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Assessing The Perception Of Quantity Surveyor On Adoption Of E-procurement To Mitigate Corrupt Practices In Public Procurement
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
E-procurement
is the transition from traditional paper-based procurement to a more
integrated and digital process. This process encompasses various aspects
of contract purchasing and awarding in both the private and public
sectors.
The construction industry is a large and complex industry
with a wide range of professionals, trade associations, clients, and
specialty firms all with their own agendas and allegiances (Brian and
Peter, 2007). The industry is multi-organizational and heavily reliant
on the exchange of large amounts of data (Akinsola, Dawood and Hobbs,
2000). Hence, it is information-hungry but notably a slow adopter of new
information technology (Dawood and Sikka, 2009). The industry is
currently experiencing globalization trends as its clients, partners and
customers are in virtually every part of the world.
Procurement,
which is the acquisition, purchase or supply of goods and services, is
an important aspect of the construction industry. Many within the
industry see it as a routine and repetitive processes that are labour
intensive, dominated by paper works; costly but inefficient. This was
before the advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web. With the
introduction of internet, most businesses have embraced the use of
Internet facilities to improve their performance (Brian and Peter,
2007). The increasing use of the Internet to support the execution of
procurement activities in various industries gave rise to electronic (e)
procurement. E-Procurement is the application of ICT tools that
transforms the traditional processes of acquisition, purchase or supply
of goods and services into electronic processes to improve competence
and performance while enabling simplicity and automation (Philips and
piotrowicz, 2006). Some of the benefits of e-Procurement identified are
increase in process quality and quality of products, competitive
advantage, improved collaboration, reduced procurement cost and
managerial effectiveness (Teo, 2009). Several studies have been
conducted on e-Procurement ranging from benefits, barriers and factors
influencing the adoption of e-procurement. In Nigeria, Akpehe (2016)
reported a good awareness among construction industry professionals.
While Egidario et al (2016) also reported the awareness level and
involvement of practitioners in Nigeria on e-Procurement as rather slow
and low.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
E-Procurement is more than
just an online purchasing system. e-Procurement is the use of ICT tools
for the acquisition, purchase, or supply of goods and services by a
private or public organization through electronic processes such as
e-tendering, e-awarding, e-auction, and e-sourcing. In comparison to the
traditional procurement system, studies have shown that e-Procurement
improves competence and performance in the construction industry
globally. In Nigeria, the awareness and implementation of e-Procurement
is rather low and slow especially among contracting firms. There is also
limited research on the perception of quantity surveyors on
e-Procurement adoption to mitigate corrupt practices in public
procurement . This study aims to fill this gap by assessing quantity
surveyors’ perception on e-procurement adoption.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was carried out to to assess the perception of quantity surveyors on adoption of E-procurement to mitigate corrupt practices in public procurementusing Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors as a case study. Specifically, the study was aimed at examining the benefits of e-procurement in public procurement; examine the extent to which the adoption of e-procurement will mitigate corrupt practices in public procurement; and examine the risks associated with adoption of e-procurement in ... Continue reading---
