Determinants and constraints to effective procurement contract management in Uganda: a practitioner's perspective

Nagitta, Oluka Pross; Basheka, Benon C.

doi:10.1504/ijlsm.2014.057983

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“…Convincingly, reports show that strict monitoring ensured compliance in construction and rehabilitation of nursing schools funded by European Union (Kakitahi, Landin and Alinaitwe, 2013). The same article attributes rework in Uganda's public construction projects to inadequate supervision that required monitoring to improve contract performance (Oluka and Basheka, 2014). This suggests on-site project monitoring by different stakeholders is important to enhance compliance in construction projects (Deng et al, 2014) and requires compliance with regulatory frameworks (Sweis et al, 2014).…”

Section: Monitoring Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Compliance within a Regulatory Framework in Implementing Public Road Construction Projects

Mwelu

Davis

et al. 2018

CEB

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The construction industry faces a lack of compliance with policy that in Uganda public road construction projects affects the attainment of Government goals and disrupts infrastructure project delivery. For decades, public entities have been known for a lack of compliance that manifest in: poor performance, poor personnel management, poor resource utilization and unprofessionalism. In Uganda, this has resulted in several restructures aimed at improving service delivery. Despite this, compliance remains an issue. The purpose of this study is to establish factors affecting compliance within a public procurement regulatory framework in public road construction projects and foster economic development. A cross-sectional research design including a structured self-administered questionnaire survey and PLS-SEM data analysis by SmartPLS3 was conducted. The research reveals that three factors positively affect compliance with a regulatory framework that govern public road construction projects; sanctions on staff, inefficiency of the public procurement regulatory framework and contractors’ resistance to non-compliance. While a further three factors have little positive effect on compliance; familiarity, monitoring activities and professionalism. Hence, the research contributes to construction management by showing that sanctions, perceived inefficiency and contractors’ resistance significantly enhance compliance within a public procurement regulatory framework.

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Compliance within a Regulatory Framework in Implementing Public Road Construction Projects

Mwelu

Davis

et al. 2018

CEB

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“…The public alleges that Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has projects cost over- The researcher notes that despite the earlier studies in contract management and project performance [20], the specific reasons for poor quality road works, delayed completion of road projects and cost overruns on road infrastructure projects in Uganda continue to elude the project implementers. Billions tax payers' money continue to be lost on many road projects [21].…”

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Contractor Monitoring and Performance of Road Infrastructure Projects in Uganda: A Management Model

Byaruhanga¹,

Basheka²

2017

JBCPR

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An understanding of the influence of contractor monitoring on performance of road infrastructural projects in Uganda provided an impetus for this study. The objectives of the study were to: assess the relationship between contractors monitoring and performance of national road infrastructure projects and the relationship between contractor monitoring components and performance of national road infrastructure projects in Uganda. Purposive sampling was employed in selecting the procurement professionals, engineers and simple random sampling was adopted in selecting private consultants, members of parliament and respondents from the civil society organizations. Data for this study were collected using a closed ended questionnaire and interviews. Some of the major finding from this study include: weak procurement rules which lead to awarding road projects to incompetent contractors; contractor monitoring being handled by unqualified, incompetent and inexperienced professionals; lack of contractors and contract supervisors appraisal system; delay of contractors payments which affects timelines in services delivery; lack of a strong internal project monitoring and evaluation mechanism at the Uganda National Roads Agency (UNRA). The research therefore recommends the establishment of an Independent Public Infrastructure Development and Monitoring Unit by government and adoption of systems that appraise both contractors and contract supervisors with clear disciplinary actions for unsatisfactory performance by the UNRA.

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“…Group 2: Contract administration team management [11,21,22,[26][27][28]: It consists of activities related to F02.01-Assignment of a competent team, F02.02-Early assignment of a team, F02.03-Clear roles and responsibilities, F02.04-Training programs, F02.05-Regular performance assessment, and F02.06-Set of performance dialogue for the team. This CAPM is not limited to the traditional thought of CCA practices such as payment process, claim management, change management, and dispute management but also involving several indicators to serve the sustainable bottom lines.…”

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“…Contract risk management[11,21,22,[25][26][27][28]: It includes activities related to F10.01-Periodically assess contractual risks, F10.02-Assign contractual risk responsibility, F10.03-Support employer for design risks, and F10.04-Monitor the contractor's financial status and bankruptcy potential.…”

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Construction Contract Administration Performance Assessment Tool by Using a Fuzzy Structural Equation Model

Gunduz

Elsherbeny

2020

Sustainability

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The contract administration process is inevitably complex, and improper performance of the associated tasks and procedures may lead to disputes between the contracting parties whilst further driving against the sustainability bottom lines. Therefore, this paper proposes an assessment tool to improve the implementation of construction contract administration (CCA) through a multi-dimensional construction contract administration performance model (CAPM), construction contract administration performance index (CCAPI), and a mobile software to assess the CCA performance at the project level by integrating the crisp value of the fuzzy set theory within a second-order confirmatory factor analysis of the structural equation modeling technique. A hybrid mobile application (CAPM) is developed using the Ionic framework which can run either in full model mode or short model mode with 93 and 33 key construction administration factors, respectively. Assessment of sustainability practices in the area of contract administration is a part of the holistic model and CAPM defines 13 major key indicators relevant to social and environmental sustainability while economic sustainability is scattered over the rest of the CAPM indicators. The CAPM is practically implemented in 13 international construction projects and the results reveal that the proposed tool is reasonably captured in the different performance levels of CCA, and we conclude a low level of implementing in risk management. As part of the holistic model, assessment of sustainability practices in the area of contract administration is separately discussed and the study reveals the need to improve the environmental and social sustainability practices in contract administration.

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Determinants and constraints to effective procurement contract management in Uganda: a practitioner's perspective

Cited by 23 publications

References 53 publications

Compliance within a Regulatory Framework in Implementing Public Road Construction Projects

Compliance within a Regulatory Framework in Implementing Public Road Construction Projects

Contractor Monitoring and Performance of Road Infrastructure Projects in Uganda: A Management Model

Construction Contract Administration Performance Assessment Tool by Using a Fuzzy Structural Equation Model

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