Wow! Renovation Of Megawati's Workspace At BRIN Reaches IDR 6 Billion

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JAKARTA - Information is circulating from the Electronic Procurement Service (LPSE) of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) regarding the repair of the work space of the Chairperson of the BRIN Steering Committee, Megawati Soekarnoputri, with a value of Rp 6 billion.

The Steering Council room that will receive renovation is located on Jalan MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta or the central BRIN office.

Information regarding the tender was obtained from the lpse.brin.go.id page quoted on Sunday, July 17, 2022.

In the document, the tender for the renovation of Megawati Soekarnoputri's office as the Head of the BRIN Steering Committee has begun on 27 May 2022.

This project will be financed from the APBN with a package ceiling value of Rp. 6,109,000,000.00 and the value of HPS (Self Estimated Price) of Rp. 6,063,492,327.00.

"Procurement Method: Tender – One File Post-qualification – Lowest Price Drop System," reads a quote in one of the columns of the tender file.

In the tender, it was stated that there were 127 participants who registered.

However, the page did not clearly state the names of the companies participating in the tender. Only the participant's name is written in numbers.

As of today, the bidding process for the work on Megawati's office is in the stage of downloading bid documents from bidders.

While the determination of the winner of the auction will only be announced on July 28, 2022.

The head of BRIN, Laksana Tri Handoko, explained that the room would not be used by Megawati alone, but the entire BRIN Steering Committee would use it.

"Because there is no room for nine members so far," said Handoko.

It is known, apart from Megawati, other members of the BRIN Steering Committee, namely, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, Minister of National Development Planning/Head of National Development Planning Agency Suharso Monoarfa, Sudhamek Agoeng Waspodo Sunyoto, Emil Salim, I Gede Wenten, Bambang Kesowo, Adi Utarini, Marsudi Wahyu Kisworo, and Tri Mumpuni.