Nexus between Standardizing Procurement and Performance of County Governments in Kenya

Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between standardizing procurement and performance of county governments in Kenya. Methods: The study used a descriptive research design. The target population of this study was 384 respondents drawn from all the 47 counties in Kenya which included the staff from the procurement, ICT, finance and administration, and audit departments. The study sample size was 188 respondents and both stratified random sampling technique and simple random sampling techniques were adopted to get the sample of respondents to be included in the study. Data analysis was done with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science version 28. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis. Results: The study findings indicated that standardizing procurement had a positive significant effect on performance of county governments in Kenya Implication: This study recommends that county managers should fully adopt practices designed in their county process through counties. The county professionals should establish strategic collaborative working partnerships and agreements with industry players and experts ranging from seasoned global freight forwarders, ocean carriers, airlines, and overland transporters to critical suppliers and all other County processes through county actors to allow expertise and near precision responsiveness to needs of vulnerable people in an efficient and coordinated manner. Each one of these players applies their operational expertise, assets, and networks to what they do best hence creating an integrated county that is responsive to the needs of vulnerable populations.