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Group calls for transparency in Transjakarta's procurement
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Transjakarta bus passengers line up at Harmony bus stop in Central Jakarta on July 13. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
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T Transportasi Jakarta has procured facilities at high cost but with low quality, including spending Rp 2,175 billion (US$151,257) on a ticketing system worth Rp 500 million, pressure group Jakarta Monitoring Development has said.
The group’s executive director Mahfud Latuconsina said on Monday that the bus operator had not been transparent in setting the owner’s estimate price (HPS) for the procurement of the electronic ticketing system.
Mahfud said the budget for the procurement should have been only Rp 500 million, but was later revised to Rp 700 million before finally being increased to Rp 2.175 billion.
“Pak [Jakarta Governor] Anies Baswedan and Pak [Deputy Governor] Sandiaga Uno should be more vigilant, why did the budget keep changing? It was a large budget but the quality [of Transjakarta's facilities] is low and inadequate,” Mahfud said in a written statement.
He added that the large procurement budget was not followed up with necessary oversight.
“There are even buses housed by the Transportation Agency because their operational permits have expired. That should not happen because it bothers public transportation users and discourages them from using public transportation,” Mahfud said.
He called for restructuring to improve the supervision of Transjakarta's procurement procedures.
