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he city administration is waiting for reports from the Finance and Development Controller (BPKP) and the Government Procurement Regulatory Body (LKPP) about whether it can extend the work contract with the consortium operating seven Transjakarta corridors.

Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said on Friday that the contract was almost spent and the administration had opened the tender bid to find a replacement for the existing consortium.

The consortium of four companies ' PT Trans Batavia, PT Jakarta Trans Metropolitan, PT Jakarta Mega Trans and PT Trans Mayapada Busway ' sued the administration for putting out the tender because, they argued, such tenders should be regulated by a transportation ministerial decree rather than a gubernatorial decree.

'I don't care if they sue us. We will continue with our target to procure 1,000 Transjakarta buses by the end of the year,' Basuki said, adding that the budget allocated for the purpose was only enough to buy 420 buses.

Basuki said that even if the administration loses the lawsuit he would be happy to keep the consortium as an operator.

'It's good. We can have more buses from the tender winner as well as from the consortium,' he said.