JAKARTA - Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet) emphasized that government goods and services should not only be seen as administrative affairs, but rather a major instrument that can drive the national economy. Therefore, the synergy between the Government Procurement Policy Agency (LKPP) and the business world is considered important so that procurement governance is more orderly, open, and efficient.
The member of the Indonesian House of Representatives who is also the Chairman of ARDINDO said that the value of government procurement of goods and services was very large, more than Rp. 1,200 trillion per year from the national APBN and APBD. This value opens up a large space for domestic business actors, including MSMEs and national distributors, to enter the government supply chain.
"Government procurement of goods and services must be the driving force of the national economy. Through the role of associations such as ARDINDO, we want to ensure that domestic business actors are increasingly ready, orderly, and able to meet the government's procurement needs professionally," said Bamsoet after meeting the Head of LKPP Sarah Sadiqa and the LKPP's senior officials in Jakarta, Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
According to Bamsoet, procurement improvement will not run without digitization. He assessed that the transition from manual systems to digital systems must be accelerated so that the government's procurement process is faster, safer, and more accountable. By 2025, the value of transactions through the national e-catalog is said to have penetrated more than Rp. 500 trillion.
"In the future, we must move towards a fully paperless and digital-based system. Procurement administration is no longer dependent on physical documents or wet signatures, but uses a faster, safer, and more accountable system," he said.
Bamsoet also emphasized that the government's online store ecosystem must be opened fairly for all business actors. According to him, the opportunity to participate in procurement must be given without discrimination, as long as business actors meet the requirements and are able to compete through product quality.
ARDINDO, he continued, has prepared the Ardindo Apps digital platform to support government procurement needs. The platform is designed to be connected to the government online store ecosystem managed by LKPP, ranging from product search, transactions, to document management in real time.
He assessed that cooperation between the government and the business world should be directed towards a common goal, namely building a modern, efficient procurement system, and directly impacting national economic growth.
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