The 80-million tender canceled by the Bureau of Economic Security was re-announced

The Department of Capital Construction and Roads of the Odesa Regional State Administration has announced a new tender to select a reconstruction contractor for buildings and a boiler house at the Oles Honchar Balta Secondary School.

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

The expected cost of the procurement remained the same as during the previous two attempts - UAH 82 million 163.7 thousand, and it is scheduled for November 4 in the format of an open tender with special features.

The previous tender, which was held on September 17, was canceled due to a letter from analysts of the Bureau of Economic Security. Analysts of the Territorial Department of the Bureau of Economic Security in Odesa Oblast found a risky procurement for the reconstruction of buildings and a boiler house at one of the educational complexes in Podil district of Odesa Oblast. In particular, the BES noted that the winner of the tender was an enterprise that did not have the necessary material and technical base to carry out such work, i.e. did not meet the established qualification criteria.

The winner was then determined to be Grado-Stroy Construction Company Limited Liability Company due to the absence of competitors. According to the YouControl service, the company was registered in Odesa in 2008. The ultimate beneficial owner is Yuriy Samoilenko. This was the second attempt to conduct the procurement. The previous one was scheduled for August 15, but the auction was canceled due to the lack of bids.

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