The Kyiv City Center for Nephrology and Dialysis, financed from the capital's budget, purchased the flagship smartphone Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max 256 GB Natural Titanium for UAH 62,200. The supplier was Epicenter K LLC, and the purchase was carried out according to a simplified procedure without bidding.
The price for the smartphone is one of the highest on the market for this model. The purchase price is only slightly lower than the retail price at Epicenter itself, where the same gadget is sold for UAH 62,799.
The procurement took place within the framework of the so-called pre-threshold procedure, permitted for procurement amounts up to UAH 100,000. This made it possible to bypass open bidding and avoid competition between suppliers.
NGL.media journalists asked the person responsible for the purchase, Anatoliy Haptar, a representative of the institution, to explain why the municipal medical enterprise needs such an expensive phone. However, they were refused comment.
