Governments all over the world spend a lot on the procurement of public goods and services. Many countries have therefore, enacted procurement laws to achieve efficient and effective use of the state's resources. In Ghana, the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) was enacted to address the real and perceived challenges of the public procurement of goods works and services. However, compliance with the act among entities remains a challenge. Attempts by many empirical studies to address the challenge have exclusively focused on areas outside the Asante Akim North Municipality. The objective of this study is to analyse the level of compliance and factors influencing compliance in the Asante Akim North Municipality. A mixed research approach was used to gather both primary and secondary data from public entities in the local government, health and education which are involved in procurement process. The results provide that local government institutions in the Municipality have overall best scores in compliance while educational institutions were observed to have low compliance level. Main determinants of compliance include professionalism, transparency, efficiency and value for money. The results of the study have implications for management of procurement activities in the Asante Akim North Municipality.
Compliance, Public Procurement Act, Public Entities
