In a frontline village in Kherson region, a contractor for school repairs was selected without an auction

The Bilokrynytsia hub institution is preparing to sign an agreement to repair a school located in the frontline village of Bila Krynytsia, Kherson Oblast. They decided to hire a contractor from Dnipro without competition.

This was reported by the Center for Public Investigations.

The procurement was held on December 10 in the format of open bidding with special features that provide for shorter terms of the procedure. Only one company took part in the bidding, and it won.

Thus, the private enterprise Construction TM was awarded the contract for the renovation of the school building, gymnasium and roof without competition.

The total amount of the procurement expected by the school was UAH 21 million 195 thousand. The bidder slightly reduced the price to UAH 20 million 988 thousand.

According to the YouControl service, Construction TM PE was registered in 2019 in the city of Dnipro. The head is Yevhen Kolisnyk, and the owner is Yulia Beseda from Donetsk. The company's main activity is the construction of residential and non-residential premises. The contractor should complete the school renovation by the end of 2025.

It should be added that in June 2024, this educational institution chose a contractor to build a new bomb shelter at the school without an auction. An open tender with special features worth UAH 62 million was held with a single bidder who became the winner. Thus, Kramatorsk-based Autointerstroy received the contract without competition.

In total, the cost of restoring the school in Bila Krynytsia, including the construction of a shelter, will amount to about UAH 83.5 million.

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was temporarily occupied by Russian troops from February to November 2022. For most of the time, the village was in a gray zone due to the lack of natural barriers that could allow one side to safely gain a foothold. Russian troops mostly used the village to transit troops to the north from the villages of Davydiv Brid and Velyka Oleksandrivka. The village was returned to the control of Ukrainian forces in late May and early June 2022, but at the same time it became a frontline village and was regularly shelled.

According to Kherson Regional Council deputy Ihor Yosypenko, in the village of Bila Krynytsia, the Russians destroyed an elevator, houses, roads, and damaged the buildings of the village council and the House of Culture, which housed the folk museum. The military carried out air strikes on the village.

Ірина Глухова