An Evaluation of the Challenges of Tendering Procedures on Building Projects in Kaduna, Nigeria

Abstract

The high tender figure which cannot be justified with the quantity of construction work being quoted for has generated a lot of controversy within the industry and this has constituted a great and living menace in our environment like project abandonment, poor workmanship and completion of work behind schedule. The study aimed at evaluating the challenges of tendering procedures on building projects in Kaduna, Nigeria. The study largely derives qualitative measure in order to understand the challenges of tendering procedures on building projects, the study is a criteria based study, in which certain criteria were outline for the selection of the construction firms. The respondent (stakeholders) samples used in the study were drawn from the total population of stakeholders in the 5 construction firms selected for the study. The total numbers of stakeholders are 170 while 119 were selected for the study following the rules of Krejcie and Morgan, (1970). The analysis of the questionnaires survey data was undertaken using (SPSS) version 20. Findings from the study shows that the tendering method adopted for a particular project is one of the major contributory recipe for the challenges encountered at post construction contract stage in building projects, and the research recommends that the best and most appropriate tendering method should be adopted for the award of construction contracts as this will help in minimizing the problems that are mostly encountered at post contract stage in construction projects execution in Nigeria.