Abstract
Public procurement is the main tool through which governments acquire goods, works, and services in the course of achieving public objectives. The study has focused on the accountability aspects of government procurement. The study has addressed the accountability in government procurement of the federal organizations of Ethiopia, and particular emphasis was given to ministries, agencies and commissions. Procurement accountability is related to being answerable to what has been planned, what has been implemented, what result has been achieved, and how the decisions have been made. Thus, the basic objective of the study is to examine procurement related accountability in selects federal organizations of Ethiopia. The research questions have been designed to examine how accountability related factors influence government procurement, and what areas are needed to be considered in promoting accountability. Accordingly, the data show that accountability in control of efficiency and effectiveness, ensuring value for money by taking the whole-life cost of acquisition is not strong enough in selection and awarding of suppliers, and professionalism and experiences are not created well to establish a strong accountability. It has been suggested that federal organizations have to revisit the accountability issues to obtain equivalent benefit from the amount they spend. Moreover, creating accountability to the successes as well as to failures will enhance answerability of individuals working in procurement related areas.
Highlights
Public procurement is the main tool through which governments acquire goods, works, and services in the course of achieving public objectives
The study has addressed the accountability in Procurement, Accountability, Answerabilty, Value for Money government procurement of the federal organizations of Ethiopia, and particular emphasis was given to ministries, agencies and commissions
The overall objectives of this study is to identify the strengths and weakness in maintaining transparency and accountability in public procurement of federal public organizations of the Ethiopia and thereby effects
Summary
Public procurement is the main tool through which governments acquire goods, works, and services in the course of achieving public objectives. The basic objective of the study is to examine procurement related accountability in selects federal organizations of Ethiopia. Accountability is seen from simple traditional hierarchical constructs; from outside the traditional forms within more complex and demanding environments; or from administrative efforts such as performance measurements, democratic prerogative, or general normative goals (Diggs & Roman, 2012) It deals with performance, identifying weaknesses and corruptions, and taking corrective actions (The Word Bank, 2009). Core areas needed to be addressed in fostering accountability are related to participating citizens to monitor public procurement, institutionalizing and developing competencies of civil society organizations, and building capacity of the parliament as the main oversight bodies of the spending (The Word Bank, 2009)
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