"Nashi Groshi," citing the "Bulletin of Public Procurement," reports that on January 23, the Kherson Regional Psychiatric Hospital signed an agreement with Tavria Food LLC for the supply of food products worth UAH 1,460,000. The prices at which the food products will be supplied are several times inflated. Specifically, sugar will be purchased at UAH 14,98 per kg. According to the latest monitoring data from the Ministry of Economic Development, sugar in the Kherson region costs an average of UAH 8,87 per kg. Potatoes cost UAH 8,48 per kg. According to the latest monitoring data from the Ministry of Economic Development, the average price of potatoes in the region is UAH 3,96 per kg. Prices for individual grains are not specified. Only the total contract value is indicated. The average price per kilogram of grain is UAH 5.
It was previously reported that the Kherson regional prosecutor's office opened a criminal case regarding the purchase of food products for schools in November 2014 at inflated prices. According to preliminary estimates, the actions of education department officials caused budget losses of 5 million 500 thousand UAH.
Tavria Food is registered to Andrey Zhivotovsky and Irina Tsenker. These same individuals are the founders of Service Grand, a company that received food supply contracts last November.
Another company, Arta Plus, founded by the same Zhivotovsky and Zenker, won a tender in 2013 to supply products at inflated prices, but was fined by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for colluding with other bidders.
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