Mykolaiv Executive Committee Appointed a Carrier Without a Tender: AMCU Opens Case

Today, November 5, the administrative panel of the Southern Interregional Territorial Office of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine began reviewing a case against the Executive Committee of Mykolaiv City Council. The case concerns the appointment of a temporary carrier on one of the city’s bus routes without the competitive tender required by law.

Under an executive committee decision, Mykolaivpastrans Municipal Enterprise was granted this status starting October 5.

The territorial office of the AMCU sees signs of a breach of competition law in the executive committee’s actions. In the office’s view, the appointment may have artificially restricted other road carriers’ rights to provide passenger transport services.

The office says the decision may have restricted competition in the city bus transport market in Mykolaiv.

We previously reported:

• A “temporary” carrier has once again been appointed to a route in the Korabelnyi district
• Mykolaivpastrans will continue operating Route No. 1 until a full-fledged tender is held
• A tender with one bidder: Route No. 83 remains with a controversial company. But no one wants to serve Shyroka Balka
• In the Korabelnyi district, Mykolaiv City Hall appointed a garbage hauler without a tender – AMCU
• At a fare of 2 hryvnias, Odesa and Kyiv buses will compete with articulated buses