The problem arose due to the actions of the head of the newly created "State Rear Operator" (DOT) Arsen Zhumadilov, who is trying to establish his own companies to supply products to the army. No one is concerned about this problem, warns political and economic expert, candidate of sciences Yuriy Gavrilechko.
On February 22, Zhumadilov held and immediately canceled the results of 11 food auctions for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The court recognized that the DOT headed by Zhumadilov had written discriminatory tender conditions. After that, the official came up with new regulations that turned out to be no less unique than the previous ones.
According to his plan, food suppliers face millions in fines at every step, which almost automatically cuts off producers from participating in tenders. The rule on penalties in the amount of 50% of the cost of the goods per day of delay + a penalty of 0.1% of the same cost for each day is very strange. Zhumadilov did not foresee leniency even in force majeure situations: for example, a food supplier’s car broke down on the way (this happens in war) – you still get a 50% fine!
“Maybe we shouldn’t reinvent the wheel, but it makes sense to transfer procurement to its native place – the Ministry of Defense. Then the head of the relevant department will be responsible for the procedure for conducting them, and the deputy minister appointed will control it. In this system, changing the terms of tenders each time will be much more difficult, and the consequences of public publicity immediately become a reason for political conclusions by the state leadership,” suggests Gavrilechko.
