THE EFFECT OF ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, OPENNESS, FAIRNESS AND COMPETITION ON EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF E-PROCUREMENT IN MALUKU PROVINCIAL PROCUREMENT SERVICES UNIT

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the influence of accountability and transparency principles, open, fairness and competition against e-procurement effectiveness and efficiency in procurement service unit Maluku Province. The population of this study was all participants or providers of government Goods/Services registered in procurement service unit Maluku Province with purposive sampling as a sample method with 79 participants or providers of government Goods/Services as respondents. Data collection was done by direct survey. Hypothesis testing was empirically tested using Multiple Linear Regression Analysis. The results showed that the principle of accountability and transparency, openness, fairness / non-discrimination and competition proved to have a positive and significant impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of e-procurement in procurement service unit Maluku Province. This can be proven through regression coefficient indicating that if the principle of accountability and transparency, openness, fairness / non-discrimination and competition increase, then it will be followed by improvement of effectiveness and efficiency of e-procurement at procurement service unit Maluku Province. Thus, it can be said that increasing the principles of accountability and transparency, openness, fairness / non-discrimination and competition will improve the effectiveness and efficiency of e-procurement in procurement service unit Maluku Province. The demand for good governance in Indonesia arose due to the rampant practices of government officials. The number of cases of law violations and power abuse committed by the elements in the Indonesian government become a dilemma and of course is a barrier in realizing good governance. One of the most frequent cases of lawlessness is corruption. In an article on the Ministry of Finance's Education and Training of Finance website, for example, it is said that the most corruption handled by the Corruption Eradication Commission related to corruption is in the procurement of government Goods/Services and is the second highest corruption case after bribery case. In 2004-2010 period, 44% of corruption cases handled by KPK were corruption cases in the government procurement (www.bppk.kemenkeu.go.id). One of the implementation to realize good governance in Indonesia especially concerning regulate procurement policy of goods/services, then issued Presidential Regulation No. 54 of 2010 on Procurement of Government Goods/Services in order to provide guidance on regulation on the procedure of procurement of Goods/Services is simple, clear and comprehensive, in accordance with good governance through joint financing schemes (cofinancing) between the central government and local government. Presidential Regulation No.54 of 2010 was then revised to Presidential Regulation No. 70 of 2012 and then revised again to Presidential Regulation No. 4 of 2015.