The challenges of procurement process for the department of correctional services: The road to procurement process

Tafadzwa Clementine Maramura and Ntsieni Douglas Lebete
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Tafadzwa Clementine Maramura: Department of Public Administration and Management, University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa
Ntsieni Douglas Lebete: Department of Public Administration and Management, University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa

International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 251-258

Abstract: This study aims to determine the procurement process challenges for improving the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). All the participants recruited by the researcher were not forced to participate or sign the consent form. The researcher considered only voluntary participation and the participants were requested to sign the POPI Act consent forms before conducting the face-to-face interview. The study adopted a qualitative research methodology to get a comprehensive and deeper understanding of the challenges and effects of the procurement process. Information was collected from the key informants using Face-to-face interviews; the key informants were possible suppliers, chief executors, executors, and directors. Managers specializing in the procurement field and potential suppliers were chosen as respondents to obtain sentiments toward the procurement process. The study established that (DCS) is one of the national departments faced with the challenges of improving the procurement process. Hence the case study focuses on procurement process challenges for the improvement of the DCS. The study concluded that most of the fruitless, wasteful and irregular, and unauthorized expenditures incurred in DCS are caused by a lack of availability of resources such as employment finances and a lack of technology due to resistance to change from the top management to the lower level. Key Words:Procurement Procedures, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Sustainable Public Procurement, Service Delivery

Date: 2023
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