Determinants for Green Procurement Practices in Public Procurement Management in Tanzania

This study was carried out conducted to ascertain the determinants for green procurement practices in public procurement management in Tanzania. The research study employed mixed-methods approach and used descriptive analysis. Multiple linear regression analysis was employed to establish the relationship between the variables. The study used a sample size of 200 participants obtained using Cochran formula of unknown population. The sample size composed of public procurement officers and practitioners from different government agencies and organization in Mainland Tanzania. From descriotive analysis it shows that the level of implementation of green procurement practices is still very low in public procurement. The results of the research study show that the awareness level and knowledge on green procurement practices is generally still very low. From the descriptive analysis is shows that the lack of incentive, budget allocation insufficiency, unavailability of environment friendly products are among the barriers in the implementation of green procurement practices in public procurement processes. The multiple linear regression analysis showed that awareness and knowledge of green procurement practices, allocation of budget, and incentives are significant determinants of green procurement practices in public procurement managements processes. The results also indicated that the availability of environmental friendly products did not have a significant influence on green procurement practices. The study demonstrates that there is need to build awareness and knowledge of green procurement practices to the practitioners, allocation adequate budget, and provision incentives are the crucial factors that determine the improvement in the implementation of green procurement practices in public procurement processes. The study recommends that the government of Tanzania to provide capacity building (training and education), to invest on capacity building on green procurement practices to the procurement practitioner, increasing budget allocation for green procurement practices implementation, and introduction of incentives for implementing green procurement practices for practitioners.