The Bereznehuvatsk village council of Mykolaiv region has signed a contract for the construction of an underground shelter for a local gymnasium worth 84.6 million hryvnias. The contractor was BC Bazis, and the procurement procedure itself has already attracted the attention of regulatory authorities due to a number of unusual circumstances.
The contractor's speed of response raised the most questions. The documents for participation in the bidding were uploaded to the system less than ten minutes after the announcement was published. Such efficiency became the subject of an audit by the State Audit Service auditors, who are trying to find out whether the company owner had prior information about the upcoming purchase. The village council, headed by Svitlana Trygub, explains the situation by the participant's exceptionally "high level of organization".
At the same time, an analysis of the estimate indicates possible overpayments, which may exceed four million hryvnias for basic items alone. In particular, 16-millimeter diameter reinforcement is included in the documents at a price of over 43 thousand hryvnias per ton, which significantly exceeds the average market indicators in the region. Concrete and asphalt concrete mixtures are also included at prices higher than those offered by local manufacturers.
The cost of protective and hermetic doors deserves special attention. According to the estimate, their price reaches 191 thousand hryvnias per square meter - three times more than the average price for similar products on the market. This position became one of the most debatable during the analysis of the purchase.
The figure of the owner of BC "Basis" Yevhen Dakhov adds additional context to the story. He is associated with a number of other construction companies, in particular with "Ukrcapital-Bud", which previously appeared in high-profile developments in Kyiv. Dakhov's business partners have common interests with former deputies of the Mykolaiv City Council, and some of them received permits to travel abroad during the martial law period.
Despite the lack of real competition in the bidding, the use of Russian-language personnel documentation, and questionable price figures, the leadership of the Bereznehuvat community does not see any risks in the situation. The village head, Serhiy Boyko, does not publicly question either the choice of contractor or the financial parameters of the contract.
As a result, the community received a shelter project with a record-breaking procurement speed, inflated estimates, and a contractor with a dubious business reputation. Whether this story will continue within the framework of audit and law enforcement inspections is an open question.
