Odesa's Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority Seeks Contractor for ₴12.5M Berth Repairs

The Reni branch of the state enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority in Odesa region has announced a search for a contractor for the current repair of berths.

This was reported in the electronic procurement system Prozorro.

The auction is scheduled for April 7 in the format of open bidding with the expected purchase price of UAH 12.5 million. It is necessary to carry out routine repairs to eliminate the recorded defects in the structural elements of the berths: piles, headers, grillage, side beam, wheel chock, boundary corner, coating and retrofitting of berths with metal ladders and chocks to the design quantity.

Open bidding with special features means that almost all terms are shorter than in open bidding under the Public Procurement Law. 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, the year before last, 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. The government temporarily canceled electronic auctions. Since then, tenders announced in Prozorro can be held without an auction.

For example, the municipal institution Odesa Regional Special Medical Supply Base conducted a procurement to select a supplier of a number of medical equipment. The only participant and, accordingly, the winner was the limited liability company Firm Blagovist.

Кирило Бойко