Village council near Odesa chose Zaporizhzhia company to buy drones without auction

The Department of Capital Construction, Housing, Utilities, and Communal Property of Avanhardivka Village Council has selected a company to pay for the DH-1 Domakha unmanned aerial vehicle (or equivalent).

The relevant information was published in the Prozorro electronic procurement system.

The only participant in the procurement was Air Skylan Limited Liability Company, which, according to YouControl, was registered in 2023 in Zaporizhzhia. The company has eight owners: Rostyslav Halushko, Pavlo Kainara, Maksym Malyuta, Yevhen Malyuta, Dmytro Ostapenko, Andrii Pysarenko, Serhii Khoustov, and Vadym Yudyn.

The drone is to be purchased for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is a single set consisting of:

• Two aircraft-type UAVs;
• Two modules of the gyro-stabilized main daytime viewing camera of the UAV;
• Six UAV batteries;
• UAV flight control system, including.

1. a device for displaying images from UAV cameras;
2. two devices for manual control of the UAV flight;
3. special software based on a geographic information system for the formation and input of a flight task, automated flight control, displaying the UAV's location and flight parameters, documenting the progress of the task and errors;
4. a laptop for installing special software;
5. an antenna system with telescopic folding masts for transmitting and receiving UAV control signals, receiving video broadcasts from the UAV;
6. digital video communication system
7. Aircraft tracking system, antenna tracker.

• A set of autonomous navigation system;
• Charging station for power supply and recharging of electrical equipment;
• A case with camouflage coloring for storing and carrying the UAV, the UAV flight control system, and the autonomous navigation system.

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 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