Use Of Tendering And Competitive Bidding In Public Sector Procurement

1.3 OBEJCTIVES OF THE STUDY 
In most public establishment there is a wide misunderstanding of tendering and competitive bidding as a tool for public sector procurement.
(i) To examine the use of tendering in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public sector procurement. 
(ii) To find out the reason why there is misunderstanding of competitive bidding. 
(iii) Determine whether or not there is need for an independent unit to be created with trained and qualified professional to handle public sector procurement.
(iv) To examine the procedures and processes of tendering and contract awards and the skills of officers involved in public tendering and contract management.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Based on the project topic and objective of the research, the following question were developed by the researcher:- 
(i) Does tendering have a role to play in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public sector procurement?
(ii) What qualifies a bidder to be invited to bid?
(iii) Has there been instances where the lowest bidders are not offered the job?
(iv) Can the current tendering process or procedures as used by the public sector organization eliminate corruption and build accountability and transparently in the public sector?
(v) Are the officers handling tendering in the public sector qualify?
1.5 STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS
Based on the research question formulated the following hypothesis are formulated.
HYPOTHESIS ONE
Ho: tendering is an effective tool in public sector procurement
H1: tendering is an effective tool in public sector procurement.
HYPOTHESIS TWO
Ho: There is no effective method the ministry adopt other than competitive bidding
H1: there is another effective method the ministry adopt other than competitive bidding
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The significance of this research work is to help the research or showers to know the significance of this. Study to discover whether there will need for effective and efficient use of tendering and competitive in the ministry. At the end of this work the ministry will be able and capable of ensuring that. There is effective and efficient use of tendering and competitive bidding in ministry. 
(i) This research work be beneficial to the ministry of works the researcher himself and also to the public and private organization under study.
(ii) It creates opportunity for unknown contactor or supplier to become known especially when it is successful.
(iii) It makes public accountability possible
(iv) The research work allows keen competition which may produce cheaper tender figure.
(v) It is an opportunity to get genuine tenderers who are actually interested in the project.
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study has been limited to the public sector organizations.
Tendering and competitive bidding has play many role in the management and administration of public sector contract, this study would have covered all the ministries departments, Agencies, Boards even the local government areas in this country but the researcher after due considerations of various variables and implications decide to concentrate on the study of the implications of effectiveness and efficient tendering in the administration and management of contract in the ministry of works and housing, Owerri Imo State. In doing this the researcher concentrated on most of the department and units that have one or other things to do with the subject matter of this study. 
These departments or units include administration, engineering, planning, finance of these areas well give a great insight as what takes place in other ministries departments, Board, Agencies etc.