IMPACT OF CURRENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURE ON GOVERNMENT PURCHASE (CASE STUDY OF ADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ADO EKITI)

This study examine the impact of current public procurement policy and procedure on government purchase with reference to Local Government, Ado Ekiti. The main objective of the study is to examine if procurement policy increase substantial market share to local government, in order to develop and promote domestic industry, to discuss if Local Government procurement practices are in conformity with international best practice and to find out whether the procurement policy adopted has contributed to the economic development of the state. The sample size for this research work is twenty (20) comprising of management staff and senior member in sales department. The area of the study was limited to Ado Local Government, Ado Ekiti. The findings reveal that the role of procurement devices such as tendering, e-mail and ordering systems as devices help the procurer and suppliers expedite the negotiation process. By identifying the roles and interests of each of human and non-human actors involved in public procurement in the procurement environment, a new procurement network can be formed. It was recommended that Purchasers should see the need to seriously consider procurement especially when consumers of these products or services are geographically separated and they must be carried along.