March: 20, 2026
Recently, the Ministry of Internal Affairs made a large purchase from “Art Lunch” in a non-competitive, urgent one-person procurement procedure. The legal name of the company is “Ready-Steady”.
More than once written: The affairs of “Artlanchi” completely “went right” under these authorities. this LLC was entrusted with the food supply of several prisons, military units of the Ministry of Defense. Let’s note, however, that they have already managed to record the most serious problems related to the company. back in 2021, the Chamber of Accounts noted: “Ready-Steady LLC prepared food for the convicts at the expense of the funds of the prisons.”
Anyway. On March 18, the Ministry of Internal Affairs bought 160 million drams worth of canteen management services from Ready-Steady under the HMA procedure. The delivery date is from March 7 to December 29 inclusive. By the way, according to the e-procurement platform, this is the first major cooperation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with this LLC.
“Ready-Steady” LLC, “Art Lunch”, was registered since 2002, and appeared in state procurement since 2017, and since 2018, it has started hyperactivity in state procurement: hundreds of contracts worth 100 million drams with various state departments, including non-competitive procurement.
100 percent share of this company belongs to Bakur Melkonyan’s wife, Gayane Margaryan.
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