scholarly journals Direct Labour as A Procurement Route for Infrastructure Delivery within Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 293-312
Author(s):  
Dickson Osei-Asibey
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Procurement Method ◽  
District Assemblies ◽  
Depth Interviews

Direct Labour procurement method has been identified as one of several procurement route alternatives used for the delivery of construction projects. This study assessed Direct Labour as a procurement route for the delivery of infrastructure within the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana. A qualitative research approach was employed using in-depth interviews conducted with ten (10) professionals who were purposively sampled from the Works Departments of the Kumasi, Accra and Tema Metropolitan Assemblies in Ghana. The qualitative data was then analysed using content analysis. Direct Labour has been revealed by this study as an effective procurement method which can be employed by the MMDAs in Ghana for the delivery of public infrastructure. The findings of the study also indicate that, the benefits of the Direct Labour procurement route include the elimination of profits to contractors and its idealness for the execution of emergency works. However, Direct Labour as a form of procurement is not used on new MMDA construction projects because the Public Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663) of Ghana as Amended in 2016, does not clearly stipulate its usage on new projects. Direct Labour procurement is used within the MMDAs mainly for maintenance works on public projects. The findings of the study would prove useful for policy re-evaluation, especially regarding the reformation of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as Amended in 2016 to include Direct Labour as one of the procurement routes for the delivery of infrastructure. This would enable the MMDAs to adopt it not only for maintenance works, but also for the execution of new infrastructural projects in order to benefit from its numerous advantages.

scholarly journals Upgrade the Saudi Arabian Procurement System Delivery Method

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Ahmed Alofi ◽  
Yasir Alhammadi ◽  
Dean Kashiwagi ◽  
Kenneth Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Procurement System

Saudi Arabia has had many issues in delivering mega construction projects, such as delays, high costs, and low customer satisfaction. Some studies show that around 70% of public projects in Saudi Arabia are delayed. One factor that might be causing these performance issues is the traditional low bid contracting system in Saudi Arabia, or the Saudi procurement system. In Saudi Arabia, owners select contractors based only upon the lowest price. This paper researched ways to modify the current Saudi procurement system and show quick and simple modifications that can be done to improve the low performance. This research proposes that by adding the clarification phase from the Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) to the Saudi traditional procurement process could greatly improve construction performance. The clarification phase requires the selected contractor to submit a project scope, detailed and milestone schedule, potential risks that they do not control, and performance measurement before a contract is awarded. The PIPS system is one of the most successful systems around the world, which shows success rate of 98% in six different countries with risk and cost reduction up to 30%. The clarification phase has been identified as the most important step in the PIPS to ensuring a successful project. This paper conducted a survey among construction professionals in Saudi Arabia, including 157 engineers, 33 consultants 9 owners, 5 vendors, 13 academics, and 28 architects, in order to develop the public procurement system in Saudi Arabia. The participants work in government sectors with an interest in the Saudi Arabian procurement system. The survey confirmed that professionals in the Saudi construction industry believe that the procurement system should be changed and that the inclusion of the clarification phase to the procurement system is a way to improve the procurement system.

scholarly journals Early contractor involvement approaches in public project procurement

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulos Abebe Wondimu ◽  
Ali Hosseini ◽  
Jadar Lohne ◽  
Ola Laedre
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Treat All ◽  
First Time ◽  
Project Procurement ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose Early contractor involvement (ECI) faces many barriers when it is implemented in public procurement, given that it is different from traditional business practices. Primarily, public owners face a major challenge, as they should treat all bidders equally. The purpose of this paper is to explore suitable ECI approaches that public owners could use. Design/methodology/approach In addition to a literature and document study, 14 semi-structured in-depth interviews with key personnel from 11 cases selected from Norwegian public bridge projects were carried out. Findings In all, 23 unique approaches of ECI were identified during this research (16 from literature and 7 new from case projects). The findings provide a new direction to ECI through introducing new approaches of ECI from the case projects. Originality/value This paper for the first time presents several alternatives of ECI approaches for public owners with the intention of illustrating ECI is actually possible in the public project procurement. Furthermore, it presents for the first time success factors of ECI with the intention of increasing the understanding of ECI concept from a public procurement perspective.

scholarly journals FEASIBILITY STUDY OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP / VIEŠOJO IR PRIVAČIOJO SEKTORIŲ PARTNERYSTĖS GALIMYBIŲ ANALIZĖ

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ieva Meidutė ◽  
Narimantas Kazimieras Paliulis
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Dispute Settlement Procedure

