The transport ministry has announced that the operational scope of the JPJeBid online vehicle number plate bidding system will be expanded from next week, when the road transport department (JPJ) will begin utilising the format for the Federal Territory, starting with the VDN plate series on June 21.
Transport minister Anthony Loke said today at a press conference that the bidding process for the series will begin from 12 am on June 21 and will run until 11.59 pm on June 25. The tender results will be announced on June 26 at noon.
He added that all subsequent FT number plate series will also use the online bidding system, with a each plate series going through a similar five-day period for the bidding process.
Loke said that the rapid vehicle registration rate in the FT made it the perfect choice as a starting location for the system, which kicked off as a pilot project in April with the FC plate series. He said that JPJeBid will eventually be rolled out in other states, with adoption to be made in stages.
He said that there were 2,481 bids received for the FC series, which netted the government RM3,113,364 in collection. Loke said the highest bid was RM231,000 for the FC1 plate.
No change in the registration and bidding procedure from that detailed in the pilot project. The system is open to individuals and companies who are looking to tender for specific number plates. All bidders must sign up for an ID on the MySIKAP portal. Individuals must furnish details and provide a copy of their identity card for registration purposes, while companies and businesses will have to provide copies of the business registration certificate and licence, among other things.
Once registration has been approved, users will be able to utilise the e-bidding system through a computer or via a mobile device, searching for a plate series and specific number. Payment is made once a bid is finalised for a particular number, for both the sum of the bid and a RM10 service fee.
Payment can only be made with locally-issued credit cards, with the use of more than one card permissible for the bid. If a bid is successful, the amount will be deducted immediately from the credit card. Unsuccessful bids will see the cancellation of the transaction and the amount credited back to the credit card, with no charges applied.
Four general categories for numbers are listed, with each category having a minimum payment criteria. That for regular (or running) numbers start from RM300, while that for popular (double-digit, certain triple-digit numbers) start from RM800. Numbers with matching digits start from RM3,000m and the minimum bid price for a primary value (single-digit) number is RM20,000.
No deposit is required, but each bidder’s first bid amount must equal or exceed the minimum price set in each category. The minimum bid increase is 5% of the minimum price amount by category, with no limit for maximum increase.
In this case, the minimum bid increase for a primary value number is RM1,000, and RM150, RM40 and RM15 for matching digit, popular and regular numbers respectively, and these sums remain constant as a minimum bid increase each time a bid is revised upwards. There is no limit to a bid, but bidders will not be allowed to withdraw their bids during the bidding period.
Each individual is eligible to successfully bid for a maximum of three vehicle numbers, while businesses and companies will be limited to five vehicle numbers per series. All bid winners have a period of 12 months to carry out the vehicle registration from the date of the letter of offer given by the department, following which the offer letter will expire and be considered invalid. No extensions – or refunds – will be provided. Those not wanting to take up the number will also not get refunds.
Individuals will be allowed to transfer the successfully bid number, but only to a member of the immediate family, and this will entail providing relevant supporting documents (birth certificate, marriage certificate etc). Companies will not be able to transfer a number before it is registered to a vehicle.
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Habis la middleman ..
Middlemen is JPJ insider now.
JPJ is very inefficient and is riddled with corruption because the majority there like their easy life
I know a guy in the IT Dept who can ‘chop’ for me whatever numbers I want. Go to head office and search for me.
Great service by our civil servant. Amazing.
Hey, this is a new clean government we have now. there is no corruption style like BN times. don’t know your facts then don’t talk yea. Keep PT clean
No corruption? Like MACC new boss is a PH lackey? Yeah sure, only blind supporters can stomach this blatant lies unless ur one of them benefiting. No matter what, BN has never done such obvious miscarriage of justice before.
Stop membawang and give her a chance to prove.
Lets give her our support, let her do her work to the best of her abilities
Agree with Avenger on that matter. Very worrying indeed when that part of the Manifesto have clearly been breached.
The matter is not about capability but it’s about principles. The matter is whether can she be impartial or not, and clearly she would be unable to since she has vested interest in Pakatan. So yeah, it’s very worrying on the get go.
We gave PH one year to do the job and so far it’s been a series of disappointments one after another. Time to put the foot down and say enough is enough! PH yearly report card is scored a big ‘F’.
scored a big ‘F’ for Fantastic.
Our country already got RM1 trillion in debt. Enough said
Not according to me. Stop believing those lies we fed you earlier.
after 1 year still got people believe about the 1 trillion thing lol
now it’s 1.28 trillion due to your ignorance.
Waktu FC hari tu dari jam 11 malam hingga 12 tgh malam hari terakhir sistem slow bukan main, harapnya kali ini dah diperbaiki.
Tepat jam 12 malam bid tutup aku tak boleh nak tengok berjaya atau tidak, bila terjaga jam 6 pagi tengok gagal bidaan. Ok pasrah dah ingatkan betul ler tapi bila login tengah hari bidaan berjaya pula. Ok happy semula.
Tahniah bro kereta baru kemain ..
This is excellent! Much better than the nightmare of the damn manual process I had to go through and still fail to get my numberplate.
You nailed it bro! Nightmare of the damn manual process. Wonder what the previous Transport minister been doing? 60 tahun ape dh bikin ..
whats the KPI for minister actually?…is our country really low in standard? will this make a different to our transport system, traffic flow, efficiency, safety?
Number plate, tinted windows regulation, what’s next? even the PaulTan initiative of the child seats regulation is better then all his!
His KPI is to make as much money for his department. Ensuring road users follow the law? Where got, when he arbitrarily cancels AES summons.
Ensuring road safety? Where got, when tints can be made darker than night sky.
Ensuring better public transportation? Where got, when he comes up with stupid ideas like women only buses on a loss-making route.
Improving vehicle safety on the road? Where got, he is more concerned in continuing the practice of selling fancy plates.
Clearly Loke is not doing his job as the TM.
Where got? Is this how you speak too? OMG! or in your case, oh my got!
So, what’s wrong making money for his department and for the government. As long as the money is not in his pocket.
i hope you bring a stop to all those so called VIP plates (G, SMS, UUU etc)
why not? These generate crucial funding for needy Yayasan, gagasan & persatuan.
Now they are generating funding for Loke’s pocket.
are the funds really directed to such charities? the plates are blatantly being marketed as an upmarket lifestyle accessory
Totally agree. Its an eyesore. Number plates are meant to represent which state the car was bought and registered in. Eg: A = Perak, B = Selangor. Now its a total mess.
Can I see other bidder price ?