RUAHA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

The main purpose of this study was to investigate challenges towards compliance with Public Procurement Act no.7 of 2011 and its regulations of 2013 in Tanzania-Case of selected procuring organizations in Iringa municipality. This study carried the following specific objectives:- Identify reasons of non-compliance of PEs to PPA no.7 of 2011on procurement, investigating on how disciplinary actions for not complying with the PPA can make procuring organization comply with the PPA no.7 of 2011 together with its regulations, and lastly, to analyze the extent to which procuring entities cooperate with other procurement professional bodies such as PSPTB in effectively complying with PPA no.7 of 2011 on procurement of goods and services. This survey has used quantitative research approach whereby questionnaire as a data collection method. Data analysis of data had been done by SPSS version 25 and Microsoft Excel, 2007. This study has been guided by the Institutional theory and the principal-agent theory. Empirical literature was reviewed both internal and external in order to become aware of what others had done. Some of the internal and external literature reviewed include Nyanda (2008), Matembo (2016), Richard (2014), and Njeru (2015), Obanda (2010), Lazarides (2011) respectively. Findings of the study revealed that:- Public procuring organizations do not comply with the Public Procurement Act (2011) because of many factors, including:- Tendering procedures are too complicated, insufficient knowledge to bidders, lack of competent and qualified procurement staffs, and political interference within the public procurement processes.

Challenges, Compliance, Public Procurement Act 2011