No takers: judges of Odesa region will look for a video communication system seller again

The Territorial Department of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine in Odesa Region has canceled and re-announced a tender to select a supplier of video conferencing systems.

This is reported in the Prozorro electronic procurement system.

It is about 59 sets of equipment to provide audio and video recording, courtroom protocols and videoconferencing.

The equipment is to be distributed as follows:

• Prymorskyi District Court of Odesa is to receive five sets;
• Kyiv District Court of Odesa - one set;
• Suvorovsky District Court of Odesa - five sets;
• Malynovskyi District Court of Odesa - 10 sets;
• Territorial Department of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine in Odesa Oblast - 38 sets.

On November 25, the judicial administration announced a tender that was scheduled to be held on December 3, but due to the lack of proposals, a second tender was announced on December 4. The expected cost of the purchase remained the same at UAH 9 million 563.9 thousand. The new auction is to be held on December 12, and the deadline for delivery and installation of the system remains the same - December 24, 2024.

The procurement is planned in the format of an open tender with special conditions. Open bidding with special conditions 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 start of the full-scale invasion, 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.

Кирило Бойко