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ITALY’S TERMOMECCANICA TO SUPPLY PUMPS TO ENERGOATOM FOR UAH 175 MLN

5 December , 2016  

KYIV. Dec 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) – TM.P. S.P.A. – Termomeccanica Pompe (Italy) has won a tender of National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom to supply give pumps for Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant (NPP) for UAH 175 million (VAT included), according to information in the ProZorro e-procurement system.

The expected cost of the equipment in the tender announced in June was UAH 327.275 million (VAT included). Technopolis LLC was permitted to participate in the tender. The company presented a pump producer from China.

Director of the corruption prevention center at Energoatom Oleh Polyschuk said that the tender was delayed by those who wanted to earn on it. Many complaints to Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee and law enforcement agencies were submitted.

Energoatom is the operator of all four Ukrainian-based operating nuclear power plants, which have 15 VVER reactors with an overall generating capacity of 13.835 gigawatts.