Izmail port has selected a contractor to reconstruct railroad tracks for almost 36 million

The state-owned enterprise Izmail Commercial Sea Port has pre-selected a contractor for the reconstruction of the track development of four railway sidings on the territory of the port's production and transshipment complex at Izmail station.

The relevant information was published in the Prozorro electronic procurement system, according to the Center for Public Investigations.

The procurement was conducted in the format of an open tender with the participation of only Metproekt Limited Liability Company. According to the YouControl service, the company was registered in Odesa in 2013. The owner and director is Iryna Voloshchuk. The company plans to hold UAH 35 million 950 thousand, and the works are to be completed by December 31, 2025.

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 beginning of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation in 2022, 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.

For example, the Department of Housing, Construction, Improvement and Infrastructure Development of the Kuyalnytsia Village Council of the Podil District of Odesa Oblast held a procurement to select a contractor to build a shelter in the village of Nestoita. The procurement was conducted, like the last time, in the format of an open tender with specific features and one participant. This time, the contract was to be signed with Grad-Stroy Limited Liability Company. The company expects to pay UAH 35 million 96.5 thousand.