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The project has mainly focused on the investigation of conditions which create better working environment for local Design Build (DB) contractors in Ethiopia. The growth of the construction sector in the country has created job opportunity for local as well foreign companies involved in design and supervision, construction, import export business, manufacturers of construction materials and equipment, local construction materials suppliers as well to those involved in informal businesses. The most familiar project delivery system the public body have implemented its projects through has been Design Bid Build (DBB) so far. But, currently the public body also showed a tendency of implementing some projects (Hydroelectric power generation and road projects) through DB basis. Though additional projects are under way, the involvement of local DB contractors is limited to only a few road projects awarded in National Competitive Bidding (NCB). Creating favorable working environment through friendly bidding procedures, appropriate bidding criteria and conducive procurement directives and proclamations is the major way of building local capacity and experience of local DB firms. The project has dug deep to reach those favorable conditions which have proved themselves in the development of DB project delivery, success of the firms and the possibility of application in the Ethiopian public as well private projects. For the sake of data collection regarding the subject, both primary and secondary data were used by collection methods of questionnaires, interviews and literatures respectively. Ethiopian Roads Authority Procurement Department has cooperated to the research in feeding data as an institute delivering a few of its major road projects in DB basis. Quantitative and qualitative data were taken from the department and the data were processed and the results were discussed thoroughly. The study finally arrived at conclusions of creating favorable working environment through conducive procurement procedures, considering the minimum requirements regarding the turnover, particular construction project experience and financial capacity for local Design Build contractors. And also amending the procurement directives as it has been done by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation in prior times in a routine way due to the dynamic nature of the industry and the volatile economic activity of the country. v |
