Eco House-Group, without a tender, received at least three government contracts for the construction of medical facilities. Their total cost is at least 403 billion soums. However, according to the Public Procurement Law, contracts worth over 6.8 billion soums cannot be transferred without a tender.

By order of the State Unitary Enterprise "Tibbiyot Qurilish Engineering" of the Ministry of Health, the second phase of construction of a perinatal center with 140 beds and a Mother and Child Center with 160 beds is underway in Tashkent.

According to the Telegram channel davletovuz, in accordance with the approved target program for 2021, the cost of these two facilities is 189.5 billion soums. Contracts were awarded without competition, according to a government document.

In line with Article 59 of the Public Procurement Law, public procurement through a tender shall be carried out when the cost of goods (works, services) exceeds twenty-five thousand base values ​​under one contract - more than 6 billion 750 million soums.

The order will be performed by Eco House-Group LLC. This company, which opened in 2018, often changes its name. It previously functioned as Whitecity Construction and Renaissance Company. The company is quite famous, in particular, after the tragedy at the Sardoba reservoir, the construction of 20 houses in the “Shodlik” makhalla of the Akaltyn district was entrusted to Whitecity Construction.

Even earlier, the same company built residential buildings in Ak-Tepe of the Chilanzar district, monolithic houses in the Sergeli district, buildings for teachers on the territory of the Student City.

It, and again without a tender, became the general contractor for the construction of the Tashkent Pharma Park research and production pharmaceutical cluster in Zangiata district, having received permission for both design and construction. It is planned to allocate $ 50 million from the Fund for Reconstruction and Development for the implementation of this project. The company has already signed a contract worth 213.5 billion soums.

In 2020, the same company received an order for 357.6 billion soums for the reconstruction of buildings and structures of the University of Geological Sciences in the Mirzo-Ulugbek district. This order was also transferred without competition, by a government document.

According to the register of legal entities, 82.4% of Eco House-Group LLC belongs to Asatov Nodirjon Khudoiberdi ogli, and 17.6% belongs to Mirvohitov Mirsaid Mirfatukh ogli. Until mid-2020, 40 percent of the company belonged to Ismail Israilov. Later he transferred his share to the above persons.

Ismail Israilov, a former director of Akfa Engineering Management, which owns 66.9% of Discovery Invest (Power Construction Planet), is also known for participating in a number of tenders with signs of conflict of interest. Just one example of this is the victory in the tender announced by the Tashkent mayor’s office for the reconstruction of the 45th house in the Yakkasaray district worth 35.5 billion soums.

Israilov also owns shares in such companies as Zo’r TV and Radio Company (31.2 percent) and Kolorpak (25 percent).

Earlier, Kun.uz already reported that a number of projects financed from the state budget in Tashkent were transferred to Discovery Invest without a tender.

For information, the Whitecity Construction brand belongs to J-United Group LLC, which belongs to the Tashkent city mayor Jakhongir Artykhodjaev.

In accordance with the decree of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev UP-5780 of August 13, 2019, ministries and departments, as well as local economic management and executive authorities are instructed to:

• take effective measures to rigorously ensure transparency and competition in public procurement carried out by all state customers through the wide involvement of business entities in the public procurement process in strict accordance with the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On public procurement";
• to categorically prohibit the practice of introducing orders of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan that do not comply with this Law, including in the form of protocol orders, providing for the possibility of direct purchases from a single supplier that are not provided for by the Law.

The resolution also prohibits the preparation and submission to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan of draft normative legal acts providing for the provision of an exclusive procedure for concluding direct contracts in the course of public procurement.

According to the law, impartiality and competitiveness of public procurement is based on the provision of equal opportunities to participants.