Gapensi to set up govt tender bourse

Gapensi to set up govt tender bourse

JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Builders (Gapensi)
is to establish what it calls a tender bourse for government
projects to promote bidding transparency, the chairman of the
association's Jakarta chapter, Daniel Hutapea, said.

"We will set up the tender bourse after all government
institutions in Jakarta disseminate information of their lists of
development projects for 1996/97," he told Antara over the
weekend.

He said that he will call on 56 government agencies in Jakarta
to promote transparency in tendering their projects.

Daniel said his association will also present a list of
capable builders and a list of small-scale contractors to the
government agencies, so that they can be involved in tenders.

In return, the association will ask the government
institutions for their lists of projects, the copies of which
will be distributed to its 3,000 members.

According to Presidential Decree No. 16/1994, organizers of
government project tenders have to submit the lists of
development projects to the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry and Gapensi but, according to Daniel, the government
agencies have yet to comply with the stipulation.

"I don't know why the government does not inform the chamber
and Gapensi about government projects," he said. (13)