PT Bukaka remains winner of transmission tender: Court
Friday, August 11 2000 - 02:30 AM WIB
The Jakarta Administrative Court (PTUN) has sent a letter to state electricity company PT PLN, asking PLN to obey the court's earlier decision that stipulates that the state's company decision to award PT Bukaka Teknik Utama as the winner in the Klaten-Tasikmalaya transmission project remains valid.
PTUN chief Sudarto Radyo Suwarno said in his letter addressed to PLN's board of directors, a copy of which was made available to Kompas on Thursday, that PLN must postpone the implementation of PLN's letter No. 279/612/Ditop/2000-R, dated May 11, 2000, that dropped Bukaka as the winner in the transmission project tender.
Therefore, Sudarto said in the letter, PLN may not take any administrative actions on the matter as such actions would be against the administrative court's verdict.
Sudarto's letter is to response PT PLN's proceeding with the re-tendering of the US$75 million transmission project.
PLN spokesman Alfian Helmy Nasution said earlier that the re-tendering of the project was not against the Jakarta Administrative Court's by-law ruling. He said that the court's by-law ruling did not mention at all about the re-tendering. The court only ordered PLN to postpone the implementation of PLN's letter dated May 11 that canceled the notification of award to a consortium led by Bukaka as the winner in the tendering of the project.
Moreover, Helmy said that PLN had filed its disagreement with the by-law ruling, considering that the re-tendering of the 500 KV transmission project was for the interest of the public.
Bukaka has wanted that PLN postpone the re-tendering of the project until there is a definite court ruling.
But PLN has proceeded with the re-tendering process, and accepted the proposal from eight foreign or joint venture companies to participate in the re-tendering process.
The eight companies are a consortium of Fujikoru-Wijaya Karya, Hyundai Construction, Siam Indische de La Mega Construction, and a consortium of Saudi Cable-Samsung-LG-Twink-Simasindo, Sumitomo-BBSI, Alstom-Multifed-Jembo Construction, Energo Adidaya Construction and (8) Asea Brown Bovery (ABB). (*)