Tender Announced for Fuel Tanker on Car Chassis at ₴9.24 Million

The state-owned Maritime Search and Rescue Service has announced a tender to find a supplier of a fuel tanker on a car chassis.

According to the Prozorro electronic procurement system, the auction is scheduled for February 18.

The expected value of the procurement is UAH 9 million 241 thousand, and the procurement format is defined as an open tender with special conditions. It is planned to purchase a fuel tanker on a MAN chassis or equivalent - when submitting a tender offer, the participant shall specify a specific product name without specifying "or equivalent".

It must be equipped with:

• an additional transit pump with a set of hoses for transit pumping of fuel for a distance of 50 meters, bypassing the tank,
• a chest for things on the car chassis,
• a trailer hitch,
• a winch on the front with a pulling force of at least 9,500 kg, the length of the winch cable is at least 30 meters.

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, the year before last, 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. The government temporarily canceled electronic auctions. Since then, tenders announced in Prozorro can be held without an auction.

Кирило Бойко