Twice rejected company wins third tender for restoration of high-rise building in Odesa

For the third time, the Department of Municipal Economy of the Odesa City Council has selected Flagman SPC as the winner of the tender for the restoration of an apartment building at 134 Knyazya Volodymyr Velykoho (formerly Dobrovolskoho) Avenue, which was damaged as a result of Russia's armed aggression.

The relevant announcement was published in the Prozorro e-procurement system.

Like the first two times, the company was the only participant in the procurement in the format of open bidding with special conditions. According to the YouControl service, SPC Flagman LLC was registered in Odesa in 2017. The owner is Dmytro Furman. Since the beginning of 2025, the company has participated in five tenders and won two.

The company is still counting on UAH 14 million 578 thousand, and the work will have to be completed by December 31, 2026, if the agreement is concluded.

Earlier, the procurement was also conducted in the format of open bidding with special features, and the only participant was SPK Flagman Limited Liability Company. After the deal was concluded, the company would have to complete the restoration by December 31, 2026. It planned to receive UAH 14 million 578 thousand for this, but the company's offer was later rejected and a new tender was announced.

This was the second attempt to announce a tender with the same price. The first time the procedure was held in April, the only participant was Flagman SPC LLC, which was recognized as the winner. However, on April 16, the procurement was canceled.

Thebuilding was damaged on March 2, 2024, when Russians carried out a terrorist attack with Shahed-131/136 kamikaze drones in the middle of the night. The enemy sent eight attack drones from the Black Sea to Odesa region. Within an hour, air defense units were intensively repelling the attack. Seven targets were destroyed, but one of the drones hit a nine-story building in a residential area during maneuvers among Odesa's residential neighborhoods. Part of the entranceway with 18 apartments was destroyed.

At the time, in terms of the number of civilian casualties, this was the largest Russian attack in Odesa since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, claiming the lives of 12 civilians, five of whom were children. March 3 was declared a day of mourning in Odesa.

On April 11, 2025, at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Planning and Budget, deputies did not support the allocation of more than UAH 7 million for the completion of a shelter at 134 Knyazya Volodymyr Velykoho Avenue.

Кирило Бойко