Tender for consulting the passenger vertical of UZ is registered under Deutsche Bahn

The former Minister of Infrastructure criticized the tender for the selection of a consultant for the passenger vertical of Ukrzaliznytsia.

According to him, the tender for UAH 300 million is registered under the German DB Engineering & Consulting (“daughter” of the German railway operator), reports Railway Supply magazine.

“At a time when, in front of the eyes of the whole world, German colleagues loudly turned their backs on us, Ukrzaliznytsia announces an unheard-of consulting on the territory of Ukraine in the amount of more than UAH 300 million, which is issued under DB Engineering & Consulting. Given the state of the company, UZ should definitely have other priorities in directing such investment resources.

These could be:

• infrastructure investment,
• rolling stock, this is the volume of 10 new passenger cars (for example, passenger cars on the Mariupol 10d route could be completely updated)
• support for our railway workers with additional payments, about which they constantly remind, so that they do not have to quit in search of a better fate.”, Vladislav Krykliy reports on his telegram channel.

Recall that on December 31, 2021, the Passenger Company branch announced a tender for the provision of consulting services for UAH 304 million.

At the same time, on August 26, the private joint-stock company Kyiv Electric Car Repair Plant (owned by UZ) entered into an agreement with Deutsche Bahn Engineering & Consulting to provide consultations for UZ.

The value of the contract is 891 thousand euros. However, VSK experts consider the agreement with Deutsche Bahn Engineering & Consulting illegal.

After all, Ukrzaliznytsia deliberately avoided a tender to select a consultant for the company. It is interesting that, according to this agreement, German specialists are actually engaged in the same thing, for which a new tender has now been announced.

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