The Study Of Selecting The Subcontractor Criteria By The Main Contractors Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method

Abstract

There are two ways of selecting the subcontractor by the main contractor namely direct and offering selection. The offering selection is done if only the candidates are more than one and have unclear specification by determining all of the criteria that should be fulfilled by the candidates. Those criteria are not set up in a written form as selecting the main contractor set up in Peraturan Presiden No. 54 Tahun 2010. Thus, every main contractor has different criteria in selecting the subcontractor. Therefore, this study is held in order to find the aspects and criteria used by the main contractors, such as BUMN and national private companies in selecting the subcontractors. This research used AHP method supported by software expert choice. There are six aspects in selecting the subcontractors namely: general aspects, financial aspects, technical aspects, managerial aspects, safety aspects and aspects of the company's reputation. Every aspect has its own criteria and sub criteria. The result of this research showed that from the BUMN there were 31.6% of financial aspects, 22.6% of technical aspects, 18.9% of safety aspects, 11.8% of managerial aspects, 9% of company’s reputation aspects, and 6.1% of general aspects. In addition, the most influential criteria was bid value dealt with 14.5%, while the most influential sub criteria was the lowest bid value dealt with 12.4%. On the other side, the national private contractors had 27.1% of financial aspects, 18.7% of technical aspects, 17.4% of safety aspects, 15.2% of managerial aspects, 14.5% of company’s reputation aspects, and 7.1% of general aspects. The most influential criteria was bid value dealt with 9.7% and the lowest bid value for its sub criteria dealt with 8.1%. It simply can be concluded that the BUMN and national private contractors have set different stages of aspects and criteria in selecting the subcontractors specifically for the safety and managerial aspects.