POTENTIAL VULNERABILITY TO CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: PROSPECTS FOR FAIR COMPETITION

Abstract

Embezzlement in the procurement of goods and services is the largest category of corruption cases handled by the KPK. In general, the form of fraud in the procurement of goods and/or services is the practice of direct appointment and the manipulation of the self-estimated price (HPS). The purpose of this research article is to analyse the potential susceptibility to corruption in tenders for the procurement of government goods and services that are not in accordance with the principles of fair business competition, and the efforts to prevent the potential susceptibility to corruption in tenders for the procurement of government goods and services that are in accordance with the principles of fair business competition. The method used is normative legal research. The results of the study indicate that the collusion between business actors and public officials in the tendering process begins during the budget planning and tendering process. The government's efforts to reduce the potential for corruption in the procurement of public goods and services by changing the organisational structure of procurement and tenders are being carried out through e-purchasing and expanding the object of refutation of auctions and tenders carried out by taking into account the principles of fair business competition, namely in a transparent, non-discriminatory manner and without barriers to entry