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In Kyiv they will complete a school shelter for 129,5 million hryvnias: the estimate found a potential overpayment of more than 4 million hryvnias
The Department of Education of the Dnipro District State Administration in Kyiv contracted Smart Universal Group LLC to finish construction of a school shelter on Myru Avenue, 11. The cost of the new contract is 129,51 million UAH, and the total expenses for the facility, designed for 741 people, will reach approximately 289,89 million UAH.
This is evidenced by data from the Prozorro system.
Smart Universal Group LLC began construction of the shelter back in 2024. However, in 31 August 2026 the previous contract was terminated; by that time the contractor had already been paid 160,38 million UAH. After adjusting the project, a new procurement was announced to complete the work for 129,51 million UAH.
According to the plan, the school's anti-radiation shelter for school No. 146 is to be completed by the end of 2027. Work will be carried out in two stages. First they will finish constructing the structure and connect it to existing engineering networks. After that they will restore landscaping and equip sports grounds.
The work will be financed from Kyiv's budget. For 2026 year 33,28 million UAH is allocated, and for 2027 year — another 96,23 million UAH.
The project was developed by Engineering Company Arkon LLC. A positive expert report was provided by the state enterprise State Research and Design and Survey Institute “NDIproektrekonstruktsiya”, headed by Matfey Kizimenko.
The contract price is dynamic and provides 2,31 million UAH to cover risks and 4,94 million UAH for inflationary costs. In the tender documentation the procuring entity set the same amount to cover risks for all participants — 2,31 million UAH. The current edition of clause 5.31 of the Guidelines for Determining Construction Costs allows this, however the procedure for using these funds must be specified in the procurement contract draft.
An analysis of the estimate showed that certain materials and equipment were accounted for at prices that significantly exceed supplier offers in open sources.
Metal-plastic doors were included in the estimate at 19 500 UAH per square meter. At the same time Epicentr offers WDS doors at about 6 943 UAH per square meter, and Market Dveri sells Rehau Euro 60 doors at 8 581 UAH per square meter. Thus, the cited retail prices are more than twice lower than the estimated cost.
The explosion-protection device UZS-25 was valued at 142 250 UAH per unit. According to information obtained by phone from a manager at Uni Metal, a similar device is sold for 83 773 UAH — approximately 41% cheaper.
Another significant difference concerns an emergency firefighting water storage tank with a volume of 3 cu. m, which was included in the estimate at 234 190 UAH per unit. Roto Europast offers firefighting tanks made of food-grade plastic at 26 000–33 300 UAH. Komandor2000.ua sells horizontal and vertical plastic water containers for 20 616–34 932 UAH. This is approximately 7–10 times cheaper than the estimated cost.
Primer Ceresit CT 14 Tiefgrund was accounted for at 1 112 UAH per liter. For comparison, Kub base offers it at 778 UAH per liter, and Budplatform — at 807 UAH. The difference is about 27–30%.
The estimate also overstates the cost of transporting crushed stone. Delivery of fraction 20–40 mm over a distance of 30 km is accounted for at a rate of 30 UAH per cubic meter per kilometer, and fraction 40–70 mm — 28 UAH per cubic meter per kilometer.
At the same time monitoring by SE “NIRI” in the Kyiv region records an average cost of transportation by dump truck for a distance up to 30 km at 8 UAH per tonne-kilometer. Considering the loose bulk density of crushed stone of 1,41–1,47 tonnes per cubic meter, this corresponds to approximately 11–12 UAH for transporting a cubic meter per kilometer — almost three times less than the cost included.
The polyurethane binder Tetrapur 144 was entered in the estimate at 422 UAH per kilogram. Masterfiber sells it at 230 UAH per kilogram, and TNP Group Ukraine — at 297 UAH. Thus, supplier prices are 1,5–2 times lower.
By a preliminary estimate, the potential overpayment for just the listed items may exceed 4 million UAH.
Some questions are raised by the cost of medical equipment. The mechanical blood pressure monitor Bokang BK2001-3001 was included in the estimate at 6 472 UAH per unit.
Meanwhile on Tabletky.ua it is offered for 520–664 UAH, and Medtekhnika Life sells a similar device for 590 UAH. Thus, the cited prices are about ten times lower than the estimate.
In addition, the estimate included a fire-fighting pump station Fire-Set 2AGE 0.50T DPC priced at 943 800 UAH per unit. It was not possible to verify the justification of this price from available open sources.
The calculated wage of one worker for an average category of work 3,8 is 37 002 UAH. For comparison, the average salary in the construction industry according to vacancies on Work.ua in Kyiv reaches 50 000 UAH.
Smart Universal Group LLC received the contract without competition, since no other participant submitted a bid to the open tender.
Requirements for potential contractors included providing letters stating readiness to perform work without an advance, as well as agreeing to defer payments for the period of martial law and for six months after its termination or cancellation.
Participants also had to provide a guarantee letter that if controlling authorities find an overstatement of the cost of work or materials, the contractor will, within three working days, prepare documents to reduce the cost and return any overpaid funds to the procuring entity.
As comparable experience, the procuring entity specified construction of a dual-purpose structure with protective properties of an anti-radiation shelter of a consequence class not lower than that in the current procurement. At the same time, the cost of work performed under such a contract had to be no less than the expected cost of the new tender.
In addition, the participant's annual income for 2025 year had to be at least 100% of the expected procurement value.
The Department of Education of the Dnipro District RSA 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 in Kyiv is Andriy Paladiy.
Smart Universal Group LLC, registered in Irpin, is owned by local resident Tetyana Hryshchenko, and the company is managed by Olena Harkusha. According to YouControl, until 2022 Anton Myronchuk from Irpin was also among the firm's co‑founders.
At least until 2012 the company was located in Bucha, and its owners were Andriy Dulyanytskyi, Svitlana Kovalenko, Vitaliy Panashchenko, and Yuriy Stolyarchuk.
Tetyana Hryshchenko is registered as an individual entrepreneur with the main activity “Renting of cars and light motor vehicles.” She also owns a number of companies jointly with Anton Myronchuk.
According to KyivVladi, in 2015 Anton Myronchuk unsuccessfully ran for Irpin City Council from the New Faces party. The head of that political force is former Irpin mayor Volodymyr Karpliuk.
Since 2023 Smart Universal Group LLC has received state contracts exclusively in the Kyiv region totaling 1,62 billion UAH. The largest number of contracts the company received was from the current procuring entity — the Department of Education of the Dnipro RSA.
In addition, the director and a former official of a state children’s sanatorium in Odesa region are accused of abusing their office during the purchase of nearly 250 tons of coal. According to the investigation, the fuel was purchased at an inflated price, causing losses to the state institution of more than 1 million UAH.
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