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Stephen, K. . (2024). Emergence Procurement, Issues and its Pandemics: A case of Selected Public and Private Procuring Entities of Materials in Mbeya City-Tanzania. Economics & Management Information, 3(2), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.62836/emi.v3i2.80
Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2024
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Emergence Procurement, Issues and its Pandemics: A case of Selected Public and Private Procuring Entities of Materials in Mbeya City-Tanzania

The study aimed at investigating the emergence procurement issues and pandemics. This investigation came following a number of cases (>80%) over the procured materials found not to meet the requirements. The study was carried out in Mbeya City where 97 respondents from 2 public (30 respondents) and 3 private (67 respondents) procuring entities were involved. This sample frame was obtained by applying the systematic sampling technique. Indeed, data from this sample frame were primarily collected using questionnaire and secondarily by reviewing journals and reading books. The collected and processed data were analyzed using incremental and absolute fit indices. From the analysis it was found that emergence procurement is the result of being not effectively plan for procurement of materials (RMSEA>0.07). It is from ineffective planning for materials to be procured that found to cause the revealed splitting of orders (RMR<0.08; X2>0.05), inefficient use of scarce resources (GFI>0.90; X2>0.05) and non retention of customers (NNFI>0.95; X2 >0.05). It is from this discrepancy found, thus this study recommends that the procuring entities should be used to procurement planning.

emergence procurement; splitting of orders; in-efficient use of resources; loss of customers; private and public procuring entities materials; Mbeya City

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  1. Funding: Not applicable.