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Declaration ................................................................................... .

Approval.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Acronyms...................................................................................... Ill

Table of content............................................................................... iv

Abstract... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v11

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0 Introduction .......................................................................... .

1.1 Background .......................................................................... .

Statement of the problem .......................................................... .

Purpose of the study ................................................................. .

Objectives of the study .............................................................. .

Research questions .................................................................. .

Scope of the study ................................................................... .

Significance of the study ............................................................ .

Conceptual frame work .............................................................. .

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0 Introduction............................................................................ 5

2.1 Purpose of the rules and regulations................................................ 5

2.2 Public entities and contracts committee........................................... 8

2.2.1 An Accounting officer............................................................... 8

2.3 National Procurement Policy Unit................................................ 9

2.4 Basic Procurement rules and regulations......................................... 10

2.5.0 Procurement Procedures............................................................. 13

2.5. I Open tendering....................................................................... 13

2.2.2 Contracts committee................................................................. 8

2.2.3 User department..................................................................... 9

2.5.2 Restricted tendering................................................................... 13

2.5.3 Direct Procuring procedure........................................................... 13

2.5.4 Request for proposals procedure................................................... 14

2.5 .5 The request for quotation procedure................................................ 14

2.6.0 Open tendering........................................................................ 15

2.7.0 Open International tendering........................................................ 19

2.8.0 Performance of Public entities ..... :................................................ 21

2.9.0 Impacts of public procurement procedures....................................... 22

2.9.1 Benefits of Public procurement procedures....................................... 23

CHAPTER THREE

METHODOLOGY

Introduction ............................................................................. .

Research design ........................................................................ .

Type of data ............................................................................. .

Sources of data ......................................................................... ..

Data collection method ................................................................ .

Data presentation, processing and analysis ......................................... .

Validity and reliability ................................................................. .

Limitations of the study ............................................................... .

CHAPTER FOUR

PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Introduction............................................................................... 27

Benefits of Public procurement procedures........................................... 27

The impacts of Public procurement procedures ..................................... .

The performance of Public entities ................................................... .

CHAPTER FIVE

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Introduction .............................................................................. .

The findings on the benefits of Public procurement procedures .................. .

The findings on the impacts of Pub_lic procurement procedures .................. .

The performance of Public entities .................................................. .

Conclusion .............................................................................. .

Recommendation ...................................................................... .

Areas of further research .............................................................. .

Abstract 

Uganda Public procurement directives compel Public Entities to purchase their works, services and product deliveries through mandatory Public procurement procedures. One of the biggest practical frustrations/problems faced comes from malpractices which is corruption in Public procurement. This study sought to evaluate the impact of Public procurement procedures on the performance of Public entities. It was carried out in the Ministry of Education (Uganda). The research adopted descriptive case study design. Data were collected through the administration of questionnaire. The liker! scaling method was used to determine the weight of the respondents' perception on the impacts of Public procurement procedures. The performance of Procuring Entities has shown the means to effective and efficient control and monitoring of the procuring procedure, the impact and the benefits of the Public procurement procedures are obtained due to efficient procurement process. The main stages of the Public procurement procedure according to the legislation in force in order to emphasize the strengths are presented by the literature, hence improving the performance of the Public Entities.