Horizontal collaborative purchasing in the Ugandan public sector; an exploratory study

Abstract

This paper presents exploratory findings on the horizontal collaborative purchasing in the Ugandan public sector. After finding out that there is no published literature in this area of study in Uganda, the researcher decided to carry out this study to get a better understanding of how horizontal collaborative purchasing is done, as a basis for subsequent studies. The most interesting findings of the study are that horizontal collaborative purchasing in Uganda has been more practiced in circumstances of urgency than in normal circumstances. It also found out that where structural arrangements of horizontal collaborative purchasing existed, the “collaboration inertia” tended to roll it over to other aspects that were not part of such arrangements. Because of the surprising results, the study recommends that where less or no knowledge is published, such studies should be undertaken, like in this area of study, so that issues about collaboration in purchasing are not taken for granted, and subsequently mistakes done by practitioners and or the academia. Field of research: Supply Chain Management, Horizontal collaborative purchasing

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