Effect of E- Procurement on Cost Overrun in Construction Projects in Tanzania Public Organization: Case study in Tanzania Building Agency.

Nkini, Gabriel Melikzedeck (2020) Effect of E- Procurement on Cost Overrun in Construction Projects in Tanzania Public Organization: Case study in Tanzania Building Agency. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study assessed the effect of e-procurement on cost overrun in construction projects in public organizations in Tanzania. The study was performed in line with three predicting variables as hypotheses which were tested on cost overrun as the dependent variable including decrease in malpractices, track record system and increased accountability. The study generated facts to fill the gap from Tanzania Building Agency (TBA) which served as the case for the inquiry with the information generated using structured questionnaires from the sample of 50 respondents. The gathered results were all filled and computed in the SPSS data sheet version 23.0 whereas descriptive statistics were first generated to describe the key features of respondents. Despite that, the pattern of the relationship between study variables to fill the knowledge gap was best performed using correlation and multiple regression analysis. The findings of the study were vivid that the three study predicting variables as being decrease in malpractices, track record system and increased accountability are all positive and significant statistically on cost overrun as the dependent variable with p<0.05. The implication of the results is that cost overrun through e-procurement in construction projects is positively limited with decrease in malpractices, track record system and increased accountability. The study recommended that the efforts of the government towards e-procurement should be ensured towards sustainability since it has resulted into positive results pertaining to limiting cost overrun in the construction projects undertaken by public organizations in Tanzania. In that case, though the study was conducted quantitatively through relationship testing between study variables; another may be conducted qualitatively.

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