The study of sustainable procurement in the procurement of ready mixed concrete supplier

Abstract

Nowadays, the concept of sustainable construction has been known, namely the implementation of construction that considers social and environmental aspects in addition to the economic aspects. Sustainable construction has been mandated in Law Number 2 of 2017 concerning Construction Services. The success of sustainable construction is inseparable from the role of its supply chain network, the supply chain involved is selected through the procurement process so that the procurement process needs to consider sustainable aspects as well. This study discusses the sustainable procurement of ready-mixed concrete suppliers carried out by Indonesian contractors in order to realize the implementation of sustainable construction. The level of procurement process implementation of the ready-mixed concrete suppliers will be compared with ISO 20400 which is a sustainable guideline for flexible procurement and sustainable procurement best practices at the London Olympics 2012 project as well as various literature on sustainable concrete work to see more detailed about the implementation of sustainable criteria of Ready-mixed concrete job. The study was conducted by analyzing qualitative data obtained through semi-structured interviews conducted on 4 BUMN contractors and 1 BUMS contractor in Indonesia that had carried out green building projects. Based on the results of data processing and analysis, it was found that the process of procuring concrete by the contractors fulfilled about 44% - 76% of the principle of sustainable procurement at ISO 20400. In this study, an overview and comparison of the sustainable procurement practice of ready-mixed concrete suppliers is described by contractors in Indonesia with ISO 20400 standards, as well as sustainable procurement best practices and what obstacles are faced in the implementation of sustainable procurement, and how contractors in Indonesia can increase implementation of sustainable procurement when procuring ready-mixed concrete supplier in the future.