Odesa port decided to repair railroad tracks for 72 million

The Odesa branch of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority has announced two tenders to select a company that will overhaul the railroad tracks in the port.

Both announcements were published in the Prozorro electronic procurement system.

The first tender provides for the overhaul of track No. 58 and turnout No. 132, as well as the southern park, track No. 3, turnout No. 63, track No. 2 of berth No. 4, and 10 other tracks and turnouts. The total expected value of the procurement is UAH 18 million 929.8 thousand. The auction is scheduled to start on September 30.

The second tender also provides for the repair of more than 10 tracks and switches, but for UAH 53 million 669.9 thousand. This procurement is scheduled to take place on September 23. Both tenders are scheduled in the format of open bidding with special conditions.

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.

According to the Ministry of Economy, from December 14 to December 20, 2022, 306 successful Prozorro tenders out of 347 were completed with one participant. That is, almost 90% of procurements during this period were made with a single bidder.

However, after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, 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.