Drones worth almost 3 million overpaid in Kherson region

The Executive Committee of the Beryslav City Council concluded an agreement with a newcomer company for the purchase of 100 drones for UAH 2.6 million without a tender.

According to the Center for Public Investigations, this became known from an announcement published on the Prozorro electronic procurement website.

The executive committee made the purchase without using the electronic system on November 29. Under the terms of the contract, FPV-Drone LLC is to supply the city council with 100 10-inch KOZAK-10T FPV drones by December 21. The cost of one drone is UAH 26 thousand. At the same time, this type of drone can be purchased on the market for 25 thousand hryvnias.

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The overpayment is small, but if the Beryslav executive committee had held a tender instead of directly signing an agreement with the supplier, it is likely that they could have saved more than 100 thousand hryvnias. By the way, 100 thousand equals 4 more drones.

FPV-Drone LLC, according to the Youcontrol analytical system, is registered in Kherson, and the owner of the company is Petro Kozak from Kyiv. The company has been operating since the end of January last year. The main type of business is non-specialized wholesale trade. The company can also sell electronic and telecommunications equipment, parts for it, and other machinery and equipment. During this time, they participated in three public procurements and concluded agreements totaling UAH 16.2 million. In addition to the Kozak 10-T drones, they sold 200 Mark4 LR8 UAVs worth UAH 2.9 million to the Executive Committee of the Beryslav City Council and 700 Geprc Mark 4 drones worth UAH 10.7 million to the Chornobaiv Village Council.

Prior to that, the executive committee of the Beryslav City Council signed an agreement for the purchase of Mavic for UAH 8.7 million with a company that had been on the market for less than a year. However, all procurement documents are classified. By the way, in the procurement of Kozak drones, the documents are also restricted. This time, however, only the contract and the procurement justification are available. The executive committee promises to open them 90 days after the end of the war.

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