Glossary
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Tender Tailored to a Particular Firm
A type of tender in which competition is in practice eliminated because the technical specifications or the conditions of the tender have been prepared so as to place a particular firm at an advantage. Such conduct constitutes an offence, and the officials responsible must be punished under the Turkish Criminal Code.
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Catering Service Procurement
A service procurement concerning the performance by the contractor of services relating to the preparation, cooking, distribution or serving of meals, in order to meet the meal requirements of the personnel of contracting authorities, students, patients or other persons benefiting from the service. According to the principles laid down in the tender documents, the service may cover activities…
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Prohibited Acts and Conduct (Law No. 2886)
The prohibited acts and conduct under the State Procurement Law consist, during the preparation, conduct and conclusion of tender procedures, in rigging or attempting to rig the procedures of the tender by deceit, trickery, promises, threats, the use of influence, the obtaining of an advantage or other means; and, in tenders held under the open tender or negotiated procedure, in speaking so as to…
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Works Contractor Authorisation Certificate
The authorisation certificate number issued by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change to real or legal persons wishing to undertake the construction of structures subject to a building permit, so that they may lawfully carry out contracting activity, and showing that they are registered in the information system for works contractors. It is an official document providing for…
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Tenders Above the Estimated Cost
The estimated cost is the tender price formed by the contracting authority through market research before the tender. Tenders above the estimated cost, which is disclosed after the tender hour, are generally excluded from the evaluation. The tender commission nevertheless compares the tenders submitted against the estimated cost, examining whether any matter was left out of account when the…
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Manipulation of the Estimated Cost
The unlawful practice of determining or steering the estimated cost that the contracting authority is required to determine for the work subject to the tender deliberately and contrary to the truth, whether too high or too low, rather than basing it on market research and technical calculations in accordance with the legislation, so as to affect the outcome of the tender.
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Updating the Estimated Cost
The recalculation or correction of the estimated cost having regard to price changes occurring in the period between the date on which it was first calculated and the date of the tender. This is done in order to ensure that the work subject to the tender is assessed on a realistic cost consistent with market conditions. In updating the estimated cost, price indices, market price research, the…
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Confidentiality of the Estimated Cost
The confidentiality of the estimated cost is a fundamental principle of public procurement, denoting the obligation to keep the estimated cost calculated by the contracting authority for the work subject to the tender secret from tenderers and third parties until the final tenders have been received. The purpose of keeping the estimated cost confidential is to ensure competition and the effective…
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Approved Supplier
A firm admitted to particular procurement processes by meeting the qualification criteria within the framework of the principles and procedures determined by the Ministry of National Defence.
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Employer's Social Security Premium
The social security premium payable by the employer in service procurements based on the employment of personnel.
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Judgment of the Court of Accounts
The name given to the judicial decision by which the Court of Accounts, as a result of its adjudication of accounts, rules on the liabilities arising from the revenue, expenditure and property transactions of public administrations and orders those liable to compensate the loss to the public purse, or holds that they are not liable. A judgment of the Court determines in law whether a loss to the…
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Audit by the Court of Accounts
An independent, constitutional external audit activity carried out by the Court of Accounts in respect of the revenues, expenditure and property of public administrations and the related accounts and transactions, from the standpoint of lawfulness, the principles of financial management and the effective, economical and efficient use of public resources. The Court examines whether public…
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Defence Industry Company
An undertaking of a real or legal person that is subject to the security and permit processes under the relevant legislation in order to carry out the production, servicing, importation or exportation of defence or controlled material, or to operate within the defence supply chain.
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Defence Industry Tenders
The body of procurement and tender processes directed at meeting requirements in the field of defence and security for goods, services, systems, platforms, maintenance, modernisation and the like.
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Service Procurement Not Based on the Employment of Personnel
Procurements in which the number of personnel to be employed in performing the service is not determined by the contracting authority and the greater part of the cost does not consist of labour costs. Under the public procurement legislation, services in which less than 70% of the estimated cost consists of labour costs fall within this scope.
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Registration as a Supplier with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency
The registration process by which firms wishing to do business with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency register as suppliers in its system and their qualification information is assessed. Firms must generally be registered in that database in order to participate in NATO tenders.
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NCAGE Code
The international supplier identification code assigned in order to identify firms in the NATO procurement system. Firms must obtain this code in order to submit tenders in NATO tenders.
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NATO Support and Procurement Agency
An international NATO agency that carries out logistics support, maintenance, engineering, the procurement of goods and services and the purchasing procedures of defence projects on behalf of NATO member countries. A significant proportion of NATO tenders is carried out by this agency, and Turkish firms mostly participate in NATO tenders through it.
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Travel Allowance in Cash
A cash payment made to cover the transport costs of employees.
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Meal Allowance in Cash
A cash payment made to employees for meals in service procurements based on the employment of personnel.