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European Journal of Management and Marketing Studies ISSN: 2501 - 9988 ISSN-L: 2501 - 9988 Available on-line at: http://www.oapub.org/soc doi: 10.5281/zenodo.834055 Volume 2 │ Issue 2 │ 2017 INSTITUTIONAL HUMAN CAPACITY AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN WEST NILE SUB-REGION OF UGANDA Epiphany Odubuker Pichoi Muni University, Uganda Abstract: The study aimed to establish how institutional human capacity affects performance in public procurement in tertiary institutions in West Nile sub-region of Uganda. A crosssectional study design was used. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were adopted in the study. This study targeted a sample of 122 respondents. Simple random sampling technique was used to select participants amongst user departments' staff. Purposive sampling was used to select the Accounting Officers and the Contracts Committee members. Quantitative data analysis mainly consisted of descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) and inferential statistics (Spearman Rank Order Correlation). Findings revealed a strong positive correlation ( rho = .611) between institutional human capacity and procurement performance. Thus, it was concluded that institutional human capacity measured in terms of professionalism and competence affected performance in public procurement in tertiary institutions in West Nile sub-region of Uganda. It is recommended that tertiary institutions in West Nile sub-region of Uganda should focus on institutional human capacity building to improve performance in public procurement in the tertiary institutions. Keywords: institutional human capacity, public procurement and performance 1. Introduction This study investigated the relationship between institutional human capacity and public procurement performance in tertiary institutions in the West Nile sub-region of Uganda. Institutional human capacity measured in terms of Professionalism and Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 – 2017 Open Access Publishing Group 1 Epiphany Odubuker Picho INSTITUTIONAL HUMAN CAPACITY AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN WEST NILE SUB-REGION OF UGANDA Competence was the independent variable while public procurement performance, measured in terms of effectiveness and efficiency, was the dependent variable. This section presents the background to the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the study, objective and hypothesis of the study, significance of the study, justification of the study and scope of the study. For downloading the full article, please access the following link: http://oapub.org/soc/index.php/EJMMS/article/view/146 European Journal of Management and Marketing Studies - Volume 2 │ Issue 2 │ 2017 2