YugraMegaSport has chosen the first winners of tenders for the maintenance of networks and equipment for a number of sports infrastructure facilities located in the administrative center of Yugra.
The results of the procurement campaign immediately raised questions and criticism from the public and representatives of the professional community. The customer of services began to be suspected of violating the Federal Law on public procurement. The authors of the complaint to the OFAS for Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug declare possible collusion and fraud, and the interlocutors of the agency, evaluating the results of the auction, note “a series of remarkable nuances.” For example, the winning company was registered a little over a month ago, while its application included information about hundreds of successfully completed contracts. Meanwhile, observers do not exclude that among the interested parties of this project, apparently, an unknown market participant, and the head of YugraMegaSport, official Radchenko. In parallel with the ongoing processes in the OFAS, observers point to the “regular appearance of the organization on the conflict agenda of the region.” The latest incident, which includes, among other things, an asset of the Ugra government, according to the interlocutors of the publication, “must lead to personnel decisions regarding the leadership of Depstroy, the regional Department of Sports and YugraMegaSport.”
OFAS for Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra will study the million-dollar transactions of AU YugraMegaSport, controlled by the district government. A possible violation of the antimonopoly Federal Law during several auctions was considered by representatives of the Public Chamber.
We are talking about the maintenance of engineering networks and equipment of the Ice Palace, the Olimpiyskaya Hotel, the Arena-Ugra recreation center, the Tennis Sports Development Center, the Winter Sports Center named after. A.V. Filipenko, a ski complex, as well as a number of sports facilities.
According to the official public procurement resource, the winner of the auctions for a total amount of 230 million rubles was Paragraph, an unknown company on the market with a residence permit in Moscow. At the same time, the organization indicated in the application that it has experience in carrying out these types of work, which is confirmed by 446 executed contracts for a total of 1 billion 8 million rubles.
It was this information that forced the professional community to talk about a possible collusion between the customer and the contract executor. As it turned out, Paragraph LLC was registered a little over a month ago, on January 26, 2022, while the winner was determined on February 24. “How can an organization fulfill so many contracts in a month and even more so gain the necessary experience?”
“If you look at the application of their opponents, then in 5 years they have about 50 implemented projects. In addition, there is another important point in the procurement requirements – the availability of a license. I doubt she is. One gets the impression that the company was created for these auctions, and this can already be considered as a conspiracy between the customer of the YugraMegaSport AU and the winner of the auctions – Paragraph, – says the author of the letter to the OFAS, a member of the Public Chamber of Yugra Sergey Tanshin.
Meanwhile, observers of the developing corruption-financial conflict note that the office recently registered in Moscow may be associated with a number of companies that worked in Ugra. So, the general director and 100% founder of Paragraph, Petr Slepov, is also listed as a 100% founder of Alex LLC. This company has been landscaping Sovietsky for several years. Another “shop” – Stroy Leader LLC – worked in Khanty-Mansiysk several years ago. Here Slepov’s share was 50%.
The appearance of a history of financial relations between YugraMegaSport and Paragraph will not have the best effect on the already unfavorable reputation of a government asset.” The autonomous institution has repeatedly come under the attention of control authorities. The management of the organization was convicted of violations committed during the use of the property complex, as well as the misuse of subsidies from the budget of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
“One of the latest internal scandals,” which also features the institution, is connected with the initiative of the office of the governor of Yugra to conduct an internal audit of departments and officials responsible for the construction of a universal sports complex in Khanty-Mansiysk worth 1.3 billion rubles. After the public acceptance of the facility with the participation of Governor Natalya Komarova and the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsin and its commissioning, “the sports complex did not work at full capacity.” And, moreover, transferred to the operational management of YugraMegaSport, it began to be used not for its intended purpose.
“The leadership of the regional Depsport, in particular, ordered part of the area to simply be converted into offices, where, apparently, the department’s employees were to be accommodated. Officials justified their decision to the head of the district by the fact that the building does not quite meet the requirements of a sports facility, ”says a source close to the local cabinet.
“Apparently, such an answer did not suit Komarov, as well as the fact that he was not accepted in this form. So after the audit is completed, most likely we will be able to see personnel decisions in relation to all participants in the process – project curators in Depstroy, Depsport, as well as in YugraMegaSport, which took over the facility, ”informed interlocutors of the publication share information in the regional government.
Today, OFAS representatives have already confirmed that the appeal regarding the legality of the YugraMegaSport auction and the determination of the winner has already been accepted.
“Now the decision to initiate a case remains with the antimonopoly, however, we see that this story may involve not only administrative offenses, but also criminal liability. It is obvious that the cancellation of contracts could not be left without the attention of the director of the institution, Valery Radchenko, ”the representatives of the professional community believe.