Procurement sustainability in public institutions in Ghana – Case Study on selected second cycle institution in Bono and Bono East Region of Ghana

Graham Billa Graham Billa,Moisob Adamu Moisob Adamu,Kelvin Gyamfi Kelvin Gyamfi

doi:10.30574/wjarr.2021.12.2.0562

Abstract

Environmental and social issues are increasingly being included in the strategy plans of public organizations. The people and variables that affect the pace with which sustainability measures are implemented are the subject of this article. The researchers looked at Selected Second Cycle Institutions in Bono East and Bono Regions of Ghana. The target group of this research were the Headmaster/Headmistress, Accountants and Procurement officers. A total of Forty-Eight 48 respondents answered the questionnaire posed to them by the researcher. Close-ended Questionnaires questionnaire was used in attaining views of respondents. Despite the fact that sustainability efforts were given, some of the institution stalled with fusing sustainability in the procurement cycle and lack of stakeholders’ involvement. Procurement practitioners have little have relatively little impact on the sustainability implementation process.

Highlights

IntroductionThe Public Procurement Act 663 of 2003 as amended in Act 914 of 2016 has it in section (2) that, procurement is to be executed in environmentally and socially sustainable manner
InformationOrganizations are increasingly recognizing the need to address the problem of sustainability in their operations
This study looks at the environmental criteria that are used throughout the globe to ensure a sustainable environment via procurement, as well as the degree to Senior High Schools would follow what has been stipulated in the Public Procurement Act of Ghana

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Introduction

The Public Procurement Act 663 of 2003 as amended in Act 914 of 2016 has it in section (2) that, procurement is to be executed in environmentally and socially sustainable manner. Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (6) defines In addition to conventional price and quality considerations, sustainable procurement entails integrating social, economic, and environmental issues into an organization's buying processes and procedures. This concept stems on meeting the immediate needs of end-users and not compromising with the future to environmental hazards. Procurement sustainability is not focusing on the public sector or the private sector alone. Given the scale and influence of the public sector in terms of its percentage share of a country's GDP, public procurement has the potential to contribute to long-term sustainability (24)

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