Rp 1.2b project without tender

Rp 1.2b project without tender

PURWOREJO, Central Java: Contractors plan to file a complaint
with Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto over the
local government's award of a Rp 1.2 billion (US$530,269) railway
project without tender.

The construction of the 12 kilometers of railway tracks which
have been disused for more than 15 years has reportedly been
given to a contractor which has a good relationship with the
chief of the local branch of the state railway company Perumka,
Singgih Abadi.

The contractors said that the local government has often
awarded similar projects worth more than Rp 3 billion to the same
company without tender as required by law.

When confronted with the contractors' claim, Singgih said: "I
am only continuing my predecessors' policy." (wah/imn)