The Essence of Transparency Principle in the Procurement of Goods and Government Services Through the Exchange (Ruilslag): Towards Good Governance in Public Services

The paper concerns to an urgent principle that should be accommodated within democratic nature namely principles of transparency particularly in the procurement of goods and Government services as stipulated in the Law No. 1 Year 2004 on State Treasury in relation to Presidential Decree No. 4 Year 2015 regarding Procurement of Goods and Government Services and Government Regulation No. 27 Year 2014 on the Management of Goods belonging to Central and Regional Government and Miniter Regulation No. 17 Year 2007 concerning Technical Guidelines for the Regional Government Goods Exchange.The paper based on the outcomes of the research namely normative legal research that examine and analyse the principles of transparency in the procurement of goods and services of the Government through the method and mechanism of the Exchange (ruilslag).The research findings indicated that the principle of transparency in procurement of goods and Government services through ruilslag is important to be accomodated and regulated for the purpose of pursuing public services of the Government in order to realising prosperity of the people of Indonesia in order to pursuing general good governance principle as mandated by the 1945 Constitution.