Reconstruction of a shelter in a village in Odesa region has risen in price to 40 million

The Vyzyr village council of Odesa district, Odesa region, held a procurement to select a contractor to be paid for the reconstruction and extension of an administrative building with a dual-purpose structure with protective properties of a radiation shelter and landscaping.

The relevant information is available in the Prozorro electronic procurement system, according to the Center for Public Investigations.

The building in question is located at 56 Stavnitser Oleksiy Street, where the Vyzyrske Dzherelo utility company is located. The procurement was conducted in the format of an open tender with specific features and with one participant - Ukrgeobudtrans Limited Liability Company.

According to the YouControl service, Ukrgeobudtrans LLC was registered in 2017 in Yuzhne. The ultimate beneficial owner is currently Oleksiy Leshchenko. He is also the director. The company expects to receive UAH 40 million 158.8 thousand upon completion of the work. This should happen after June 30, 2027.

This is the second procurement under this project. The first one was held in June 2021. A full-fledged auction was held with the participation of three companies, and the winner was the Private Joint Stock Company Mobile Mechanized Column-15 Dunayvodbud. An agreement was signed with the company that it would complete the reconstruction at this address for UAH 22 million 330 thousand by December 31, 2023.

After that, two additional agreements were concluded, which provided for changes in the amount of money the company would receive during the years of work. It should be noted that the electronic system does not contain any information on the termination of this contract.

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 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