Factor Affecting Procurement Performance in County Government: A case study of Embu County Government

Abstract

Public procurement has evenly become the conspicuous iii both private and public sector. The purpose of this research project was to identify the factors 'affecting' procurement performance in Embu County Government. The research study focused on some objectives which were: to determine the extent to which work team competency affects the procurement performance in Embu county government, to determine how information technology affect the procurement performance of Embu county government, assess how the ethical issues will affect the procurement performance of Embu county government. The theoretical literature review with the adaptive structural theory, the human capital theory and the institutional theory review and gaps were well elaborated.Questionnaire were used to collect data and were administered through drop and pick method. Also interview with few employees was used as a way of data collection. The population target was roughly of 150 employees. Sequence of random sampling was used to ensure reduction of the target population to a sample size that was manageable and easy to work