Table 4.15: Respondents
views on effectiveness of e-procurement
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Statements
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Strongly Disagree
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Disagree
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Neutral
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Agree
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Strongly Agree
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Total
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E-procurement allows for more rapid and efficient information
transmission which leads to high level of competition.
|
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2
|
3
|
2
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17
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N=24
|
|
8.3
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12.5
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8.3
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70.8
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100%
|
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E-procurement provides a higher level of data security,
transparency and improved skills user.
|
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
16
|
N=24
|
|
4.2
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8.3
|
20.8
|
66.7
|
100%
|
|
E-procurement helps to respect procurement law and ministerial
order governing public procurement.
|
|
|
2
|
6
|
16
|
N=24
|
|
|
8.3
|
25.0
|
66.7
|
100%
|
|
The use of e-procurement allows organizations to save money and
time during the purchase process.
|
|
|
3
|
3
|
18
|
N=24
|
|
|
12.5
|
12.5
|
75.0
|
100%
|
Source: Survey, August 2021
Table 4.15 shows that the 70.8% position is strongly agree and
the 8.3% position is agree while the remaining 12.5% were neutral and 8.3%
disagree on that E-procurement allows for more rapid and efficient information
transmission which leads to high level of competition. The findings show that
66.7% of total respondents strongly agree, 20.8% of respondents agree, 8.3%
were neutral while 4.2% disagree that E-procurement provides a higher level of
data security, transparency and improved skills user. The findings show that
66.7% of total respondents strongly agree, 25.0% of respondents agree and 8.3%
were neutral that E-procurement helps to respect procurement law and
ministerial order governing public procurement. The findings show that 75.0% of
total respondents strongly agree, 12.5% of respondents agree and 12.5% were
neutral that the use of e-procurement allows organizations to save money and
time during the purchase process.
One interviewee said «E-Procurement (Umucyo) via the
internet can save a lot of time and money compared to the situation before its
implementation. In addition to facilitating and simplifying the procuring
process through the use of technology, transaction speed is increased, all
while adhering to e-procurement law and ministerial order governing public
procurement».
World Bank Global (2017) reported that electronic procurement
(e-procurement) systems have helped governments across the world to reduce
costs and increase transparency in the-procurement process. From the beginning
of 2014, the Rwandan government started the process of becoming the first
country in Africa to realize those benefits, by partnering with a South Korean
firm to develop its own e-procurement system.
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