FACTORS AFFECTING ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES (AGPO) BY PREFERENCE AND RESERVED GROUPS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
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In Kenya, public procurement is very critical in the success of vulnerable groups. It is on the basis of this background that this study examined the factors affecting preference and reserved groups’ access to government procurement opportunities in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to assess the effect of resources availability, level of information on access of public procurement opportunities, the effect of ethical issues on the access of public procurement opportunities and to explore the effect of technical capability on the access of public procurement opportunities by the preference and reserved groups in Nairobi City County. A descriptive survey research design was adopted with the target population of 941 preference and reserved groups in Nairobi City County. A sample size of 281 was computed by Yamane formula. The study used questionnaires as the main data collection instrument. The study used descriptive statistics to describe the data and inferential statistics. The study findings showed that all the four variables (resource availability, level of information, procurement ethical issues and technical capability) had a positive significant influence on access to government procurement opportunities by preference and reserved groups. The study further established that resource availability had the most influence on AGPO by the preference and reserved groups followed by level of information, public procurement ethical issues, and technical capability respectively. This indicated that AGPO is a function of the four variables in the stated order. Therefore, the study recommended that the relevant government agencies should make resources available, pay attention to procurement ethical issues, make people living with disabilities aware of public procurement opportunities and use technology in the running of procurement function so that more disadvantaged people get access public procurement opportunities.
Key Words; Resources Availability, Level of Information, Ethical Issues, Technical Capability, Access to Government Procurement Opportunities
CITATION: Wazir, A. A., & Achuora, J. (2020). Factors affecting access to government procurement opportunities (AGPO) by preference and reserved groups in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(3), 240 – 252.
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