Mykolaiv plans to repair sidewalks after tearing them up: how much are they willing to spend

Mykolaivvodokanal is looking for a contractor to repair the sidewalks after they were torn up on the streets of Mykolaiv. The company is ready to spend more than a million hryvnias for all the work.

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

According to the tender documentation, it is about restoring the sidewalk pavement with small-sized figured elements after repairs to water supply and sewerage networks in four districts of the city. The project does not specify where exactly the repairs are to be carried out.

The expected cost of the procurement is UAH 1 million 296 thousand.

Participants have until August 22 to submit their proposals, and the winner will be selected the next day in the format of open bidding with special conditions.

Open bidding with special features means that almost all terms are shorter than those of open bidding in accordance with the Law on Public Procurement. This means that this procurement is much faster than open tenders.

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(Photo: Screenshot from Prozorro)

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

The selected contractor must complete the work by the end of this year.

Earlier, Mykolaiv region announced a tender for the repair of local roads on Tsentralna Street in the village of Stepkivka, Pervomaiskyi district. It is planned to spend 400 thousand hryvnias from the local budget for all the works.

Meanwhile, the government has allocated more than two billion hryvnias from the state budget reserve fund to restore roads in border and frontline regions, including Mykolaiv region.

The prosecutor's office also demanded that the money from a contractor that was engaged in road repairs in Mykolaiv be returned to the budget through the court. It was about invalidating the contracts and recovering UAH 16.5 million from the unscrupulous contractor to the state.