Effects Of Tendering Procedures On Quality Of Rural Access Roads In Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya

Abstract

Effective tendering procedures enables management to deal with rapidly changing economic and competitive environments, shifting customer demands an priorities, and restructuring for future in many government . Thus, the main aim of the study was to determine the effects of tendering procedures on quality of rural access roads in Elgeyo Marakwet County. The study was to establish the effects of tender application procedures on quality of rural roads, effect of tender advertisement procedures on quality of rural access roads, the influence of tender evaluation procedures on quality of rural roads, the contribution on qualification requirements on quality of rural access roads. This study was guided by tendering Theory. Explanatory research design was used in the undertaking of this research. The study targeted 13 Construction Companies in Elgeyo Marakwet County. A census of all the 13 Construction Companies ware surveyed. The unit of analysis was engineers, supervisors, technician sand manual laborers was investigated giving a total of 138 respondents. Data for the study was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. Multiple regressions were used to determine the effect of tendering procedures on quality of rural roads. The findings showed that quality of tender document enhances quality of roads, similarly, qualification requirement was also shown to positively affect the quality of roads. However, more time spent in tendering process reduces quality of rural roads. Nevertheless, adoption of technology in tendering had no effect on quality of rural roads. Study encourage download of tender document from the internet and submits tender document online. Firms should take advantage of M-pesa and e-banking and m-banking in tendering process. Qualification of employee is highly considered in tender process, qualification should also put into consideration the quality of materials is observed