Odesa MP's firm received 179 million contract without auction

The Service for Infrastructure Restoration and Development in Odesa Oblast has conducted a tender to select a contractor to be paid for the overhaul of the M-15 Odesa-Reni public road of national importance.

As noted in the Prozorro electronic procurement system, it is also planned to arrange a parking lot for vehicles and rest for road users, according to the Center for Public Investigations.

The procurement was conducted in the format of an open tender with special features, and the only participant was Rostdorstroy Limited Liability Company.Rostdorstroy LLC is part of the Rost business group and is registered in Odesa. Since 2016, the company has been headed by Oleksiy Andriushyn, and the ultimate beneficiaries are Yevhen Konovalov and Yuriy Schumacher. The firm has long held almost all major road contracts in Odesa and is also active in other regions, such as Mykolaiv.

In May, the company won a UAH 221.6 million tender from the Capital Construction Department of the Odesa City Council to repair the Novoarkadiyskyi collector.

Also in May 2025, Rostdorstroy won a tender for coastal protection in Arcadia. The contract was worth almost UAH 170 million and was awarded to the company without tender competition.

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 for conducting tenders 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