Commitment to cooperation with domestic producers,
elimination of corruption schemes, compliance with NATO standards in the
military is a far from complete list
conclusions that can be drawn after the presentation of the State Enterprise
"State Logistics Operator", writes UNN.
A week ago, the new team of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
presented its brainchild, the state-owned enterprise "State Logistics Operator"
(DOT).
Even at the stage of creating this new structure, there were
a lot of skeptics and critics who questioned the possibility of realizing
the key stated goal of maximizing transparent procurement for the needs of the Armed Forces with the exclusion of
corruption component.
Despite the fact that the DOT will be responsible for all non-lethal
procurement, the main focus, of course, is on the supply of food to the army.
food - eggs for 17 hryvnias cannot be easily erased from the memory. And so
Arsen Zhumadilov, CEO of the newly created state enterprise, and his team
have already had to take their first steps under the public microscope.
In fact, most experts positively assessed the appointment of
Arsen Zhumadilov to the post of head of the State Logistics Operator. After all, he has
he has a positive experience of creating the state enterprise "Medical
Procurement of Ukraine, which put an end to numerous corruption schemes in the field of
procurement of medicines and medical equipment.
In addition, experts note that the new team of the
of the Ministry of Defense has political will to make drastic changes in procurement for the Ukrainian
army.
The week that has passed since the presentation of the DOT,
was enough to make sure that the team of the newly created
state-owned enterprise does not deviate from its stated goals and is in the process of
of their practical implementation.
The key point, as Arsen Zhumadilov has repeatedly said, is to maximize
Arsen Zhumadilov has repeatedly said, is the maximum involvement of
Ukrainian army of domestic producers and the gradual exclusion of intermediaries from tenders.
of intermediaries.
During the presentation of the DOT, it was noted that
consultations with food market participants, surveys of producers for
of certain groups of goods.
This position of the DOT was positively received by the producers themselves. In particular,
in the comments to UNN, representatives of food industry enterprises noted that
maximum participation of domestic producers in tenders will lead to competition, and
and, as a result, reduce purchase prices.
Another aspect that will help remove the corruption component
component - procurement and logistics will be separated. The manufacturer that
will supply products to distribution centers. Services
delivery from these centers to end consumers will be procured separately.
All this should become a tool for achieving the stated
strategic goal - the continuity of meeting the needs of the Armed Forces. According to the indicator
"procured/delivered on time" indicator, the State Defense Enterprise intends to achieve 95% success rate.
The DOT also stated that it would use a dynamic
procurement system, which will provide for the qualification of participants before the start of the tender,
the opportunity for those wishing to qualify during the qualification
to hide certain information about the participants for security reasons.
And one more important issue, in which after the presentation of the DOT
presentation, was dotted with the question of what exactly the Ministry of Defense is going to feed
our soldiers.
Professional chefs will develop 16 weekly menus,
which will take into account medical, religious, ethical and other issues.
Arsen Zhumadilov emphasizes once again that no one is going to
to deprive Ukrainian soldiers of a variety of food. The procurement of food will continue to be carried out
will continue to be carried out according to a catalog of 409 items, but the goods in it will be aggregated into 25 categories at the stage of
tender documentation will be aggregated into more than 25 categories, which will open up
wide opportunities for Ukrainian producers to participate in procurement procedures.
Achievement of all these goals is the closest we will ever get to
sof NATO standards in military nutrition, which everyone talks about so much.
"The NATO food standard says, first of all
that food should be of high quality and safe. The way the procurement model is currently built
procurement model is currently structured, namely in sets, does not provide our
our soldiers with consistently high-quality safe food. So what do we have to do?
We have to fulfill this NATO standard. We must ensure its implementation through
more transparent and controlled procurement for this need," Zhumadilov explained earlier.
Zhumadilov explained earlier.
According to the calculations of the State Logistics Operator, in January
of next year, it is planned to reach the qualification framework, and the first deliveries of
of food to the Armed Forces of Ukraine is expected in April 2024.
In fact, they will give an answer to the extent to which all risks have been taken into account.
all risks have been taken into account and what changes still need to be made to make the system
even more transparent.
The only thing we can be sure of is this,
that even if the first tenders are perfectly conducted, there will still be those who
there will still be those who do not like something.
Procurement from a catalog, involvement of domestic producers, and menus from professional technologists: Zhumadilov spoke about new approaches to catering for the Ukrainian armyDecember 21 2023, 09:10 AM • 22742 views