A company linked to the mayor of Kryvyi Rih was chosen to repair elevators in Odesa without an auction

The Department of Municipal Economy of the Odesa City Council has selected Steel Made Limited Liability Company to repair nine elevators in Odesa.

Four announcements were published in the Prozorro electronic procurement system.

These are four elevators at 150 Dobrovolskoho Avenue, three at 63/1 Ilfa and Petrova Street, and one each at 101-A Levitanova Street and 9 Levanevskoho Street. All procurements were held on May 10, and there was only one bidder. This was due to the format of open bidding with special features.

The total amount that the company expects to receive if the deal is concluded is UAH 13 million 213.7 thousand.

In March, the Department of Municipal Economy of the Odesa City Council held three procurements to select a company to repair several elevators in the city's multi-storey buildings for a total of UAH 8 million 302.8 thousand. At that time, Steel Made Limited Liability Company was also the only bidder.

In 2021, Steel Made was founded by Oleksandr Vasylkov, a resident of Kryvyi Rih, who previously was the director of Kryvyi Rih Meerkat Plant for seven years, part of whose shares belong to a foreign citizen, Tetiana Mykhalenko, who is probably the daughter of the permanent mayor of Kryvyi Rih, Yuriy Vilkul, and the sister of Oleksandr Vilkul. Journalists of the Nikcenter publication stated that Petro Zaika became the director of Steel Made after receiving the first budget contracts. Previously, he was the chief engineer of PJSC Stalkanat-Silur. Part of Stalkanat-Silur's shares belong to Anton Mykhalenko, who is called in the media Yuriy Vilkul's former son-in-law. The signatory of this plant is also a signatory of the Vilkul Jr. Foundation.

Кирило Бойко