AntAC prevented misappropriation of public funds on procurements in education

AntAC has achieved the termination of public procurement contract totalling 12 million UAH.

Winning company is turned out to have been connected with their only one competitor. On that score the AntAC addressed the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, the customer and the head of Busk state regional administration regarding violation of competition on public bids, and the contract was discharged.

In May 2018 the educational department of the regional administration has purchased a reconstruction of children’s pool in a sports school. Only two companies participated in the procurements, related by having the same chief, who owns 50% of the authorized capital both PJSCs. PJSC PLAST was recognized as a winner, which proposed to carry out the works for 12 million UAH.

According to the national legislation, related person is an individual or his family’s member, that controlled the participant of public procurement. Thus, the customer was obliged to reject the public bid offer of the participant, who was connected with competitors.