Procurement System of the Philippines: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB)

Abstract

Procurement is such an essential aspect of every organization or government. Without this, delivery of public service would not have: been possible. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the Government Procurement Policy Board as it is the regulatory body of the Philippine procurement system. The theoretical framework used in this study was the neo-institutionalist approach of public administration by Thoenig. This paper made use of Key informant Interviews and surveys. The respondents for KII were chosen because of their expertise in the conduct of procurement activities. The respondents for the survey are chosen by virtue of them being members of Bids and Awards Committee and personnel-in-charge during procurement activities of their respective agencies. The survey included a population of 30 respondents with five representatives participating from each of the following government agencies: PGH, DOH, DOLE, DepEd Manila, Manila and Valenzuela. A presentation and discussion of the results of survey and interview were done in this paper. The survey was evaluated through statistical analysis. As proven by the results in the survey, the Government Procurement Policy Board is an effective agency when it comes to regulating the procurement system of the country. The results of the survey show that GPPB is efficient; however, interviews that have been conducted pointed some areas that need to be improved by the GPPB. Thus, recommendations were given at the end of this study.