Contract Management Practices and Performance of Roads Construction Projects in Rwanda: Case of Rwanda Transport Development Agency

Poor public contract management, especially in procurement of projects works has contributed to poor performance of roads construction projects. The main aim of the study was to examine the relationship between contract management practices and performance of roads construction projects in Rwanda. The study was anchored on Twо-Fасtоr Theory while explanatory research design was used. The study utilized questionnaire as a data collection instrument and analyzed using inferential statistics. The study findings revealed that contract negotiations was positive and statistically significant (β = 0.318, p<0.05). Further, statistical results showed that there was a positive and no significant relationship between contract monitoring and performance of roads construction projects (β = 0.056, p>0.05). The study recommends that a capacity building and knowledge transfer plan be structured and put in place in order to eliminate any route cause that can lead to future negligence of negotiations practices which may lead to significant long term issues which may affect projects performance negatively