeping was efficient. Finally, the challenges facing e-procurement in local government its include working facilities or tools, low knowledge on how to operate e-procurement, networks challenges, a low financial resource that is below the cost of e-procurement and challenges of contradicting in implementation of government policy and acts associated with the implementation of e-procurement.