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)