The state-owned enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” has planned centralized purchases of fuel, electricity, specialized equipment for forest protection, and infrastructure construction services worth over UAH 3.1 billion for 2025, the press service of the state-owned enterprise reported.
Lisy Ukrainy specified that in 2025, UAH 207 million will be allocated for the purchase of special vehicles for forest protection and IT equipment and software, UAH 590 million for special equipment and components, UAH 872 million for the construction and development of infrastructure, UAH 1.15 billion for fuel and energy resources, and other expenses – UAH 174 million.
The state-owned enterprise said that this year it had improved its procurement system and introduced performance analysis and internal rating.
In addition, in March, the team responsible for procurement at State Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” was renewed. Its head, Mykhailo Stayetsky, previously worked at Ukrposhta. The new team’s goal is to increase the efficiency and transparency of procurement, optimize the company’s expenses, and ensure the implementation of the investment program and key initiatives.
“Category managers study and coordinate the internal needs of the enterprise and the external market conditions in which they can be met. To this end, they conduct pre-tender market consultations with manufacturers, importers, official dealers, and major players in the goods and services markets. They formulate procurement conditions that allow a wider range of participants to be invited to tender for the timely and high-quality satisfaction of the company’s needs at an optimal price and without additional risks,” explained the State Enterprise ”Forests of Ukraine.”
The state-owned enterprise drew attention to its updated procurement page. It will feature announcements of open meetings and consultations with potential participants in the most complex and unusual procurements, where their external expertise of suppliers will determine the final terms of the tender.
A separate role has been introduced in the electronic procurement system for internal monitoring of procurement by regional offices, providing them with practical and methodological assistance to improve efficiency.
This will allow for faster identification of weaknesses, implementation of uniform approaches to the preparation of tender documentation, and application of best practices in preventing violations of public procurement legislation,” according to Lisy Ukrainy.
At the same time, the state-owned enterprise will establish procedures and criteria for internal ranking of procurement officers in regional offices. This will motivate the strongest members of the team and support and develop those who are striving to catch up with the leaders.
“This practice has proven itself at Ukrposhta, resulting in the centralization of the procurement team, which has consistently shown excellent results in procurement year after year (2nd place in the 2024 customer index),” Staietsky concluded.
