Contractors not happy over bidding

Contractors not happy over bidding

BEKASI, West Java (JP): Members of the local chapter of the
Association of Indonesian Contractors, Gapensi, accused the
regency of unfair bidding practices on 75 projects worth Rp 54
billion (about US$23 million).

"Only about 30 percent of 168 local contractors were invited
to bid for government projects," the Association's head of the
legal and tax department, Ujang Djunaedi, said Monday.

Ujang said the regency invited 54 contractors from the
neighboring regency of Bogor, instead of opening bidding to
local, registered contractors.

The projects open for bidding fell into 22 categories to build
roads, bridges and government buildings.

Ujang charged officials of collusion with certain contractors.

But the regency's head of public relations, Atang Sudjana,
said many local contractors had performed badly in the past. In
some cases they had sold projects to other parties, and in others
their work was below expected quality standards. (kod)