The Department for Civil Protection of the Kherson City Council commissioned repair of a shelter from an entrepreneur without experience and with overpayments in the estimate.
As indicated on Prozorro, the repair of the simplest shelter costs 3 118 258 UAH.
This contract, without any competition, was awarded to Kherson entrepreneur Dmytro Kovtun.
According to data from the business analytics system YouControl, as a sole proprietor (FOP) he registered only in January this year, and the contract with the Civil Protection Department of the Kherson City Council became the first in his entrepreneurial career.
By the phone number that Kovtun listed as the contact for his FOP, he is registered as “Dima Prorab”, meaning he does have some connection to construction work.
However, the estimate published on Prozorro contains some interesting figures.
For example, a 100 mm flange is purchased from Dmytro Kovtun for 706 UAH/pc, while retail sellers offer a product with similar characteristics for 516 UAH/pc (excluding delivery).
Toilets were ordered from him at a price of 3,880 UAH/pc. The same one can be found online for 2,990 UAH/pc (excluding delivery). The Civil Protection Department is buying three such toilets.
But couplings that cost 233 UAH/pc in retail stores are bought from the contractor for… 2,234 UAH/pc. Four such units were ordered for the shelter repair.
A meter of sewer pipe 100х2000 is purchased for 454 UAH, although online Ukrainian-made pipes of that diameter cost 266 UAH/m.
And these are only a few items from the estimate that we checked.
As stated in the signed contract, the repair must be completed by May 29 this year, although the contract allows for early completion of the work. Payments will be made for the actually performed volumes of services based on acceptance certificates.
Last year the Civil Protection Department of the Kherson City Council spent 160 million UAH on purchasing and repairing shelters.
This publication was created as part of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) project “Strengthening Public Oversight” with financial support from Norway.