Analysts of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Odesa region found violations during a tender for the construction of a shelter for an educational institution. Officials planned to spend UAH 24 million from the state budget.

The local government and the contractor entered into an agreement based on the results of a tender on the Prozzoro electronic public procurement system.

Based on the results of the information and analytical work the employees of the Territorial Department found that the contractor had no property and no employees with the appropriate qualifications. That is the company does not meet the qualification requirements of the tender.

In order to prevent the misappropriation of public funds analysts of the ESBU sent a letter to the local government body with information about the violations and a proposal to check the feasibility of concluding the contract.

As a result of the letter of recommendation, the customer and the contractor terminated the contract. Thus the employees of the ESBU prevented the embezzlement of UAH 24 million from the state budget.