Proj Procurement

African Journal of Business Management Vol. 6(10), pp. 3583-3594, 14 March, 2012
Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM
DOI: 10.5897/AJBM10.978
ISSN 1993-8233 ©2012 Academic Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Factors influencing the selection of procurement systems in the South African construction industry
Mathonsi, M. D. and Thwala, W. D.
Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment,
University of Johannesburg, P. O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Accepted 17 October, 2011

Procurement systems are vital in ensuring the successful implementation of a construction project, precisely executed for all phases of any particular project. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate, in a systematic manner, the factors that influence the selection of a procurement system in the South
African construction industry. An extensive theory and literature review of procurement systems was conducted. The literature reviewed included a sample of 6 case studies of completed building and civil engineering projects within South Africa. Questionnaire surveys were carried out using a 4-round
Delphi method approach to conduct the empirical study in order to obtain participants’ opinions about the factors that influence the selection of procurement systems, as well as the utility value of various procurement systems on each factor as identified. Finally, data analysis of both qualitative and quantitative techniques was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). After qualitative analysis, the findings indicate that factors that influence the selection of procurement systems are closely linked to the problem areas or they cut across all the phases of the project as identified in this paper. Therefore, these factors are categorically classified into internal and external factors. Factors from the internal environment were further

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