KPPU Discloses Allegations Of TIM Revitalized Tender Collusion, Jakpro: Should Not Be Opened To The Public First

Revitaliation of the Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) area in Jakarta. (Between-Risyal H)

The Indonesian Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has uncovered allegations of collusion or conspiracy to procure tenders in the revitalization of Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) managed by PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro).

VP Corporate Secretary of PT Jakpro Syachrial Syarif views that the KPPU should not have revealed this case to the public before the examination is completed and the truth is revealed. This is because, according to Jakpro, the report of the alleged conspiracy that is under the supervision of the KPPU is still premature.

"In our opinion, this is too fast, premature. We should have evaluated it first. It shouldn't have been disclosed to the public first. We are still in the process," said Syachrial when contacted, Monday, November 6.

Syachrial also denied that the company owned by the DKI Provincial Government had conspired in the procurement of the TIM revitalization project just because there had been an cancellation of the auction process in the Anies Baswedan era as the Governor of DKI.

"The decision-making to cancel the tender and repeat the new auction process is solely to follow the regulations and apply the precautionary principle and GCG (good corporate governance) in accordance with company guidelines," he explained.

Even so, Syachrial admitted that his party would remain cooperative in undergoing the legal process launched by the KPPU and still respect the KPPU as the party with the authority to supervise and examine allegations of monopoly practices and/or business competition in Indonesia.

"The next trial is on February 6 (today). The preparation, of course, we have to complete it with documents, then what was the previous chronology like, this was prepared by legal friends," he said.

On the KPPU RI Instagram account, it is stated that this alleged collusion is included in the KPPU report and is now at the stage of the Initial Inspection by the Commission Council.

"When the revitalization was still ongoing, KPPU received a report of alleged conspiracy or collusion in the procurement of phase 3 revitalization," wrote the Instagram account @kppu_ri.

There were 3 parties who were reported in the case, namely the tender implementer, PT Jakarta Propertindo (reported I), PT Pembangunan Perumahan Tbk (reported II), and PT Jaya Konstruksi Manggala Pratama Tbk (reported III).

The KPPU explained the chronology of alleged conspiracy that occurred during the procurement of phase 3 revitalization carried out by the procurement team on April 21, 2021. The evaluation of the tender was carried out through scoring with an assessment of two types of documents, namely administration and technical and price.

There were 5 participants who submitted bid documents, namely PT Waskita Karya, KSO PP-JAKON, PT Wijaya Karya Bangunan Bangunan, PT Adhi Karya, and PT Hutama Karya.

"From the results of the evaluation, sequentially PT Wijaya Karya Bangunan Gedung Tbk, PT Adhi Karya Tbk, and KSO PP-JAKON are ranked 1 to 3 in the tender," explained KPPU.

The proceeds from the tender were submitted to the Director of Human Resources and General Affairs Jakpro. However, on June 21, 2021, the person concerned did not approve the results of the tender and asked for a re-tender.

Then in the second tender, there were 4 participants who entered the bidding documents, namely KSO PT Waskita Karya-PT MSP, PT Adhi Karya, KSO PP-JAKON, and PT Wijaya Karya Bangunan Gedung. From the evaluation results, KSO PP-JAKON and PT Wijaya Karya Bangunan are ranked first and second in the tender.

"The tender results were then submitted by the Director of Human Resources and General Affairs Reported I (Jakpro), and on August 16, 2021, KSO PP-JAKON was determined as the winner of the tender," he explained.

From this condition, the KPPU Prosecution Investigator considers that it is suspected that Jakpro has attempted to collude or collusion by canceling the first tender on June 21, 2021.