Jan. 25, 2025, 5:53 p.m.

The cost of meals for Usativ schoolchildren has doubled this year compared to last year

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The Usativ village council of Odesa district has conducted a procurement to select a company that will be paid for catering services for students of general secondary education institutions of the Usativ village territorial community.

This is reported in the Prozorro electronic procurement system.

The procurement was held on January 22 in the format of open bidding with the participation of only Fabryka Smaku Limited Liability Company, which expects to spend UAH 16 million 339.2 thousand in 2025.

Fabryka Smaku was registered in May 2015 with an authorized capital of UAH 1 thousand, and two months later it received an order for food for Odesa hospitals. The director and owner of the company is Igor Levinzon.

Last year, the Usativ village council of Odesa district also held a tender to select a company that would be paid for catering services for students of general secondary education institutions in the Usativ village community. The procurement was also conducted in the format of open bidding with the peculiarity that the "winner" had no competitor. And the winner was Fabryka Smaku LLC, which received UAH 6 million 835.7 thousand.

Open bidding with special features means that almost all terms are shorter than in open bidding under the Law on Public Procurement. That is, 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 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.

Кирило Бойко

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