In October, the DOZORRO team prevented UAH 124.4 million in inefficient public spending. Our work is not about instant results. This amount was saved thanks to requests our team had sent to procuring entities in earlier months. Since the beginning of the year, we have helped prevent UAH 829.4 million in potential inefficient use.

Our primary goal is to prevent overspending of public funds. The most valuable result, therefore, is when a contract price gets adjusted. October brought many such cases: reductions in contract amounts alone helped avoid overpayments worth UAH 106.9 million. Below are the most significant and positive examples. 

Roads in Dnipro without overpayments: UAH 19 million saved

In June, the Department of Improvements and Infrastructure of the Dnipro City Council announced a procurement for ongoing road and street repairs. A contract worth UAH 90.1 million was signed with Eliteproject Construction and Production Firm LLC, which was the sole bidder. 

Under this contract, the company was expected to repair dozens of locations — from the central Dmytro Yavornytskyi Avenue to Eneiidy, Hutsulska, and other streets. However, our specialists reviewed the cost estimates and found inflated prices for materials. 

The largest potential overpayment concerned asphalt mixtures — nearly UAH 16.1 million. Eliteproject planned to supply them at UAH 8,352.00 per ton (VAT included throughout), while market prices were significantly lower. For example, the All-Ukrainian Road Association sells similar materials for UAH 5,160.00 per ton, and Asfaltprom — for UAH 6,360.00 per ton. The contractor also overstated prices for curb stones and concrete mixes. 

Eliteproject was founded in 2019. Since then, the company has signed 24 contracts worth UAH 3.3 billion — all with the same procuring entity, the Department of Improvements and Infrastructure of the Dnipro City Council. 

According to media reports, the company is linked to the business network of Hennadiy Korban, associated with attempts to develop Kyiv’s Protasiv Yar. In 2022, Korban was stripped of Ukrainian citizenship by the decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

The company’s founder is attorney Olesia Bondarenko, whose office is located at the same address as the Borys Filatov Charitable Foundation and the Horb-Korban “Dnipro Strategy” Charitable Foundation.

We approached the procuring entity asking to adjust the contract price. The Department requested clarification of our calculations, taking the regional context into account. As a result, the procuring entity and contractor reached an agreement to reduce the contract amount by nearly UAH 19 million. Dnipro will pay less for the same scope of work. 

Shelter in Vysokopillia: minus UAH 15.7 million after DOZORRO’s request

Plans to build a shelter at the Vysokopillia Lyceum in Kherson region began in 2024. The procuring entity announced a tender for the construction of a civil-protection shelter at 3 Enerhetychna Street, Vysokopillia. The project is funded through the Ukraine Facility initiative.

This shelter is crucial for the community: the school enrolls 364 children and is located just 40 km from the frontline. Classes are currently held online, and having a safe shelter is essential for students to return.

Two bidders participated. A contract worth UAH 81.7 million was signed with Autointerstroy LLC, whose offer was almost UAH 1.6 million below the estimated value. Even so, we identified inflated prices for building materials. Overpayments on concrete mixes alone could have reached UAH 1.3 million. 

In July 2024, we asked the procuring entity to reduce the contract price. Following our request, the entity and contractor revised the cost estimate. In October 2025, they signed an amendment reducing the contract amount by UAH 15.7 million.

Also, DOZORRO contacted the prosecutor’s office in August last year. Law-enforcement authorities opened a criminal investigation.

Autointerstroy LLC was founded in 2005. It initially traded automobiles, moved into wholesale in 2011, and fully shifted to construction of residential and nonresidential buildings in 2016.

UAH 12.4 million saved on restoring a residential building in Odesa

In October 2024, the Odesa Municipal Services Department announced a procurement for major repairs of a residential building at 24 Serednia Street, Building 4, which had been damaged by Russian shelling in December 2023.

Stikon LLC was the sole bidder and won the contract for UAH 32.6 million.

Our analysts reviewed the cost estimate and noticed that prices for several materials significantly exceeded market levels. Overpayments for reinforcement steel, concrete mixes, and cement mortars amounted to UAH 2 million. We asked the procuring entity to reduce the contract price. In response, it stated that it complies with legal requirements and would determine material prices based on completed work volumes.

A year passed, and in October 2025 the procuring entity and contractor signed an amendment reducing the contract amount by UAH 12.4 million. 

Stikon LLC has operated since 2003. Its founders include Zhanna, Andrii, and Leonid Kriuchkov, as well as Liubov Cherepenko. The company is part of the Kriuchkov family’s corporate group and the Shokh group — major construction players in southern Ukraine.

What will deliver results in the future: our work in October

We monitor procurement every day. In most cases, we start working before the contract is signed, allowing procuring entities to adjust prices on time rather than after spending funds.

In October, we reviewed 60 procurement transactions with a total estimated value of UAH 9 billion. Violations were identified in 56 — nearly every one.

The most common issue was inflated estimated values or potential overpayments. DOZORRO identified this problem in 31 transactions, totaling UAH 211 million in potential overpricing. 

In one procurement, we identified violations during bid evaluation — when a procuring entity unjustifiably rejects a proposal or selects a winner improperly.

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