INFLUENCE OF SUPPLIER’S EVALUATION ON PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF BUNGOMA; KENYA
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Organizations have realized the importance of procurement performance with an essence of establishing and maintaining their competitive advantage. Procurement performance is regarded as the efficiency and effectiveness of procurement functions in an organization. Supplier’s development practice is considered as one of the aspect that can enhance organization competitive advantage; hence, eventually result to effective organization performance. Linkage of Supplier’s development practices and procurement functions results into competitive outcomes of an organization. The objectives of the study was to examine the influence of supplier’s evaluation on procurement performance of County Government of Bungoma; Kenya. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The target population of the study composed of senior officers directly linked to decision making on procurement matters in the County Government of Bungoma; Kenya. Census technique was applied on the population and the entire targeted population was put under consideration since it was manageable. The study used structured questionnaire as an instrument of primary data collection. The study focused on descriptive and inferential statistics that was analyzed and computed by use of SPSS version 24. Descriptive statistics involved computation of mean, frequencies and standard deviations of the primary data and inferential statistics dealt with correlation of variables and determination of regression model. The findings of the study indicated Supplier’s Evaluation had a significant effect on Procurement Performance. The study encourages the County Government of Bungoma; Kenya to adopt Supplier’s Evaluation Practice since such a practice improves the procurement performance.
Key words: Supplier’s Evaluation, Supplier’s Development Practices, Procurement Performance
CITATION: Wafula, B. L., Kadima, M. J., & Miroga, J.(2022). Influence of supplier’s evaluation on procurement performance of the County Government of Bungoma; Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 9 (1), 160 – 171.
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