Kaufman Company Selected to Supply Pickup Trucks to Odesa Regional Council

The municipal enterprise "Centralized Procurement Organization of Odesa Regional Council" conducted a procurement to select a company that will be paid for four specialized cargo pickups based on Mitsubishi L200 or equivalent.

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

The procurement was conducted in the format of open bidding with special features and the only participant was Avtograd Odesa Limited Liability Company. After signing the agreement, the company will have to provide the utility with cars by April 30, 2026. The company expects to receive UAH 8 million 250 thousand for this.

According to the YouControl service, Avtograd Odesa LLC was registered in 2018 in Odesa. The ultimate beneficiary is Oleksandr Kaufman.

According to the publication "Anti-Corruption Dimension", Oleksandr Kaufman is the brother of businessman Borys Kaufman, who, together with former MP Oleksandr Hranovskyi, is accused of creating a criminal organization to control the economic life of Odesa. In addition, Oleksandr Kaufman was an aide to Hranovsky when he was an MP.

Earlier, Avtograd Odesa LLC sold three cars to the military unit of the National Guard in Odesa for a total of UAH 6 million 21 thousand in the spring of 2025.

Oleksandr Kaufman is also the ultimate beneficiary of Auto Group+ LLC, with which the municipal property institution "Motor Transport Economy of Odesa City Executive Committee" held a tender in the summer to select a company to purchase Renault Taliant passenger cars.

It also owns Basis Auto LLC, which in November 2024 sold a minivan made by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai Staria to the state-owned enterprise Izmail Commercial Sea Port for UAH 2 million 34 thousand.

In October of the same year, the Odesa Commercial Sea Port selected the subsidiary Basis Auto as the supplier of two minibuses. The procurement was conducted in the format of an open tender with special conditions, and the company was the only participant. The company expects to receive UAH 4 million 761.4 thousand for the vehicles.

Кирило Бойко