IKN Nusantara Development, LKPP Involved In Procurement Of Goods And Services

The exterior design of the Presidential Palace in the State Capital (IKN) Nusantara in East Kalimantan. (Instagram @nyoman_nuarta)

JAKARTA - The Government Goods/Services Procurement Policy Institute (LKPP) formed a team to help the State Capital Authority (IKN) of the Archipelago in East Kalimantan (Kaltim) related to the procurement of goods and services.

Institutionally, the IKN Authority will only be established in 2022, but personnel who specialize in handling the procurement of unformed goods/services, while a number of construction work must begin.

"Given that construction work has to start, we from LKPP formed a team to help the IKN Authority carry out the procurement of goods and services," said LKPP Head Hendrar Prihadi on the sidelines of the National Working Meeting of the Indonesian National Consultant National Association (INKINDO) at the Bidakara Hotel, Jakarta, Friday, May 26, confiscated by Antara.

The LKPP team was involved in the committee for the procurement of goods and services together with the IKN Authority team.

"Hopefully they can learn when the auction process runs so that one day they are ready to conduct their own auction," said Hendrar.

The target, said Hendrar, is that a team from the IKN Authority can carry out its own auction in June.

This includes the use of domestic products. It's just related to implementation, Hendrar said, technically for work related to the Domestic Content Level (TKDN) it was handed over to the IKN Authority.

However, what is clear is that LKPP has a policy that applies nationally, namely for TKDN which is already above 40 percent so that similar products in e-catalog are allowed with TKDN above 25 percent including products that have not existed in the country.

Hendrar admitted that not all products were included in the e-catalog, so INKINDO's demands that construction consulting services also be included in e-catalog should be appreciated.

"I understand the spirit so that all of them can enter the e-catalog including construction consultant services," said Hendrar.

Related to this, LKPP is currently revising the Presidential Regulation on the Procurement of Government Goods/ Services. "It is currently being processed at the Minister of State Secretariat, hopefully, June has been signed by the President," said Hendrar.

According to Hendrar, the quality of consultants in Indonesia is much better and is able to compete with foreign consultants. In fact, many have been appointed for the development of IKN.