Avanhardivka village council plans to buy a set of reconnaissance drones for 2 million

The Department of Capital Construction, Housing, Utilities, and Communal Property of Avanhardivka Village Council has announced a procurement to select a company to pay for the DH-1 Domakha unmanned aerial vehicle (or equivalent).

The relevant information is available in the Prozorro electronic procurement system.

The drone is to be purchased for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The auction is scheduled for January 20 in the format of open bidding with special features. We are talking about one set consisting of:

• Two aircraft-type UAVs;
• Two modules of the gyro-stabilized main daytime observation camera of the UAV;
• Six UAV batteries;
• UAV flight control system, including:

1. a device for displaying images from UAV cameras;
2. two devices for manual control of UAV flight;
3. special software based on a geographic information system for the formation and input of a flight task, automated flight control, displaying the UAV's location and flight parameters, documenting the progress of the task and errors;
4. a laptop for installing special software;
5. an antenna system with telescopic folding masts for transmitting and receiving UAV control signals, receiving video broadcasts from the UAV;
6. digital video communication system
7. Aircraft tracking system, antenna tracker.

• A set of autonomous navigation system;
• Charging station for power supply and recharging of electrical equipment;
• A case with camouflage coloring for storing and carrying the UAV, UAV flight control system, and an autonomous navigation system.

The expected value of the procurement is UAH 2 million 50 thousand.

Open bidding with special features means that almost all terms are shorter than in open bidding under the Law on Public Procurement. This means that this procurement is much faster than open tenders.

The period for submitting proposals is seven calendar days, and the period for challenging qualifications is five calendar days. Often, there is no auction during such tenders, so the participant has no competitors.

However, after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine temporarily changed the rules of bidding for the period of martial law in Ukraine and within 90 days from the date of its termination or cancellation. Thus, the government temporarily canceled electronic auctions. Since then, tenders announced in Prozorro can be held without an auction.

Кирило Бойко