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The Education Department of the Dnipro District State Administration 15 October ordered LLC “Smart Universal Group” to build a school shelter (adjustment) on Myru Avenue, 11 in Kyiv for 129,51 million UAH. This is reported in “Prozorro.”
Smart Universal Group began building the shelter back in 2024. In 31 August this year the contract was terminated; by that time the contractor had been paid 160,38 million UAH. Now the project has been revised, and an additional 129,51 million UAH is needed to finish the work. Thus, the total cost of the shelter per 741 person will be about 289,89 million UAH.
The radiological protection shelter of School No. 146 is to be completed by the end of 2027. The work is planned in two phases: first they will finish constructing the structure and connect it to existing engineering networks, then they will restore the grounds and equip sports facilities.
The work is funded from the Kyiv city budget. This year 33,28 million UAH is allocated, and in 2027 – 96,23 million UAH.
The project was commissioned by LLC “Engineering Company Arkon.” The positive expert report was issued by the State Enterprise “State Research and Design and Survey Institute ‘NDIproektrekonstruktsiya’,” headed by Matfey Kizimenko. The contract is dynamic and includes 2,31 million UAH for risks and 4,94 million UAH for inflation (amounts and prices here and below are stated with VAT). In the tender documentation the procurer set the same amount for covering risks for all participants – 2,31 million UAH. The current edition of clause 5.31 of the Guidelines for Determining Construction Costs allows this. At the same time, the procedure for using these funds must be specified in the procurement contract draft.
In the final resource statement, metal-plastic doors were accounted for at 19 500 UAH/sq. m. Epicenter offers WDS metal-plastic doors at 6 943 UAH/sq. m. Market Dveri sells Rehau Euro 60 doors at 8 581 UAH/sq. m, which is twice as cheap.
The explosion-protective device UZS-25 was ordered at 142 250 UAH/pc. By phone a manager at “Uni Metal” confirmed they sell such a device at 83 773 UAH/pc, which is 41% cheaper.
An unspecified emergency firefighting water tank with a volume of 3 cu. m was accounted for at 234 190 UAH/pc. Roto Europast sells firefighting tanks made of food-grade plastic at 26 000 – 33 300 UAH/pc. Komandor2000.ua offers horizontal and vertical plastic water tanks at 20 616 – 34 932 UAH/pc. That is 7-10 times cheaper.
Ceresit CT 14 Tiefgrund primer was ordered at 1 112 UAH/l. Kub Base sells it at 778 UAH/l, and Budplatforma at 807 UAH/l. That is 27-30% cheaper.
Delivery of crushed stone 20-40 mm over a distance of 30 km amounts to 30 UAH/cu.m·km, and crushed stone fraction 40-70 mm – 28 UAH/cu. m·km. Monitoring by SE “NIRI” in the Kyiv region records an average haulage rate by dump truck up to 30 km at 8 UAH/ton·km. With a bulk density of crushed stone of 1,41-1,47 tons per cubic meter, this is 11-12 UAH for transporting one cubic meter of crushed stone per kilometer, which is almost three times cheaper.
The polyurethane binder Tetrapur 144 was entered in the estimate at 422 UAH/kg. Masterfiber sells it at 230 UAH/kg, and TNP Group Ukraine at 297 UAH/kg, which is 1,5-2 times cheaper.
The estimated overpayment amount for just these items may exceed 4 million UAH.
The blood pressure monitor Bokang BK2001-3001 was listed at 6 472 UAH/pc. On Tabletky.ua it is sold for 520 – 664 UAH/pc, and Medtekhnika Life for 590 UAH/pc, which is ten times cheaper.
In addition, the estimate included the Fire-Set 2AGE 0.50T DPC firefighting pump station priced at 943 800 UAH/pc. It was not possible to verify the price justification from open internet sources.
The calculated wage for one worker at the average grade of work 3,8 is 37 002 UAH. The average salary for construction vacancies on the Work.ua portal in Kyiv is 50 000 UAH.
The firm was awarded the contract without competition because no one else submitted bids to the open tender.
To participate in the tender, participants had to provide letters stating readiness to work without an advance and agree to defer payment for the duration of martial law and for six months after its termination or cancellation.
A guarantee letter was also required: if, during an inspection, control authorities find inflated costs for work or materials, the contractor must, within three working days, prepare documents to reduce the cost and return any overpaid funds to the procurer.
A similar contract was considered to be the construction of a dual-purpose structure with protective properties of a radiological shelter of consequences class not lower than in the procurement. At the same time, the cost of work performed under such a contract had to be not less than the expected value of the current tender. The participant’s annual income for 2025 year also had to be at least 100% of the procurement’s expected value.
The Education Department of the Dnipro District State Administration is headed by Nataliya Ivanina, who became known after a scandal over the purchase of drums and vegetable slicers for shelters. The head of the Dnipro District State Administration is Andriy Paladiy.
Smart Universal Group of Irpin is owned by local resident Tetyana Hryshchenko, and is managed by Olena Harkusha. According to the YouControl system, until 2022 Anton Myronchuk from Irpin was also a co-founder. At least until 2012 the company was located in Bucha, and it was owned by Andriy Dulyanytskyi, Svitlana Kovalenko, Vitaliy Panashchenko and Yurii Stolyarchuk.
Hryshchenko is an individual entrepreneur whose main activity is “Rental of cars and light motor vehicles.” She owns a number of firms together with Anton Myronchuk.
According to KyivVlady, Anton Myronchuk ran unsuccessfully for the Irpin City Council in 2015 as a candidate from the party “New Faces.” The party leader is former Irpin mayor Volodymyr Karpliuk.
Since 2023 Smart Universal Group has received state orders exclusively in the Kyiv region totaling 1,62 billion UAH, the most from the current procurer.
Name of product, unit.
Amount with VAT, UAH
Quantity, units.
Estimated price, UAH/unit with VAT
Market price, UAH/unit with VAT
Probable overpayment, UAH
Emergency firefighting water tank with a volume of 3 cu. m, pcs
702 570
3
234 190
34 932
597 774
Metal-plastic doors, sq. m
1 774 500
91
19 500
8 581
993 629
Explosion-protective device UZS-25, pcs
711 250
5
142 250
83 773
292 385
Ceresit CT 14 Tiefgrund primer, l
968 552
871
1 112
807
265 655
Delivery of crushed stone 20-40 mm for 30 km
1 513 800
1 682
900
360
908 280
Delivery of crushed stone 40-70 mm for 30 km
1 348 200
1 605
840
330
818 550
Polyurethane binder Tetrapur 144, kg
1 519 200
3 600
422
297
450 000
Total:
8 538 072
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4 326 273
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