1,5 billion hryvnias for a company with three employees: Kyivteploenergo awards billion-hryvnia contracts without competition

While Kyiv prepares for another difficult winter, a multi-billion story is unfolding around the capital’s heat utility procurements.

This was reported by the publication "Telegraf."

LLC "Kyivkotloturboprom" — a company with authorized capital of 10 thousand hryvnias and only three full-time employees — in less than a year received contracts from "Kyivteploenergo" worth 1,5 billion hryvnias. Some of the large deals were concluded without competitive tenders; in other tenders the company remained the sole participant.

The editorial team reviewed tender documentation, registries, and court materials and found another interesting detail. "Kyivkotloturboprom" closely cooperates with LLC "Atomrembud" — a firm whose operations are already being investigated by law enforcement in a case regarding possible embezzlement of funds on repairs of thermal equipment.

Meanwhile, while the investigation continues, "Atomrembud" has already changed its name, owner, address, and business profile. At the same time, the owner of "Kyivkotloturboprom" created another company with an almost identical name.

Three employees — and contracts worth 1,5 billion

Meet the new favorite of the capital’s heat-power sector — LLC "Kyivkotloturboprom." The company appeared on the business map on 26 July 2023. The main line of business is the production of steam boilers. Authorized capital — 10 thousand hryvnias. According to financial statements, the company’s staff at the end of 2025 year numbered only three employees.

At first the company did not show any particular tender successes. The situation changed sharply in the autumn of 2025. Since then, "Kyivkotloturboprom" began receiving large orders from a single main client — the municipal enterprise "Kyivteploenergo."

In less than a year the total value of the concluded contracts reached about 1,5 billion hryvnias.

The sole owner, founder, and director of the company is Kharkiv native Oleh Tarasov. According to open-source data, this person had experience working in the public sector — namely, in 2021–2023 he served as director of the State Enterprise "Scientific and Technical Center for Decontamination and Comprehensive Handling of Radioactive Waste." Tarasov was also at various times linked to a number of other companies, but none of them compare to "Kyivkotloturboprom" in the scale of state contracts.

Another staffing detail is notable. The person responsible for the company’s financial reporting is listed as Olena Nesterenko. At the same time she is involved in private business, including in timber trading.

It was that latter line of business that led Nesterenko in June 2026 to a detention center. The Ternopil police suspect the businesswoman of fraud and money laundering: according to the investigation, payment for firewood for educational institutions was received, but the firewood was not actually delivered. This is a separate case, and Nesterenko’s guilt has not been established by a court verdict. On the other hand, law enforcement has even sharper questions about the activities of "Kyivkotloturboprom" itself.

56 million came in — 54 went further

In the criminal proceeding the police are examining the procurement of strategic equipment for the capital’s Heat Supply Station No. 1 (ST1). LLC "Atomrembud" was responsible for its supply — one of Kyivteploenergo’s major contractors in 2022–2025.

According to the investigation, the municipal enterprise transferred 299,9 million hryvnias to that company. Then an interesting financial chain emerges.

That is, more than 96% of the received amount effectively passed through "Kyivkotloturboprom" in transit further down the chain. The investigators also raised questions about the ultimate supplier. According to case materials, "Raibudrem" was neither a manufacturer nor a specialized distributor of such boiler equipment. Open registries indicate that previously one of the firm’s lines of business was clothing and textile trade.

In court materials, law enforcement suggests that such operations may have involved supplying low-quality or used equipment to Kyiv CHPs, or that some deliveries may not have taken place at all.

The investigation raises similar questions about other counterparties of "Atomrembud." In particular, LLC "Vazium" received 29,3 million hryvnias for boiler elements, although case materials indicate the firm had no confirmed production or procurement of such equipment. Another 10,9 million hryvnias went to LLC "Kurs-Titan" for a deaerator tank, although that line of activity was also atypical for that company.

There were no competitors, the price was lowered by six hryvnias

As "Telegraf" found, tender documents also indicate that "Kyivkotloturboprom" and "Atomrembud" are by no means accidental partners. A telling example is the procurement of services for the current repair of a PTVM-50 boiler No. 3 with an expected value of 17,5 million hryvnias.

"Kyivkotloturboprom" became the sole participant in the procedure, submitting an offer only six hryvnias below the starting price. The company predictably won.

And then the most interesting part begins: the winner was to perform part of the work with the help of that same "Atomrembud." According to the documents, "Atomrembud" was engaged as a subcontractor for electric arc welding of more than two thousand boiler tube joints.

At the same time, during verification of "Kyivkotloturboprom"’s tender proposal auditors found several discrepancies. The company did not provide an office lease agreement, and presented an ordinary warehouse of 546 sq. m. as its "production base." Questions also arose about the availability of necessary permits for work with increased danger in confined spaces, etc.

