Cherkasy Bus JSC will supply 23 school buses to the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration (RSA) for 98.265 million UAH (including VAT) or 81.89 million UAH (excluding VAT), with an expected procurement amount of 82.46 million UAH (excluding VAT).
According to information on Prozorro, the parties signed the relevant contract on July 14.
The plant was the sole bidder, offering 19 buses with two seats for students with limited mobility at a price of nearly 3.613 million UAH each, and four standard buses at a price of nearly 3.313 million UAH each (excluding VAT).
The buses were manufactured this year and comply with the Euro 5 emissions standard. The standard buses have 28 seats for students, while the specialized buses have 19. The localization rates are 68.4% and 70.66%, respectively.
As previously reported, the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration initially announced a tender to purchase the same number of buses for 97.202 million UAH (including VAT), but it was automatically canceled on July 6.
Transcarpathia subsequently announced a new tender for 82.46 million UAH (excluding VAT).
“Cherkasy Bus” recently signed a contract to supply 27 school buses to the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration for 113.45 million UAH (including VAT), including 17 buses with two seats for students with limited mobility for nearly 73.7 million UAH.
As previously reported, the sources of funding for Transcarpathia’s bus purchases include a state budget subsidy to the local budget in the amount of 88.097 million UAH (the full amount for the current year) and co-financing from the local budget in the amount of 10.858 million UAH, whereas in the previous tender, these amounts were 84.95 million UAH and 12.25 million UAH, respectively.
The “School Bus” program has been implemented since 2024 thanks to financial cooperation between the EU and Ukraine as part of the Ukraine Facility.
The state budget subvention for the program this year amounts to 2 billion UAH, and the purchase of over 540 buses is planned through the Prozorro Market electronic catalog.
The school bus market in Ukraine includes “Cherkasy Bus,” the Chernihiv Automobile Plant of the “Etalon” Corporation, the Zaporizhzhia Automobile Plant, and “Bas Motor” LLC (manufacturer of “Bogdan” buses). They manufacture small-class buses using imported components, with capacities ranging from 21 seats (the “Ataman” bus, which includes two seats for students with mobility impairments) to 40.
At the same time, as part of adapting the school transportation system to wartime conditions and the actual needs of communities, the Ministry of Education and Science is exploring the possibility of communities purchasing small-capacity buses (category M2) equipped for the safe transportation of children.
There is already an offer on Prozorro Market for a bus of this class from the company “Avtosnab,” which has developed and begun production of a school bus based on the Peugeot Boxer commercial van with 17 seats.
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