Operations and Investments Department

The Operations and Investments Department is primarily responsible for the following tasks:

In the area of operations:

• It comprehensively provides passenger, bus, and freight transportation services for the Rector’s Office and the faculties (institutes);
• it conducts regular checks on the completeness of data and the accuracy of primary records regarding vehicle transportation and proposes measures to address any identified deficiencies;
• monthly evaluates the economic indicators of vehicle transportation and monitors compliance with the principles of cost-effectiveness in vehicle transportation; monthly evaluates and monitors drivers’ on-call duty and overtime hours;
• ensures that repairs, regular technical inspections, emissions tests, and maintenance inspections of UCM vehicles are carried out; prepares agreements on the assignment and use of official vehicles and records of the handover and acceptance of official vehicles;
• comprehensively manages the Rector’s Office’s energy management and related inspection services, as well as telecommunications services;
• prepares documentation for the approval of leases and the drafting of lease agreements for real estate, non-residential premises, and movable property within the Rector’s Office and centrally funded units;
• ensures the actual implementation of leases, the handover and takeover of premises, inspections and checks of leased property, contact with tenants, and similar matters;
• manages UCM real estate;
• provides routine maintenance and repairs at the Rector’s Office, security services, cleaning services, telecommunications services, and maintenance and repairs of buildings managed by UCM;
• updates UCM’s land records based on extracts from the real estate cadastre;
• compiles a plan for public procurement items and prepares procurement strategies for UCM;
• prepares tender documents for the selection of suppliers of goods, services, and construction work for UCM;
• ensures the protection of UCM’s facilities and property;
• performs other related tasks and activities. II.

In the area of investments:

• prepares analytical materials and documents to define UCM’s future development strategy, draft its key strategic documents, and monitor their implementation;
• coordinates and supports the preparation of updates to UCM’s strategic documents;
• monitors strategic materials from European Union and Slovak Republic authorities in the areas of higher education, science, and research;
• monitors trends in higher education in Europe and OECD countries;
• coordinates and prepares background materials for UCM’s annual reports;
• proposes a strategy for optimizing material and technical development, the development of business activities at UCM, and UCM’s economic and financial policy;
• ensures pre-project and project preparation for capital construction projects, renovations, and modernizations, as well as the implementation of approved projects;
• performs technical supervision of construction work;
• coordinates the activities of designers, contractors, subcontractors, and future users of the building;
• arranges for construction repairs to be carried out by contractors;
• prepares statistical reports on public works;
• provides final evaluations, occupancy permits, and documentation for the classification of structures as fixed assets and their commissioning;
• performs other related tasks and activities. I

In the area of public procurement:

• compiles a plan of public procurement items and prepares procurement strategies for UCM;
• prepares tender documents for the selection of suppliers of goods, services, and construction work for UCM;
• manages the bid evaluation process and evaluates bidders’ proposals;
• resolves bidders’ objections with the Public Procurement Office on behalf of UCM;
• prepares public procurement reports detailing the methods used over the course of a calendar year for UCM;
• handles audits related to public procurement;
• performs other related tasks and activities.