DKI Transportation Agency Budgets Purchase Of Electric Moge For Guards, Per Unit IDR 1 Billion

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has allocated a budget for the purchase of electric motorcycles with a moge model with a budget of IDR 6.35 billion in the 2024 budget year APBD. There are 5 units of electric motorcycles for escort to be purchased. Thus, the budget allocation is around Rp. 1 billion per motorbike. The purchase of this electric motorcycle is contained in the Information System website of the General Plan for the Procurement of Goods and Services Procurement Policy Institutes (LKPP Sirup). The procurement is included in the budget allocation of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency. "The name of the package for the procurement of field operational service vehicles specifically for electric motorbikes is the guardian of VVIP leadership," wrote a statement on the LKPP website, quoted on Monday, March 4. In the information on procurement on the LKPP website, it is stated that the description and specifications of the work are contained in the framework of the work reference (SEZ). The method of selecting moge procurement for escort is in the form of e-purchasing. The DKI Provincial Government welcomes domestic products from small businesses or MSMEs to participate in procurement. "The type of procurement of goods. The total ceiling is Rp. 6,354,750,000," he wrote. The DKI Provincial Government has scheduled the selection of moge procurement providers from March to June 2024 and continued in the contract implementation from July to November 2023. Meanwhile, the use of this procurement goods/service will be in December 2023. Previously, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency admitted that his party had budgeted for the purchase of electric-powered motorbikes for patrol and escort officers (patwals) in 2024.

Syafrin admitted that the DKI Provincial Government is focusing on procuring electric motorcycles. "This is for patrols and escorts. So the motorcycle is an electric vehicle," said Syafrin. This step follows Presidential Instruction Number 7 of 2022 concerning the Use of Battery Electric Vehicles (Battery Electric Vehicles) as Vehicles for Operational Service and/or Individual Vehicles for Central Government Agencies and Regional Governments.