Odesa's almost monopoly feeder wins 39 million tender without auction

The municipal non-profit enterprise City Clinical Hospital No. 10 of the Odesa City Council held a tender to select a company to pay for catering services and chose the winner without an auction.

The relevant information was published in the electronic procurement system Prozorro.

The procurement is divided into four lots:

• Lot 1: Provision of services for the provision of improved nutrition according to the norm No. 5 - provides for the purchase of 29 thousand sets of four meals a day.
• Lot #2: Services to provide meals for patients of obstetric and gynecological departments - 11 thousand meals for patients of obstetric and gynecological departments.
• Lot #3: Services for providing meals to patients in city hospitals - 140 thousand meals for patients in city hospitals.
• Lot No. 4: Nutrition services in municipal hospitals - 30 meals for children aged 0 to 1 year (one meal per person per day); 110 meals for children aged 1 to 3 years (four meals per person per day); 30 meals for children aged 3 to 6 years (four meals per person per day); 15 meals for children aged 7 to 10 years (four meals per person per day); 30 meals for children aged 11 to 18 years (four meals per person per day).

Only Fabryka Smaku, a limited liability company, was a participant in all four tenders. According to the YouControl service, Fabryka Smaku LLC was registered in 2015. The owners are Igor Levinzon and Olga Bogolyubova.

The company expects to receive UAH 39 million 821 thousand for the four lots if the deal is concluded.

Earlier, the Centers for Finance and Economic Activity and educational institutions of four Odesa districts held tenders to select companies that will supply meals for schoolchildren. In particular, Prymorskyi and Peresypskyi districts chose Fabrika Smaku LLC, while Kyivskyi and Khadzhybeyskyi districts chose Ration Group, a private enterprise.

In September 2022, the Center for Public Investigations analyzed the composition of companies participating in tenders for the right to feed Odesa schoolchildren and identified the main players in this market in Odesa. The experts identified Fabrika Smaku LLC as one of the leaders.

Instead, Ratsiy Group PE was included in the second group of caterers, which received fewer tenders than Fabrika Smaku LLC and other leaders.

Кирило Бойко