The customer gave the participant 24 hours for "cosmetic" fixes to the documents, after which the contract was still concluded.

But the main detail is the material and technical base. Some of the specialized equipment needed to perform the work was again provided to "Kyivkotloturboprom" by "Atomrembud": welding machines, drilling rigs, and pipe-bending machines.

The "engineering giant" solved the staff shortage even more simply — it hired, to perform extremely complex work at a strategic facility, individuals — arc welders, fitters, gas cutters, and refractory workers — under civil-law contracts.

And finally, to confirm prior experience, "Kyivkotloturboprom" submitted a positive reference letter. That too was provided by "Atomrembud." Moreover, the document confirms that the companies cooperated at least since August 2024: "Kyivkotloturboprom" carried out installation work on the left boiler screen No. 5 at the same Heat Supply Station No. 1 for "Atomrembud."

Thus, "Atomrembud" simultaneously acts for "Kyivkotloturboprom" as a long-time partner, subcontractor, equipment supplier, and the company that confirms its experience.

From 17 million — to 752 million

In 2026 the scale of contacts grew sharply. For example, on 12 May "Kyivkotloturboprom" received from KP "Kyivteploenergo" a contract for the supply of 10 boiler units with a total value of 752 million hryvnias. The procurement was conducted without competitive tender.

At the same time, a significant portion of the contract information is classified for security reasons and should be disclosed only after the end of martial law.

Because of this it is impossible to determine precisely whether the 752 million hryvnias cover only boiler equipment or whether the sum also includes delivery, installation, automation, network connection, commissioning works, and other components. And if not, how much more will be spent on such “items.” Without answers to these questions, it is impossible to correctly compare the price with other procurements of similar boiler plants.

In July "Kyivkotloturboprom" received another contract for current repair of a PTVM-100 boiler No. 3 valued at 41,8 million hryvnias.

An interesting nuance — shortly before the deadline for submitting bids, "Kyivteploenergo" changed the tender documentation: it reduced the service provision period and the deployment of a 50-percent budget advance from 170 to 130 calendar days.

Could this narrow the circle of potential participants — that’s the question. After all, this involves manufacturing new tube bundles, dismantling old elements, and performing a large volume of complex welding work. Doing all this quickly without pre-prepared metal and guaranteed access to production bases would be difficult.

On 24 August "Kyivkotloturboprom" received 571,7 million hryvnias for the reconstruction of boiler TP-170 No. 10. This deal was also concluded without competitive tenders, citing decisions related to the Comprehensive Resilience Plan.

Thus, only two "fresh" contracts — for 752 million and 571,7 million hryvnias — gave the company orders worth more than 1,32 billion hryvnias.

"Atomrembud" disappears from the signboard, but not from the registry

Against the backdrop of such success, interesting changes were also happening with "Kyivkotloturboprom"’s long-time partner.

On 15 May 2026 LLC "Atomrembud" changed its name to LLC "Status Bild."

Legally the company did not disappear: the EDRPOU code remained the same. But along with the name, the owner, address, and main line of business changed.

That is, the legal entity whose operations figure in the criminal proceeding effectively received a new shell in a short time. This by itself does not prove an attempt to avoid responsibility: changing the name or owner of a legal entity does not cancel previous obligations and history. But the timing of such changes looks at least notable.

And here comes "Kotloturboprom+"

At the same time another event is taking place.

On 13 July 2026 Oleh Tarasov — owner of "Kyivkotloturboprom" — registered a new company LLC "Kotloturboprom+." The name is almost identical. The main activity is the same — "production of steam boilers." The legal address is in central Kyiv, Baseyna Street.

Thus, over several months an interesting chronology emerges: the long-time partner of "Kyivkotloturboprom" — "Atomrembud," which appears in criminal case materials — changes its name, owner, address, and profile.

And next to it, at the same time that "Kyivkotloturboprom" receives hundreds of millions of hryvnias from KP "Kyivteploenergo," another company with an almost identical name and specialization emerges.

There is currently no evidence that all these changes are part of a single plan.

But the questions are obvious. Who actually has the production capacity to fulfill contracts worth hundreds of millions? Why do the companies need the same partner for equipment, workers, subcontracting, and recommendations? Why does that partner radically renew its legal shell precisely during a criminal investigation? And why did the owner of one of Kyivteploenergo’s key contractors need another almost identical company?

After all, names in registries can be changed in one day. It is far more difficult to change the people, equipment, and real connections that stand behind the execution of billion-hryvnia contracts. To be continued, stay tuned.