| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT
According to the Kenya Economic Survey 2014 public institutions are the major contributors to the
country economic growth. In recent time there has been reports of public sector facing challenges on
procurement best practices for instance performance of public sector has been dwindling and this has
been attributed to lack of procurement best practices. Studies in this direction for public institutions are
lacking. The purpose of the study was to analyse the relationship between procurement best practices
and procurement performance in Public Institutions. Specifically the study sought to establish the
extent of procurement performance in Public Institutions, to examine the relationship between green
purchasing, supplier partnering and 'procurement performance in Public Institutions. The study was
guided by a conceptual framework where the independent variable was procurement best practices and
the dependent variable procurement performance. The study was anchored on Network Theory. The
design used in the research was descriptive survey. The Target population was 103 with a sample size
of 78. Primary data used was collected via questionnaires. The data collected was analysed using
descriptive statistics and correlational analysis. The instrument was found to be reliable as all the four
scales average reliability values 0.88 exceeded the prescribed threshold of 0.7. The study revealed that
procurement performance was moderate as evidenced by a mean (M = 3.16). The study also revealed
that there was a significant and positive relationship between procurement performances. The highest
correlation was that between compliance with green procurement policies and product quality with a
coefficient of (r=0.716, p=.O.OO)and the lowest being that between recycling of procured products and
reduced lead time with a coefficient of (r=0.476, p=0.03). Moreover the study revealed that there was
significant and positive relationship between procurement performance and supplier partnership. The
highest correlation was that between focus on product quality and product quality with a coefficient of
(r=O.816,p=O.O1) and the lowest being that between practise partnership existence in design choices
and cost reduction and saving with a coefficient of (r=0.472, p=O.OI). These findings could provide
valuable insight into how procurement activities in this institution should be conducted so as to achieve
better purchasing performance and can also be used by suppliers as a source of information on handling
the relationship with public universities. The study recommends that management of Public institutions
should focus on its procurement activities and also increase their focus on green purchasing and
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