Abstract:
The high cost, poor quality, and delayed completion of construction projects have long been the
subject of public institution protests; these problems have been ascribed to contractors, insufficient
oversight, a lack of money, and a lack of commitment. The government has made it mandatory to
use FA when building projects. This study aimed to assess the influence of force account on
achieving VFM at VETA-Dodoma. The specific objectives were to determine the impact of
organizational personnel on achieving value for money. To examine the role organizational capital
plays on value for the money achievement during the construction of the administration buildings of
VETA-Dodoma. To determine how project management affect value for the money achievement
during the construction of the administration buildings of VETA-Dodoma. Descriptive research
design and Qualitative research approach were employed to this study. Both primary and secondary
data were utilized whereas questionnaire and documentary review employed to capture 90
respondents’ opinions. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics while multiple regression
model was used to test the relationship between variables. To attain the objective of the study the
resource based theory and the transaction cost theory were deployed to guide the study. The study
findings revealed organizational personnel contributed most and ranked first by 0.675 to value for
money achievement on construction projects, second was the organizational capital by 0.367 and
the third was project management by 0.288. The study results revealed that the overall model of
assessing impact of force account on achieving value for money on force account projects was
significant. Therefore, further research studies should concentrate to assess contribution value of
other remaining variables (45.7%) not included in the current study which has an influence of force
account in achieving value for money on constructions projects in public entities in Tanzania
