Which element is taken as the basis for progress payments in catering service procurement?

Case / decision no:

2023/81 / 2023/440

Decision date:

15 June 2026

Court:

Danıştay

Case number:

2023/81

The judgment of the 13th Chamber of the Council of State (case No 2023/1435, decision No 2023/3059) establishes that in catering service procurement including materials, payment may be made not on the basis of the total number of meals but, where the tender documents so provide expressly, on the basis of the number of meals actually consumed and determined by the contracting authority.