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The ritual service of SCP “Specialized Combine of Communal and Domestic Services” of the KMDA 5 in October contracted LLC “KP Shlyakhbud Invest” to build a Memorial Square for 436,50 million UAH.
This is reported in “Prozorro.”
By the end of 2029, a Memorial Square with structures to commemorate the memory of the Defenders will be built on Stetsenka Street, 22 in the Podilskyi district (between Syrets and Berkivtsi).
The project foresees arranging the memorial complex in two construction phases. Along the central alley they will install monuments “To the Heroes, Glory,” “Fire – Flower,” a memorial “Cross,” and a “Bell.” They will also equip vertical memorial plates to memorialize the names of the Defenders. On both sides of the alley they will place separate memorial sectors, gazebos for rest, and pedestrian paths connecting them to the sidewalks along the roadway. In addition, the project includes construction of retaining walls, a fence, and a public restroom.
The works are financed from the city budget of Kyiv. This year 82,85 million UAH is allocated, in 2027 – 117,88 million UAH, in 2028 – 117,88 million UAH, and in 2029 – 117,88 million UAH.
The project was commissioned by LLC “Garant Invest 15.” The positive expert report was issued by SE “Specialized State Expert Organization–Central Service of the Ukrainian State Construction Expertise.” The contract price is dynamic and includes 3,50 million UAH for inflation costs (amounts and prices below include VAT).
Inflated prices
In the information on material resource prices, granite sidewalk slabs with a thickness of 30 mm were ordered at 2 972 UAH/sq. m. The expert report mentioned that the pavement will be made of thermally treated granite anti-slip cobblestone. “Strong Stone” offers thermally treated Labradorite granite cobblestone (Katerynivka) at 1 500 UAH/sq. m, which is twice as cheap. And “Kaskad Stone” sells thermally treated Pokostivka granite tiles at 1 600 UAH/sq. m, which is 46% cheaper.
Sand was accounted for at 931 UAH/cu. m. “Express-tehbud” sells sand at 616 UAH/cu. m, which is 34% cheaper. The August monitoring by SE “NIRI” recorded sand in the Kyiv region at 535 UAH/cu. m, almost twice as cheap. Recently the “Directorate of Construction of Road and Transport Facilities of Kyiv” ordered sand for construction of the Great Ring Road on the section from Marshal Rokossovsky Avenue to Bohatyrska Street at 480 UAH/cu. m, which is twice as cheap.
Crushed stone–sand mix C7 was ordered at 1 724 UAH/cu. m. “Express-tehbud” sells C7 at 476 UAH/cu. m, which is more than three times cheaper. The August monitoring by SE “NIRI” recorded the average price of C7 in the Kyiv region at 875 UAH/cu. m, which is twice as cheap.
An unspecified adhesive mix for natural and artificial stone tiles Baumit was ordered at 58 UAH/kg. In open sources various Baumit adhesive mixes were found and all options are cheaper than the estimate’s Baumit. For example, “Epicenter” sells Baumit Pro Plus tile adhesive at 18 UAH/kg, “Itera Group” offers Baumit Flex Uni at 28 UAH/kg, and “Bud Zona” Baumit Flex Top at 39 UAH/kg. This is 33–69% cheaper.
The probable overpayment on these items amounts to more than 16 million UAH.
In addition, the estimate contains several costly items that could not be compared with market prices. In particular, it provides 598 pcs of such products:
Most likely, these products are components of memorial tomb structures. If so, the total estimated cost of the listed materials for one monument is 170 752 UAH.
Also, the steel composition “Fire-Flower” will cost 4,2 million UAH, the granite composition with the letters “To the Heroes, Glory” – 3,19 million UAH, the granite composition “Bell” – 2,14 million UAH, “Cross” – 1,95 million UAH, and facade ceramic tile with a coating that imitates gold – 3,59 million UAH (10 655 UAH/sq. m).
The calculated salary for one worker at the average work grade of 3,8 is 45 846 UAH. The average salary for construction vacancies on the Work.ua portal in Kyiv is 50 000 UAH.
Anticompetitive “tuning”
The firm received the contract without competition because no one else submitted bids to the open tender.
To participate in the tender, participants had to provide an inspection act of the object signed by representatives of the customer and the participant. In the act submitted by KP “Shlyakhbud Invest,” the participant’s signature was made by director Serhii Lymarenko, and on the customer’s side by acting director of the Specialized Combine of Communal and Domestic Services Oleksandr Krasiko.
From “Nashi Hroshi”
This means that if a legitimate market participant had expressed a desire to take part in the tender, the customer would have known of their intent in advance. And in the worst case the customer’s representative could simply avoid meeting the potential participant so that they would not receive the inspection act required to participate in the bidding.
In clause 4.3 of the contract the general contractor agrees to possible postponement of payments for the duration of martial law and for six months after its termination.
From “Nashi Hroshi:”
This means that a normal business would be fearful to submit its proposal to the tender, because performing the work at its own expense and receiving payment at an unknown time is a loss-making activity. For its own participant, however, the customer can pay funds on time.
Figures involved
Since October 2023, acting director of the “Specialized Combine of Communal and Domestic Services” has been Oleksandr Krasiko, and the authorized procurement officer is Oleksandr Babenko.
The capital’s KP “Shlyakhbud Invest” belongs to Serhii Lymarenko from Cherkasy region. He also owns LLC “SBK Ukraine” alone and LLC “MS Engineering” with Serhii Melnyk, and is a co-founder of NGO “Armclub Bars.” As KyivVlada writes, among the founders of the latter is also Pavlo Yevstratenko, a former chief specialist of KP “Kyivavtodor.” At one time Lymarenko owned LLC “KP Shlyakhbud,” which now belongs to Roman Antonyuk from Volhynia.
In 2023, KP “Shlyakhbud Invest” won a contract from the current customer to build the road from Valeriy Lobanovskyi Avenue to Kyiv Airport for 135,94 million UAH. As KyivVlada writes, the police are investigating a possible embezzlement case on that construction due to inflated costs of materials and works. In 2024 the next contract for that road was won by the consortium “Mostador Group” for 1,47 billion UAH. At that time KP “Shlyakhbud Invest” was among the consortium participants, but in 2025 it withdrew.
Since 2021, KP Shlyakhbud Invest has received contracts totaling 1,50 billion UAH, the largest share from the current customer.
Hanna Kisliakova, Anna Sulyma, “Nashi Hroshi”
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