Klojen (malangkota.go.id) – The Malang City Government (Pemkot) attended the Coordination Meeting for the Implementation of Consolidation of Procurement of Goods/Services of Regional Governments and Regional Public Hospitals in Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, East Java, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and South Kalimantan online at the Ngalam Command Center (NCC) Malang City Hall, Thursday (6/3/2025).
Present at the coordination meeting were the Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Malang City, Erik Setyo Santoso, Inspector of Malang City, Mulyono, Head of BPBJ of Malang City Secretariat, Eko Setyo Mahanani, Head of Malang City Health Office, dr. Husnul Muarif, as well as representatives from BKAD, Legal Section, and Malang City Hospital.
This coordination meeting was led by the Director of Coordination and Supervision of Region III of the Corruption Eradication Committee, Ely Kusumastuti, and was a follow-up to the launch of the indicators. Monitoring Center for Prevention (MCP) 2025 by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday (5/3/2025). In his direction, Ely emphasized the importance of maintaining clean and transparent governance, especially in the procurement of goods and services.
"Regarding procurement of goods and services, we want to ensure that there are no problems in the future. Currently, there are updates related to regulations and governance, where several loopholes of irregularities are still found. One of the strategies we are pushing is procurement consolidation to avoid potential fraud, illegal levies, and complicated processes," Ely explained.
MCP 2025 comes with improved indicators to close the gap of corruption with eight main intervention areas that are the focus, including planning, budgeting, procurement of goods and services, public services, supervision of the Government Internal Supervisory Apparatus (APIP), ASN management, BMD management, and optimization of regional taxes.
On the same occasion, the Deputy for Legal Affairs and Settlement of Objections of the Corruption Eradication Committee of the Republic of Indonesia, Setya Budi Arijanta explained that procurement consolidation is a strategy that combines several similar goods/services procurement packages, which are carried out at the planning stage, procurement preparation, and/or provider selection by PA/KPA/PPK and/or UKPBJ.
There are six main objectives of implementing procurement consolidation, including reducing procurement process costs (procurement cost), increase the efficiency of government spending, and provide the greatest fulfillment of benefits. In addition, consolidation also aims to empower domestic industries, facilitate transactions through the method e-purchasing, and standardization of specifications to reduce the tendency for procurement that does not meet needs. (yul/yn)
