Fabrika Smaku Wins Catering Contract for 616 Students at Odesa Lyceum

The municipal institution Center for Financing and Economic Activities of Educational Institutions of Peresypskyi District of Odesa has selected a company to organize meals for Lyceum #13 in Odesa.

This is reported in the Prozorro electronic procurement system.

The procurement was conducted in the format of open bidding with the only participant being Fabrika Smaku Limited Liability Company.

We are talking about 616 students:

• 260 students in grades 1-4 are to receive hot breakfasts.
• 240 students in grades 1-4 will receive hot lunches.
• 70 students in grades 5-11 will receive hot breakfasts.
• 44 students in grades 5-11 will also receive hot lunches.
• Two of them need gluten-free and lactose-free meals and belong to the privileged categories.

Open bidding with special features means that almost all terms are shorter than they were 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.

Fabryka Smaku was registered in May 2015 with a registered capital of UAH 1,000, and two months later it received an order to supply food to hospitals in Odesa. The director and owner of the company is Igor Levinzon.

Earlier, the Medvedkov Lyceum in Teplodar, Odesa Oblast, held a tender to select a company to provide catering services to students. It is about 444 pupils of grades 1-4 and pupils of privileged categories. The procurement was conducted in the format of an open tender with special features, and the only participant was Fabrika Smaku Limited Liability Company.

Кирило Бойко