Buildings No Longer Acquire Reasons For The DKI Provincial Government To Budget For Restoration Of Governor's Office House Of IDR 22.2 Billion

The official residence of the Governor of DKI Jakarta. (Diah-VOI)

JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta Cipta Karya, Spatial Planning and Land Service (DCKTRP) Heru Hermawanto explained the reason the DKI Provincial Government has budgeted IDR 22.2 billion only for the restoration of the official residence of the Governor of DKI Jakarta this year.

Heru admitted that currently the condition of the official residence is no longer adequate for the Governor of DKI Jakarta to live in. Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why former DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to Acting Governor of DKI Heru Budi Hartono did not make the official residence as a daily residence.

Moreover, the DKI Provincial Government has planned to restore a large number of official houses in the Menteng area, Central Jakarta since several years ago. However, its implementation was delayed due to the transfer of the budget for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Indeed, in terms of need, it actually did not fulfill it, so we tried to propose the last five years for planning. But at that time it was a scene, I think so. In the end, it didn't happen. Then there was COVID-19 again. It's like that," Heru told reporters, Thursday, April 25.

Apart from not being rehabilitated for a long time, the official residence of the Governor of DKI Jakarta currently also needs a number of additional facilities. Repairs must also meet the rules of restoration of cultural heritage.

"There are additional new buildings and repairs. If the main bamboogunan can't be done anything. If the new building will be built next to the back garage. Then support protocol, support services, and so on," explained Heru.

Currently, the restoration stage of the DKI Provincial Government's official residence is still in the planning of a new design for buildings and land. It is estimated that the planning will be completed from May to June.

After that, the DKI Provincial Government will carry out tenders for monitoring and implementing construction. Heru could not predict when the restoration would be completed.

"I can't confirm that next year it will be inhabited immediately. Because then we count the implementation of the work for a year. So what can be completed? Can the interior be completed, we also don't know. Waiting for this plan," he explained.

The restoration work of the official residence of the Governor of DKI Jakarta is contained on the Information System website of the General Plan for the Procurement of Goods and Services Procurement Policy Institutions (LKPP Sirup).

The procurement of restoration of official houses in the Menteng area, Central Jakarta is included in the budget allocation of the Cipta Karya, Spatial Planning and Land Office.

The method of selecting the restoration of official houses is in the form of tenders. The DKI Provincial Government does not invite small, micro and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to participate in the construction tender process.

"The reason is not MSMEs, the package for the procurement of goods/construction work/other services has a budget ceiling value of more than Rp. 15 billion," the site wrote.

The DKI Provincial Government has scheduled the selection of the construction provider for the restoration of Heru's official house to be carried out in June 2024 and continued in the contract implementation from July to December 2024. Meanwhile, the use of this procurement goods/service will be carried out from January to June 2025.

"The type of procurement of construction work. The total ceiling is Rp22,288,335,510," he wrote.

The official residence of the Governor of DKI Jakarta on Jalan Taman Suropati, Menteng, Central Jakarta is included in the B-type cultural heritage.

There are a number of restrictions on the rehabilitation of this building, such as the interior of the cultural heritage building may be changed as long as it does not change the main structure of the building. Then, the internal renovation material can be changed as needed, as well as only a part of the building's function that can be changed.