Two companies won the right to feed schoolchildren in Odesa without an auction

The centers for financing and economic activity and educational institutions of Peresypskyi and Kyivskyi districts of Odesa have conducted procurement to select companies that will be paid to organize meals for schoolchildren.

The announcements were published in the Prozorro e-procurement system.

According to the system, there are 26 schools in the Peresypskyi district. The company with which the agreement will be signed will have to provide meals for 7,500 children in particular:

• Breakfasts and lunches for students in grades 1-4 - in particular, breakfasts for 4,985 people and lunches for 1,545 people.
• Breakfasts and lunches for privileged pupils in grades 5-11 - breakfasts for 400 pupils and lunches for 500 pupils.
• Meals for pupils in grades 1-4 of general secondary education institutions who need gluten-free and lactose-free meals for medical reasons - 20 children.

And also to provide three meals a day for pre-school students of Odesa Gymnasium No. 125 of Odesa City Council - 50 children.

Fabrika Smaku Limited Liability Company was the only participant in the procurement and, accordingly, the winner. The company expects to receive UAH 59 million 13.2 thousand in 2025 if the agreement is concluded.

In the Kyiv district, the contract includes hot breakfasts for 5,957 pupils in grades 1-4, hot lunches for 712 primary school students, 448 breakfasts for pupils in grades 5-11 and 998 lunches for the same, two pupils need gluten-free meals, and it will also be necessary to organize meals (breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner) for the privileged contingent of pupils of the boarding school of the Odesa Lyceum "Olympian" - nine children. This time, Ration Group Limited Liability Company was the sole bidder.

The company expects to sign a contract under which it will receive UAH 46 million 984.9 thousand over the next year.

Earlier, the Centers for Finance and Economic Activity and educational institutions of four Odesa districts held tenders to select companies that will supply meals for schoolchildren. In particular, Prymorskyi and Peresypskyi districts chose Fabrika Smaku LLC, and Kyivskyi and Khadzhibeyskyi districts chose Ration Group, a private enterprise.

According to the YouControl service, Fabrika Smaku LLC was registered in 2015. The owners are Ihor Levinzon and Olha Boholyubova, and the owner and director of the private enterprise Ration Group is Maksym Yatsenko.

In September 2022, the Center for Public Investigations analyzed the composition of companies participating in tenders for the right to feed Odesa schoolchildren and identified the main players in this market in Odesa. The experts identified Fabrika Smaku LLC as one of the leaders.

Instead, Ratsiy Group PE was included in the second group of caterers, which received fewer tenders than Fabryka Smaku LLC and other leaders.

The journalists emphasized that Ration Group and Proviant Service were the successors of Odesa-based Olympia Service, owned by Maksym Yatsenko and Tetiana Tarasiuk. Before them, Olympia Service belonged to Svitlana Spivak, the mother of politician Dmytro Spivak.

Кирило Бойко