Procurement Act and Project Delivery in Nigeria: Relative Importance Index Perspective

Abstract

The purpose of the public procurement Act is to ensure free and pair competitiveness among the contractors, transparency of the procurement process, effective utilization of public funds. Public procurement Act was design to mitigate the occurrence irregularities in public procurement. This research study the impacts of PPA implementation on construction project delivery. Quantitative study approach was adopted and Questionnaire was design for data collection from the all professionals in the construction industry. Seventy (70) Questionnaires were distributed to the respondents through simple random Samling, fifty-two were filled and returned while 18 were either not returned of unfit for analysis given the study 74% returned rate. Average mean and Relative importance index were employed for the data analysis. The result of the analysis reveals High project performance, less uncompleted projects, Adequate Public infrastructures, Meeting stakeholders’ expectations and Low corruption in projects procurement as the Top five impacts of PPA implementation on project delivery. The study recommends that, Procurement process monitoring units should be establish by all procuring entities to ensure adherence to the Act, more awareness should be created among the stakeholders in the Nigerian construction industry.