Public-private partnership may cover various forms of partnership, viz. as the property of the private sector in the state of municipal activities or information and consultations between the public and private sectors, also as an unconventional method of public procurement when the public and private sectors enter into a long-term contract on the establishment of public infrastructure or the provision of public services. The most important thing in implementing PPP projects is to properly draw up the contract between the public and private partners, which should explicitly state all terms and conditions, undertakings and liabilities, evaluate risks, determine the payment mechanism and dispute settlement procedure, etc. In order to reduce any risk associated with such projects, a proper legal framework should be developed, which would provide liabilities and undertakings of both parties of the project (the private and public sectors), and more information should be disbursed as to how such projects are being implemented, what the structures of financing are, and what the benefit of such projects is. Santrauka Viešojo ir privačiojo sektorių partnerystė gali apimti įvairias partnerystės formas: kaip privačiojo sektoriaus nuosavybė valstybės ar savivaldybių veikloje ar informavimas ir konsultavimas tarp viešojo ir privačiojo sektorių, taip pat kaip netradicinis viešujų pirkimų būdas, kai sudaroma ilgalaikė sutartis tarp viešojo ir privačiojo sektorių dėl viešosios infrastruktūros sukūrimo ar viešųjų paslaugų teikimo. Vykdant VPP projektus būtina tinkamai parengti sutartį tarp viešojo ir privataus partnerio, kurioje turi būti vienareikšmiškai apibrėžtos visos sąlygos, įsipareigojimai, atsakomybė, įvertintos rizikos, atsiskaitymo mechanizmas, konfliktų sprendimo tvarka ir t. t. Siekiant sumažinti bet kokią su tokiais projektais susijusią riziką, reikia suformuoti tinkamą teisinę bazę, kuri numatytų abiejų projekto šalių - tiek privačiojo, tiek valstybinio sektoriaus - atsakomybes ir įsipareigojimus, bei teikti daugiau informacijos, kaip tokie projektai vykdomi, kokios finansavimo struktūros, kokia gaunama nauda.

scholarly journals The status quo and perspective for improvement of public works procurement performance in Vietnam

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Luong Nguyen ◽  
Tsunemi Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Public Works ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys

The public procurement sector plays a vital role in the economic development in developing countries such as Vietnam. However, public procurement activities usually perform poorly. This situation can be attributed to ineffective procedures and system (“hardware”) and human resource management (“software”), which occurs at every stage in project purchasing. The poor performance has reduced the effectiveness and efficiency of project delivery in the construction industry, causing delays, cost over-runs, and defects in construction projects. This paper, through working experience and observation by the first author, problems of public procurement were obtained as hypotheses and then validated based on questionnaire surveys and CIS (Construction Industry Structure) model analysis. The survey results indicated a relative correlation with CIS model in description of current construction industry. The study aims to identify issues of public procurement at all stages: pre bid, bid information, evaluation, and award. Based on identified major problems and determined risks, the results are expected to provide a valuable perspective, and thus, to propose necessary strategies to deliver high performance, competition and transparency for the public procurement. In further studies, it is relevant to propose a new model for sustainable public procurement based on the best value approach.

scholarly journals The Awareness Level of Green Procurement at the District Assemblies in Western Region in Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
James Adu Peprah ◽  
Samuel Brako ◽  
Noah Boakye Akosah
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Western Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
Green Procurement ◽  
Sustainable Procurement ◽  
Standards And Regulations ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
District Assemblies ◽  
Awareness Level

The present study seeks to examine the awareness level of green procurement at the district assemblies in Ghana and also help create the consciousness of implementing and enforcing green procurement in the public sector effectively. The research was carried out in Eighteen (18) District Assemblies in the Western Region of Ghana using non-standard interview as the main data collection technique. The findings of the research revealed that, there are key legislations, standards and regulations regulating the assemblies’ activities on the environment and the society which affect green procurement, though there is no specific law/policy titled green procurement. These key legislations, standards and regulations have contributed to increased awareness of green procurement at the District Assemblies in Western Region tied with the recent introduction of sustainable procurement which has been included in the Public Procurement Amendment Act 2016 (Act 914). However, the study identified that the significant impact of public procurement as a policy instrument on environment appeared not to be clear to the assemblies. It is recommended that the procurement policy and the Act 663/914 should be reformed to reflect green procurement to help the districts in their quest in creating sustainable environment. The district assemblies and EPA should organise joint seminars and workshops to sensitize and create awareness among the assembly’s staff on the benefits of green procurement and the need to adopt it. 

