Open AccessPublic Procurement in Ghana: The implementation challenges to the Public Procurement Law 2003 (Act 663)
Author(s) -
Collins Ameyaw,
Sarfo Mensah,
Ernest Osei-Tutu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of construction supply chain management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-0776
DOI - 10.14424/ijcscm202012-55-65
Subject(s) - procurement , business , metropolitan area , competition (biology) , public administration , marketing , political science , medicine , ecology , pathology , biology
The purpose of this study was to identify various implementation bottlenecks to the Ghana Public Procurement Law 2003 (Act 663). The study adopted multiple research approaches, including; review of relevant literature, interviews and questionnaire survey of 49 District Assemblies and Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions of Ghana. The study identified low capacity of procurement professionals, low interaction between procurement entities and Public Procurement Authority (PPA), deliberate controlling of competition, non-compliance with provisions of the law, splitting of contracts into smaller lots, lack of funds and non-cooperativeness of suppliers, as the major challenges militating against the implementation of the Public Procurement Law.