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The state will lose up to UAH 11 billion annually after the launch of a new food procurement system for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, – Lyamets

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The new procurement architecture, recently introduced by the Ministry of Defense and the State Logistics Operator, creates preferences for individual market players, abolishes supplier liability mechanisms and threatens the stability of product supplies to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This was stated by journalist and former editor-in-chief of Economic Pravda Sergei Lyamets on his Facebook page.

“Friends, the first candidate for the scam of the year, amounting to 10.8 billion UAH. This masterpiece is from the Ministry of Defense! The scheme is excellent. Not savings, as promised, but price increases. Not competition, but promotion of specific suppliers. Not transparency, but outright schematosis. Of course, under the slogans of the fight against the mafia. According to the old recipe, it seems that it will end with this mafia being led. On February 2, the Defense Procurement Agency, which was created by Arsen Zhumadilov, announced a tender through Prozorro. They will buy food for the Ukrainian Armed Forces”– noted the former editor-in-chief of Economic Pravda.

The journalist provided a comparative table examining the old and new conditions of tenders for the purchase of food for the army.

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“They are increasing income for cooking – from 107 to 137 UAH per each soldier. This additional delta will cost the budget +900 million UAH per month, and +10.8 billion UAH per year. Previously, the price of products included delivery, but now it does not. Currently the penalty for non-delivery is 100% of the cost of the goods. It will be 20%. Currently the penalty for late delivery is 20%. It will be completely absent. There was no prepayment, now it is allowed at the expense of the state. Previously, anyone could participate in the tender, but now artificial conditions have been introduced (have at least 25 warehouses in a certain area, have more than 400 types of goods, already trade through cash registers), which will not allow large retail chains to participate in tenders.”– continues Sergey Lyamets.

The journalist also refers to a memorandum from the Procurement Department of the Ministry of Education and Science and cites other risks that arise when introducing a new procurement system.

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“The state gives a 50% subscription for three months (it didn’t give it before). Excellent conditions for “gray” schemes. They took government money, swindled it, earned windfall profits, and failed to fulfill their obligations. Bids are not secured. Anyone can win the tender, but may not fulfill the conditions – but will not bear any responsibility. Previously, the supplier provided monetary guarantees for the successful fulfillment of the contract, but no longer. Automatic price increase! Do you miss 17 eggs? There is a chance to see 20, because prices will rise with inflation. Previously, the tender was held without costs, now 0.4% or UAH 20 million will go to finance the “State Logistics Operator”– writes the journalist.

Sergei Lyamets calls on civil activists and law enforcement agencies to pay attention to the risks of the tender.
“I am sure that Vitaly Shabunin, Yuri Nikolov and other respected investigators will be pleased to pay attention to this case. I am also sure that NABU, AMCU, BEB and other anti-corruption fighters need to wake up. It’s better to prevent crime and prevent the waste of billions, and even more so to prevent problems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” — concludes Sergei Lyamets.

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Political expert Mikhail Shnaider also believes that the planned transformations in the state procurement system of the Ministry of Defense did not happen, and the situation even worsened.

Previously, FACTS wrote about the high-profile case of Lviv businessman Igor Grinkevich, who made a million-dollar fortune from supplies to the Ukrainian army.

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Author: Vladimir DOBROV, specially for FACTS

Source: Fakty

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