Ukrainian bakers support the idea of eliminating intermediaries: they are ready to participate in the Defense Ministry's tenders
Kyiv • UNN
The All-Ukrainian Bakers Association supports the new procurement strategy of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, which provides for direct involvement of domestic producers in tenders for food supplies to the army, eliminating intermediaries.
The All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers supports the initiative of the new team of the Ministry of Defense to exclude intermediaries and involve as many domestic producers as possible in tenders for the supply of food to the Ukrainian army. This was reported in an exclusive comment to UNN by the press service of the All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers.
Yes, we are ready to participate in the tenders. We have already received the questionnaires, and we are now studying and filling them out. We are convinced that this is a good initiative, when I will sign contracts directly with producers, without intermediaries
To recap
Recently, Arsen Zhumadilov, Director General of the State Enterprise "State Logistics Operator of Ukraine", announced a new defense procurement strategy. It provides for maximum participation in tenders by manufacturers, including national ones, rather than intermediaries. It also provides for the gradual abolition of discriminatory requirements that created advantages for certain market participants.
"We build all our procurement strategies in such a way as to enable manufacturers to participate directly in our tenders. That is, to work not through intermediaries, but with those who directly produce certain products. If these are residents of Ukraine, i.e. our domestic national producers, then we are talking about them. If something is not produced in Ukraine, in principle, or is not produced in sufficient quantities, and we work with foreign producers, we will make efforts to enter into contractual relations with them directly," Zhumadilov said.