Procurement of food for Ukrainian military was disrupted - Ministry of Defense

The Ministry of of Defense of Ukraine reported that several companies that participated in the simplified food procurement through the Prozorro platform tried to disrupt the process of timely supply of food for the military for the first quarter of 2024. This was reported by This was reported by UNN with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Defense .

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According to information of the Ministry, on November 1 and 2, on the electronic procurement platform Prozorro electronic procurement platform, it was announced that a simplified procurement of food for the Ukrainian army, in particular, in one of the regions a lot for for the purchase of food.

It is indicated that one participating company, which competed for this lot, has not carried out any financial and economic activity since 2016. any financial and economic activity since 2016, as its bank accounts were closed accounts were closed and there were no documents to confirm the qualification criteria. At the same time the same time, this company had the highest price offer, which is why the Ministry rejected the company's bid for the tender. The company, in its turn, filed a lawsuit and blocked the process of determining the winners. The Ministry of Defense appealed to law enforcement agencies, noting that the company's activities in the bidding process were aimed at to disrupt the process of timely delivery for the first quarter of 2024. The Ministry of Defense states a criminal offense has been committed under Part 1 of Article 114-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (obstructing the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations).

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The Ministry also also found signs of using a similar "scheme" for other lots.

"Some participants in procurement "Some participants in procurement abuse the principles of openness and resort to manipulation of Ukrainian legislation in order to prevent timely procurement of of products for the army," the Defense Ministry said.

Currently, the ministry is preparing is currently preparing statements to law enforcement agencies in all cases to stop abuses and timely conduct procurement in the interests of the state.

At the same time, the Ministry of Defense emphasize that food procurement in the Ministry of Defense is open, and any company can submit proposals without uploading all the necessary supporting documents, which will be considered after the auction.

"Procurement of food in the catering in the Ministry of Defense is open. Any company can submit proposals, but may not upload all the necessary supporting documents. After the auction, we review the participants' documents, and if they do not meet the qualification requirements, such a participant is rejected," said Deputy Defense Minister Dmytro Klimenkov.

He also added about cases of individual companies that abused the principles of openness and resorted to to manipulate Ukrainian legislation, but, as Klimenkov noted, such lawsuits were not successful.

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