Announcements
Notices about the office and about changes that affect ongoing procurement files.
- 01 February 2024The Public Procurement Authority has announced the entry into force of the Communiqué on procurement by direct procurementThe Communiqué on procurement by direct procurement, setting out the procedures and principles for conducting electronically the procurement provided for in Article 22 of Law No 4734, was published in the Official Gazette of 11 July 2023, No 32245.
- 24 January 2024The Public Procurement Authority has published an announcement on submitting electronic performance bonds through TakasbankIn order to ensure that the undertaking is performed in accordance with the contract and the tender documents, a performance bond of 6 per cent calculated on the contract price is taken from the successful tenderer before the contract is concluded.
- 16 January 2024Presidential Decision published on the principles governing additional price adjustment and extension of timeThe provision headed “Grant of additional price adjustment and extension of time in construction works” entered into force on 28 December 2023 as provisional Article 7 of Public Procurement Contracts Law No 4735. The principles governing additional price adjustment and extension of time were set out in Presidential Decision No 8090 of 16 January.
- 28 December 2023The amendments on the refund of contract stamp duty and the removal of the exemptions for international tenders have entered into forceStamp duty on the contract has been added to the provision in Stamp Duty Law No 488 on the refund of stamp duty on award decisions in tenders under Law No 4734. Accordingly, where a complaint is made to bodies within the scope of Public Procurement Law No 4734 or an appeal is lodged with the Public Procurement Authority.
- 28 December 2023The provision on additional price adjustment has been enactedLaw No 7491 amending certain laws and decree-laws was published in the Official Gazette of 28 December 2023 and entered into force. The provision headed “Grant of additional price adjustment and extension of time in construction works” was added to Public Procurement Contracts Law No 4735 as a provisional article.
- 30 November 2023A legislative proposal on additional price adjustment has been tabledThe provision in Article 40 of legislative proposal No 2/1812 amending certain laws and decree-laws was adopted at the meeting of the Grand National Assembly Plan and Budget Committee on 29 November 2023.
- 24 October 2023The Public Procurement Authority has published an announcement on guarantees provided in cashUnder Article 34 of Law No 4734, Turkish currency in circulation, that is to say cash, may also be provided as a guarantee in tenders. Following developments by the Authority, cash guarantee details declared in the qualification information table can be queried through EKAP.
- 03 April 2023Following the amendment to the procurement legislation, complaints and appeals must now be lodged through EKAP, and the rules on notices have changedAmendments were made to the Regulation and Communiqué on Applications concerning Tenders, the Framework Agreement Tenders Implementation Regulation and the Public Procurement General Communiqué by the Official Gazette of 1 April 2023, No 32150.
- 10 March 2023Electronic tendering made mandatoryAmendments were made by the Regulation amending the Electronic Procurement Implementation Regulation published in the Official Gazette of 18 May 2022, No 31839.
- 10 March 2023Whether insurance costs may be claimed from the contractor where the contract is terminated by the contracting authorityBy decision No 2023/DK.D-56 of 1 March 2023, the Public Procurement Board addressed termination of the contract by the contracting authority for reasons such as the contractor's failure to comply with the terms of the contract, and termination under provisional Article 4 of Public Procurement Contracts Law No 4735 on the liquidation or transfer of contracts.
- 09 March 2023The Public Procurement Authority has clarified the third paragraph of provisional Article 6 of Law No 4735 on additional price adjustment and termination of contractsBy decision No 2023/DK.D-48 of 22 February 2023, the Public Procurement Authority published an announcement resolving doubts as to the principles governing the application of provisional Article 6 of Public Procurement Contracts Law No 4735.
- 03 March 2023New arrangements for public procurement following the earthquake published by Presidential Decree No 127A Presidential Decree has been published covering matters that public contracting firms operating in the earthquake region and public employees working on tendered contracts need to know.
- 12 February 2023Which is more advantageous in public procurement: a bank letter of guarantee or a surety bond issued by an insurer?In public procurement, tenderers may provide the following as a bid bond or performance bond.
- 12 February 2023Amendments to the procurement legislation of 29 December 2022 publishedThe amendments to the procurement regulations and to the Public Procurement General Communiqué were published in the Official Gazette of 29 December 2022, No 32058.
- 12 February 2023Announcement published on obtaining electronic bid bonds through the Takasbank public guarantee management platformThe Takasbank public guarantee management platform, enabling electronic bid bonds submitted in tenders under Public Procurement Law No 4734 to be transmitted through Istanbul Settlement and Custody Bank, went live on 1 September 2021.
- 12 February 2023The law has changed: appeal fees may now be recoveredThe phrase “where the applicant is upheld on all of its grounds” introduced by the amendment is expected to give rise to considerable debate and disputes, because it is unclear how the Public Procurement Authority will frame its decision on an appeal where some of the grounds are upheld.
- 11 February 2023Decision published on the determination of costs included in the unit price bid in electricity supply tenders and on whether electricity may be procured by direct procurementThe Public Procurement Authority has published a decision on the determination of the costs included in the unit price bid in electricity supply tenders and on whether electricity may be procured by direct procurement.
- 11 February 2023Electronic bid bonds may now also be used in tenders not conducted electronicallyIn tenders held under Public Procurement Law No 4734, electronic bid bonds may be issued and submitted through banks and participation banks integrated with the Public Procurement Authority.