Catering in hospitals: Mykolaiv region to upgrade food for inpatients

<span><span><span>The Voznesenskaya Hospital in Mykolaiv Oblast plans to improve nutrition for inpatients. The hospital is ready to spend almost one and a half million hryvnias for this purpose.</span></span></span>

<span><span><span>As reported in the public procurement system Prozorro, a tender was announced on December 13 to select a company that will provide improved catering services for patients of the Voznesenskaya Multidisciplinary Hospital (catering services).</span></span></span>

<span><span><span>The customer was the medical institution itself.</span></span></span>

<span><span><span>Proposals from bidders will be accepted until December 23, and the winner will be determined the next day in the format of open bidding with special features.</span></span></span>

<span><span><span>The hospital plans to spend UAH 1 million 416 thousand on catering services. The winning company must provide services until the end of December 2025. </span></span></span>

<span><span><span>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.</span></span></span>

<span><span><span>The period for submitting proposals is seven calendar days, and the period for challenging qualifications is five calendar days. </span></span></span>

<span><span><span>Catering is a service that includes food preparation, delivery and service at any location chosen by the customer.</span></span></span>

Mykolaiv has approved the maximum cost of meals for children in educational institutions. The funding will come from the state and local budgets.

<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>In early September, the Department of Education signed an agreement to <span><span>organize meals</span></span> in schools and kindergartens in the city for more than UAH 60 million. The contract has traditionally been awarded to a municipal production enterprise for catering in educational institutions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Recently, the <span><span>United Nations</span></span> World Food Programme agreed to transfer up to 30% of the cost of meals for more than 160,000 primary school children in Ukraine, including those in Mykolaiv region, to the Ministry of Education of Ukraine.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The program was launched in early 2024. The funds were allocated to the budgets of 10 territorial communities to partially cover the cost of hot meals for about two thousand <span><span>students</span></span> in 14 schools in the region.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

Андрій Колісніченко