Odesa Police to Procure ₴2.35M Security Equipment through Tender

The Security Police Department in Odesa Oblast has conducted a tender to select a company to be paid for the supply of security and fire equipment.

This is reported in the Prozorro electronic procurement system.

The procurement was conducted in the format of an open tender with special features, and the only participant was Fort-M4 Limited Liability Company. The company expects to receive UAH 2 million 350.4 thousand for the devices.

By December 31, 2025, if the deal is concluded, the company will have to provide the police department with 5,410 different sensors and detectors of 26 models.

According to the YouControl service, Fort-M4 Limited Liability Company was registered in 2019 in Kyiv. The owner is Kostiantyn Kovalenko.

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 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.

For example, the Centers for Financing and Economic Activity of Educational Institutions in Prymorskyi and Kyivskyi districts of Odesa announced a procurement to find companies that will be paid to maintain fire alarm systems in schools and kindergartens.

The winning company will have to maintain evacuation control systems, centralized fire surveillance systems, and automatic fire extinguishing systems until December 31, 2025, in 87 educational institutions in Prymorskyi district and 11 institutions in Kyiv district. The procurement is scheduled for January 15 and 16.

Кирило Бойко