Articles with a tag: Roman Mrochko

Residents of Kherson have lived under daily Russian shelling for almost one year. Bomb shelters and simple hiding places should have protected residents from Russian missiles and shells but there are a few of them in the city. Protective cement modules at stops of public transport have been constructed in liberated Kherson during winter 2023. Repairing works have been launched in hideout places in basements of multi-floor buildings during the summer 2023. 

Waves of contracts on repairing works can be monitored at Ukrainian public procurement system Prozorro. The procuring entity is the department of civil protection of population of the Kherson City Military Administration. The last wave of contracts has been concluded at the end of August 2023. The department signed 19 contracts with eight legal entities and physical persons-entrepreneurs for around 30 million UAH. All contracts have been concluded without open competitive bidding. The order of the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine allows non-competitive bidding for the procurement of shelters. It means that procurement entities may sign the contract with anybody, even without previous experience of construction works. The risk is high that public bodies will misuse this opportunity and conclude contracts for personal enrichment or with entities without necessary experience and resources.