Ukrgazvydobuvannya announced a tender for the purchase of pipes for UAH 35 million

Ukraine’s largest state-owned gas producing company Ukrgazvydobuvannya (UGV) plans to purchase 436 tons of electric-welded pipes worth UAH 34.96 million. This is evidenced by the tender in the ProZorro system.

According to the tender, UGV plans to purchase the following products for the branches of Poltavagazvidobuvannya, Lvivgazvydobuvannya and Shebelynkagazvydobuvannya:

• steel electric welded seamless pipe, Ø325x8mm, article 3-20 DSTU 8943:2019 or equivalent – 60 tons;
• steel electric welded seamless pipe, Ø325x8mm, article 3-20 DSTU 8943:2019 or equivalent – 61 t;
• steel electric welded seamless pipe, Ø325x8mm, article 3-20 DSTU 8943:2019 or equivalent – 315 t.

The date of the auction has not yet been determined. Deadline for submission of tenders is October 22, 2022. Products must be distributed to the warehouses of branches by March 31, 2023.

The leading pipe producer in Ukraine is the international vertically integrated pipe and wheel company Interpipe. Before the war, Naftogaz’s subsidiaries Ukrgazvydobuvannya and Ukrnafta consumed about 50-60 thousand tons of Interpipe’s pipes.

As GMK Center reported earlier, at the beginning of the year Interpipe Niko Tube signed a contract with UGV for the supply of various types of pipes with a total cost of UAH 2.9 billion. After that, Interpipe won two more tenders for the production of pipes for a gas producing company – 1.5 thousand tons worth 161.9 million UAH and 3 thousand tons worth 201.1 million UAH.

The Ukrainian pipe enterprises in January-July 2022 reduced pipe production by 27.1% compared to the same period in 2021, to 226.9 thousand tons