Supplier selection and supplier performance in procuring and disposing entities: a case study of Uganda Wildlife Authority, Kitante, Kampala district

Abstract

This research examines the supplier selection and supplier performance in procuring and disposing entities; a case of Uganda Wildlife Authority. The “research objectives focused on establishing the relationship between problem identification and supplier performance in Uganda Wildlife Authority, assess the relationship between criteria formulation on supplier performance in Uganda Wildlife Authority and to analyze the relationship between supplier qualification on supplier performance in Uganda” Wildlife Authority. To effectively carry out this study, “data was collected using close ended questionnaires and interviews” were also conducted. Purposive sampling, random sampling with replacements and disproportionate stratified sampling techniques were used. 65 UWA Staff from procurement and disposal unit, contracts committee, sub contracts committee and top management were the population but 60 respondents were used as the sample size. A total of 58 respondents out of a sample size of 60 responded which was 97% response rate. The researcher as well conducted interviews from 5 different respondents. Both “quantitative and quantitative data was collected and was analyzed using descriptive techniques of percentages and mean. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to test the objectives of the study. The findings in the study obtained indicated “that there was a strong positive relationship between supplier selection and supplier performance in UWA which was statistically significant”. The strong positive relationship “between supplier selection and supplier performance can be attributed to other factors like creditable contract management in UWA and technological developments in UWA. In this regard, managers, decision makers and practitioners at Uganda Wildlife Authority need to offer substantial attention to supplier selection in its entirety, in particular, ensure there is a combined effort on “problem identification, criteria formulation and supplier” qualification. This will help the entity achieve its set targets with an expenditure that is commensurate to the delivered outputs.