When our team began brainstorming this year about what we had achieved over the past twelve months, our first impression was — nothing major. Ideally, we’d love for our daily work to deliver quick, visible results: for every study to immediately change the system or rules for the better, and for every working group to translate into improved legislation.
But on this birthday, we want to remind ourselves and everyone else that the right decisions are rarely simple or fast. They are usually preceded by long deliberations, consultations, and data analysis. And some things that now look like “process work” are just as valuable as the ones with tangible outcomes. Their impact will likely be even stronger and more meaningful. We just need a little more effort, and a little more time.
So here’s what the DOZORRO team has achieved over the past year — and what we’ve done that will bring visible benefits soon enough.
If you’d like to congratulate us on our birthday, join our fundraiser of UAH 200,000 for the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade and the UAV Unit of the Combined Rifle Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force, where our loved ones serve. More details about the cause and beneficiaries are available at the link.
Public procurement monitoring
Since last November, our department in charge of public procurement monitoring has prevented the inefficient use of UAH 1.4 billion in budget funds. This is the amount the state saved thanks to our specialists’ monitoring and other mechanisms. For example, procuring entities adjusted contract values or re-announced tenders with revised estimated values based on our findings. You can explore our methodology for calculating this indicator here — and note that this year’s version is stricter.
The case that brought the greatest savings last year involved monitoring 13 tenders for building insulation in Dnipro, which resulted in savings of over UAH 95 million. We began analyzing these tenders in spring 2024 and finalized results in spring 2025 once the contracts were fulfilled.
Our monitoring team’s favorite case of the year was the construction of a shelter for a Kyiv school, where the bill of quantities listed cable clamps priced 500 times higher than the market rate. The procuring entity ignored requests to correct the prices and refused to provide work completion reports. We therefore contacted the Ombudsman, who issued an administrative report. Eventually, the procuring entity reduced the contract value by UAH 16 million, exactly the amount of the likely overpayment.
In total, this year our specialists identified potential overpayments amounting to nearly UAH 2.5 billion, so we expect even more savings to come.
Research
Our study of IT procurement challenges helped adjust the State Anti-Corruption Program. The Ministry of Digital Transformation abandoned its plan to create a separate system for such tenders, while our research suggested ways to improve them within Prozorro instead.
We also prepared the second annual study on the public procurement sector, which the European Commission considers when drafting the section on Ukraine in its annual EU Enlargement Report.
However, the task that required the most effort from our team was the report on procurement issues for the NACP, which plans to use it when developing the next Anti-Corruption Strategy and State Anti-Corruption Program. We’ve already completed the analysis and prioritization of key issues and are now working on practical, realistic solutions.
Based on our internal research and consultations with the State Audit Service, we helped increase the share of the agency’s preventive monitoring from 30% in February to 40% in September, and in some months even over 50%. Next year, strengthening control mechanisms in this area will remain one of our top priorities.
Legislation and sector development
TI Ukraine took part in European Commission consultations on improving EU procurement directive because we believe we can both learn from and contribute to European experience.
Our lawyers assisted the Asset Recovery and Management Agency in drafting high-quality regulations for selecting asset managers through Prozorro. These new rules are expected to be adopted soon.
Our colleague Ivan Lakhtionov participates in a working group on reforming budget-funded construction pricing. Due to current rules and restrictions, companies often list non-market prices in cost estimates to offset limits on wages or profit margins. This is just one of many issues the group aims to address.
For the second year in a row, we are part of the working group preparing Ukraine’s position on public procurement for EU accession negotiations, including continued work on the draft New Law on Public Procurement. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been significant progress in this area yet.
Analytical tools
This year our analytics team introduced several upgrades to the BI Prozorro public module to make it even more user-friendly and efficient:
– Integrated BI Prozorro with DREAM, enabling convenient analysis of reconstruction and other infrastructure-related projects.
– Added interactive instructions for module sheets to help users master them more easily.
– Introduced highlighting of lots requiring attention on the “Lot Events” sheet so procuring entities can quickly address and fix procurement issues.
– Updated the calculation of Average Number of Participants, making it a more accurate reflection of system-wide competition.
And, a little teaser — we’ll soon unveil an updated app for analyzing product prices purchased via Request for Quotation on Prozorro Market.
Training
Just this year, our analytical tools department alone conducted 13 trainings for over 780 participants. They trained staff from the Public Procurement Department of the Ministry of Economy, the State Rear Operator, and the Defense Procurement Agency to use BI Prozorro effectively.
We also expanded cooperation with educational institutions, delivering lectures on procurement, analysis, and monitoring for students of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and Mykolaiv National Agrarian University. We even trained lecturers who teach procurement-related courses. Moreover, two of our experts became instructors of the ‘Public Procurement Specialist’ course at the KSE Center of Excellence in Public Procurement.
Also, our communications specialists conducted a three-day workshop on public procurement for several regional Suspilne newsrooms.
Communications
This year we strengthened our collaboration with the media, leading to more engaging joint projects with local and national outlets on Instagram. And the biggest breakthrough of the year — we launched a TikTok account! So if you’d like to follow our work in video format, make sure to subscribe.
None of this would be possible without the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who defend our freedom and our very lives. That’s why, on our birthday, we’re raising UAH 200,000 to support our loved ones’ units. If you appreciate our work, celebrate with us by donating.