Defining social value in the public procurement process for works

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandsford Kwame Gidigah ◽  
Kofi Agyekum ◽  
Bernard K. Baiden
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Functional Perspective

PurposeThough the Public Procurement Act of Ghana makes room for specific socio-economic policies (environmental, social, economic and other policies which are intended to promote social and economic impact), there is no explicit definition and provision for social value as an evaluation criterion, culminating in the absence of a definition in the Act. This paper elicits the conception and understanding of social value from stakeholders in the Ghanaian construction industry.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a qualitative method that relied on a semi-structured interview of 30 participants purposively drawn from Western, Western North and Central regions of Ghana. An inductive thematic analysis approach, which involved identifying repetitions, exploring similarities and differences, noting linguistic connectors, and a framework were employed to analyse the data.FindingsThe study established no single definition or explanation for social value in the construction industry in Ghana. However, it was revealed from the study that the concept of social value could be defined from the functional perspective of the definer, particularly from the perspective of a Procurement Officer, Works Engineer, and a Quantity Surveyor. A new insight from the study that differs from the body of literature is that participants equated benefits derived from physically constructed projects as social value.Social implicationsThe study has implication for public administration and practice regarding the decision-making process in the construction industry in Ghana. It provides a vital awakening on social value as a criterion in evaluating construction works procurement in Ghana. The ability of participants to equate the benefits derived from executed construction projects as social value creates a new perspective on understanding the meaning of social value in the procurement of works construction.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the state-of-the-art and ongoing discourse on the concept of social value globally. The findings create an important catalyst for social value research in the Ghanaian construction industry.

scholarly journals The dynamics of vulnerabilities and capabilities in improving resilience within Malaysian construction supply chain

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Afroze Zainal Abidin ◽  
Bingunath Ingirige
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
Market Pressures

Purpose The dynamics and effects of interconnected risks among construction organisations tend to be overlooked across the Malaysian public project supply chains, making them highly vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. This study aims to investigate this dynamism by assessing the supply chain’s critical vulnerabilities and capabilities that formulate the level of resilience in handling disruptive events in construction projects. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive questionnaire survey was conducted with 105 construction professionals from two groups of respondents, the public and private organisations that work in public projects to identify their current vulnerabilities and capabilities. Data were analysed and compared using the Mann–Whitney U and Kruskal–Wallis tests. Findings The findings revealed that the top five critical vulnerability factors of the supply chain include political or regulatory changes, market pressures, management, financial and strategic vulnerability. Further comparisons highlighted that the public organisations faced significantly higher political threats compared to the private organisations whilst the private organisations faced significant market pressures. The survey also shows that despite the private organisations’ high capability in financial strength, the public organisations’ financial vulnerability has destabilised the entire supply chain. Originality/value This study presents the construction supply chain’s vulnerabilities in a layered framework approach that can provide managers a new perspective on the dynamics of the cascading impacts of these vulnerabilities when observed through several layers of supply chains.

A comparison of PPP´s and traditional provision of public services at the municipal level

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beáta Mikušová ◽  
Nikoleta Jakuš ◽  
Marián Holúbek
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Analytical Data ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Construction Costs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Operations And Maintenance ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Procurement Method ◽  
Municipal Level

Implementation of alternative service delivery arrangements contributed to a rethinking of the public sector’s capacity as the public service provider. The public-private partnerships became part of the life of modern economics as the tool which enables the state or local government to carry their competences in a time that is ambitious to increase public need and decrease public expenditure. The goal of our paper (case study) is to present a set of analytical data comparing of public private partnership and traditional public procurement of public lighting reconstruction projects at the municipal level in Slovakia. This study uses a quantitative approach to investigate the research question. The study analyzes the original collected survey data from our own research in 14 Slovak municipalities. The analysis does not allow drawing normative conclusions about the desirability of PPP as a procurement method as it focuses only on construction costs, without being able to quantify its impact on life-cycle costs and benefits. Ideally, the relative costs and benefits of PPPs should be evaluated over the entire project lifecycle, from start of construction through operations and maintenance to the end of the contract period. However, most projects are either still under construction or in the early stages of operation and most available information relates to the construction phase.

scholarly journals Compliance within a Regulatory Framework in Implementing Public Road Construction Projects

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah Mwelu ◽  
Peter R Davis ◽  
Yongjian Ke ◽  
Susan Watundu
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Road ◽  
Infrastructure Project

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.

scholarly journals Prediction of Delays in Construction Projects in Algeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Salhi Roumeissa ◽  
Messaoudi Karima ◽  
Sassi Boudemagh Souad
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Regression Method ◽  
Linear Regression Method ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Project Construction

Project construction has never been a simple act, because it is conditioned by specific constraints of cost, time, quality, and it includes a degree of uncertainty. So, time is a vital aspect by which project success is judged; for this purpose, deadline compliance is a paramount question in project construction. In Algeria, delay has invaded the majority of projects. Therefore, it is necessary to give more importance to time management to reach the stage of projects success. As saying goes, "you can’t manage what you do not measure"; the quantification or the prediction of delays appears necessary to arrive at a good mastery and a better management of time. The objective of this paper is to quantify the probability of delays in construction projects. For this reason, data from 30 public projects has been collected, and then categorized into 4 groups according to their types: school groups, college, high school, administrative buildings and economic infrastructures. Subsequently, the simple linear regression method is used to develop prediction model for the public projects in Algeria; to enable managers and practitioners to predict possible delays. This prediction is intrinsic to minimize the risks, to widen the field of reflection and especially to increase the chances of project success.

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