Food prices in Mykolaiv schools will rise from 1 September: Education Department announces tender for ₴146 million

The city plans to spend 146.2 million hryvnias on school meals for children in Mykolaiv by the end of this year. Earlier it was reported that school meals would rise in price from 1 September.

This is evidenced by data from the Prozorro public procurement system, according to NikVesti.

The customer of the service is the Education Department of Mykolaiv City Council. The contractor will have to organise meals for children in 52 lyceums and gymnasiums, as well as in the Mykolaiv Special School for Children with Visual Impairments from 1 September to the end of 2025.

The process of submitting bids from prospective bidders is currently underway, and the contractor will be selected after 7 August.

Prior to that, the cost of meals in Mykolaiv's kindergartens and schools with one meal a day was raised from 1 January 2025.

Then, in April, the executive committee of Mykolaiv City Council decided to increase the cost of meals in kindergartens and a special school for visually impaired children.

Now, the cost of school meals will be increased from 1 September 2025.

Renovation of canteens in Mykolaiv schools

Back in September 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the allocation of subventions to renovate school canteens in Mykolaiv. Four educational institutions will receive almost 80 million hryvnias for major repairs and equipment purchases. Among them:

Mykolaiv Lyceum №40: the institution will receive 20 million 976 thousand 134 hryvnias for the overhaul of the canteen. The lyceum has 1832 students and will receive the status of a hub kitchen.

Mykolaiv Lyceum №3: 18 million 514 thousand 376 hryvnias has been allocated for this lyceum with 1210 students. The lyceum will also receive the status of a basic kitchen.

Mykolaiv Gymnasium №52: 19 million 554 thousand 74 hryvnias will be allocated for the overhaul of the catering department. The gymnasium, which has 1609 students, will become a hub kitchen.

Mykolaiv gymnasium №46: 19 million 835 thousand 683 hryvnias has been allocated to repair the catering department of this institution. The gymnasium has 686 pupils and will receive the status of a basic kitchen.

Recently, the Department of Housing and Capital Construction of Voznesensk City Council ordered 11.5 million hryvnias to renovate the canteen and dining hall at Lyceum №10.

And almost 10 million hryvnias is planned to be spent on renovating the canteen at Kobleve Lyceum.