JAKARTA - Social Minister Saifullah Yusuf ensures that all processes for procuring shoes for students of the People's School (SR) through the 2025 and 2026 budget years have been carried out through a transparent, professional, and appropriate mechanism for the budget ceiling set.
"Of course through the procedures that have been established. Procurement mechanism. The person in charge is the PPK or Pokja. The process is passed and the winner is certainly the cheapest and meets the standards that have been set," said Saifullah as quoted by ANTARA, Seelasa, May 5.
He emphasized that the price determination had gone through the stages of market surveys and consultations before being set as a ceiling and the winner of the tender was the party that offered the most competitive price but still met the specifications and technical standards.
He explained this to clarify information circulating on social media regarding the photo of giving shoes together with the Governor of East Java, Khofifah Indar Parawansa.
According to him, the shoes in the photo are special assistance from the Governor of East Java, not part of the procurement unit of the Ministry of Social Affairs.
"That is a special gift from the Governor of East Java for the students of the People's School during the event in East Java, not a procurement from the Ministry of Social Affairs. It should be from Ibu Khofifah, it is a donation. So don't misunderstand because the picture is wrong," he said.
In his presentation, the Minister of Social Affairs detailed that each student of the People's School received four pairs of shoes consisting of daily shoes (sneakers), sports shoes, daily uniform shoes (PDH), and field uniform shoes (PDL).
All of these items are domestic products as a form of commitment to the Domestic Component Level (TKDN).
Based on the realization data, the price of PDL student shoes has a ceiling of Rp700,000 with an auction realization price of Rp640,000. Meanwhile, for daily shoes for SMP and SMA levels, the realization price reaches Rp300,000 from the ceiling of Rp500,000, and the SD level is Rp250,000.
"Each student can get four pairs of shoes. Everything is included with the shirt. We are open to being audited and checked whether it has met the standards or not. This is a form of affirmation of our domestic products," he said.
Monitored by the KPKThe KPK highlighted a number of corruption modes related to the procurement of goods and services. One of them is a procurement plan that is directed and not in accordance with needs.
This was conveyed by KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo when asked about the controversy over the budget for the procurement of shoes for the People's School program which reached Rp. 27 billion or Rp. 700 thousand per pair.
"The PBJ sector still has a relatively high level of vulnerability. Some of the frequently used modes include directed procurement plans that are not in accordance with needs; misuse of the e-purchasing system including the preparation of the Estimated Own Price (HPS); to arranging the winners of procurement tenders which are often in the circle of stakeholders," Budi told reporters through a written statement, Tuesday, May 5.
Budi further said that currently the KPK is also conducting a study related to SR which is a national priority program through the Monitoring Directorate. So, the corruption gap can be closed later.
"This study aims to photograph the potential vulnerability of corruption in the implementation of the program, including in the area of procurement of goods and services (PBJ)," he said.
"In this way, stakeholders can increase vigilance and ensure that every process runs carefully, transparently, and accountable," continued Budi.
According to him, this prevention is important because the KPK's enforcement data for the period 2004-2025 mentions that there are 446 out of a total of 1,782 cases related to procurement. This mode is the second largest after bribes/gratuities with a record of 1,100 cases.
"In addition, the KPK also continues to strengthen monitoring through various prevention instruments, one of which is the Integrity Assessment Survey (SPI)," he said.
"In the last two years, the Kemensos SPI score has shown a dynamic that needs to be a common concern, from 79.16 in 2024 to 75.79 in 2025, or in the "alert" category," he continued.
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