ABCtech #120 19Jun18 Is Procurement Broken Survey Results – Section C. Assessing Public Procurement Objectives

ABCtech #120 19Jun18 Is Procurement Broken? Survey Results – Section C. Assessing Public Procurement Objectives

Is Public Procurement in Alberta broken? You’ve spoken – both as contractors and administrators. Our May survey results are crystal clear: shortfalls in expectations and outcomes prevail. The systems may not be broken but they are clearly disappointing- particularly for small Alberta contractors.

$Billions are spent annually by governments – federal, provincial and municipal, engaging contractors in the supply of goods and services. Public procurement is a core government process, a source of huge economic opportunity and potential waste. We agree and hosted the May survey to learn your views of public procurement.

The survey results and recommendations are being released in four weekly installments:

Section A. (June 5th) Identified the respondents… READ NOW

Section B. (June 12th) Assessed Alberta’s Public Procurement Practices… READ NOW

Today we are releasing Section C. (June 19th) Assessing Procurement Objectives… READ NOW

Overview. Both Contractors and Administrators disagree with the stated positive objectives of public procurement. The Disaster Recovery objective is the only exception.  Otherwise, Administrators rate high – higher than Contractors, government’s stated objectives of Innovation and Vision & Leadership, and Effectiveness.

Surprising is the low rating Contractors have – considerably lower than Administrators, for the objective of Effectiveness. Government procurement and project management are well aligned. That is, deliverables are on-time, on-budget, and as specified.

Otherwise, while rated higher than Contractors, Administrators support is weak for the other objectives – particularly Value for Money – that both rate lowest.  Of concern must be the generally low ratings by both Administrators and Contractors for the prime objectives of public procurement: Value for Money, Transparency, and OVERALL.

The low agreement and very high disagreement by Contractors with all objectives -other than Disaster Recovery, is consistent for most Contractor features with the possible exception of size.  The disregard for the objectives of Value for Money and Transparency is highest for larger organizations.

The comments reviewed indicate that the prime issues are with waste not corruption or fraud.

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The next Section D. Recommendations and Conclusion, contains a summary of the survey respondent’s recommendations and an overall conclusion.

Section D. Recommendations and Conclusion is to be released June 26th concluding the Report.

While personal responses are confidential, the data is open and may be requested HERE for inspection and the conduct of associated analysis.

The survey will also be the subject of a panel discussion at the Supply Chain Management Association’s Conference in September – see HERE

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