Glossary
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TS 13111 Urban Cleaning Service Competence Certificate
TS 13111 is a Turkish Standard concerning the conduct of urban cleaning services in accordance with defined criteria as to service organisation, personnel, equipment, vehicles, work processes and application. The service competence certificate based on that standard shows that the workplace providing urban cleaning services is able to provide services in accordance with it. In public procurement…
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Principle of Equality of the Parties
The parties to public contracts concluded under Public Procurement Contracts Law No. 4735, namely the contracting authority and the contractor, have equal rights and obligations in the application of the terms of the contract. No provisions contrary to that principle may be included in the tender documents or the terms of the contract, and the principle is taken into account in the interpretation…
- GLOSSARYPublic Real Estate06 May 2026
Immovable Property That May Not Be Allocated or Transferred Free of Charge
The immovable property that may not be allocated or transferred free of charge is as follows: property with an annotation or injunction preventing transfer; property whose ownership is in dispute before the Cadastral Court; property whose development plan is the subject of proceedings; jointly owned property to whose transfer the co-owners have not consented; property held in collective…
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Allocation (Allocation of Immovable Property)
The allocation of immovable property is where public authorities, while retaining ownership, make the immovable property in their ownership available free of charge to one another or to village legal entities, in order that the public services laid down in their governing legislation may be carried out; and, in the case of immovable property belonging to the Treasury and places under the…
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Prohibition on Amending the Contract and Concluding a Supplementary Contract
Other than in the cases specified in Public Procurement Contracts Law No. 4735, the terms of a contract may not be amended and no supplementary contract may be drawn up once the contract has been concluded, under Article 4 of that Law. The Law permits the place of performance or delivery of the work, and the period of the work and the payment conditions corresponding to that period, to be changed…
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Penetration Testing Authorisation Certificate
The penetration testing authorisation certificate is a sectoral permit or authorisation showing that a tenderer that will carry out cyber security testing, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing and similar technical audit services for public authorities is authorised in terms of information security, technical expertise and penetration testing service capacity. It is not a general…
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Negotiated Procedure (State Procurement Law No. 2886)
The negotiated procedure is one of the procedures for tenders that generate revenue for the public purse, such as sales, leases and easements. In tenders held under this procedure, the taking of tenders is not subject to any particular form. Tenders are held by the commission taking written or oral tenders from one or more tenderers, according to the nature and requirements of the work, and…
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Private Security Company Activity Permit
The private security company activity permit is the permit showing that the tenderer is a company authorised to provide private security services, and which must be obtained for the performance of the work subject to the tender in private security service procurement tenders, under the Law on Private Security Services No. 5188. In such tenders it must be included in the section of the…
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Private Security Training Institution Activity Permit
The private security training institution activity permit is the permit showing that a private training institution wishing to carry out training activities in the field of private security is authorised to provide private security training, as regards the training premises, the conditions applicable to founders and managers, the training infrastructure, compliance with the legislation and…
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Favouritism
Favouritism in public procurement and contracts is where those involved in the tender and contract process place relatives, friends, or persons and organisations with whom they share an interest at an advantage by carrying out procedures contrary to the legislation. Although favouritism is not directly defined as an offence in the Turkish Criminal Code or other laws, it is one of the corruption…
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Sealed Tender Procedure (State Procurement Law No. 2886)
The sealed tender procedure is the tender procedure carried out under State Procurement Law No. 2886 in which tenders are submitted confidentially. Among the tender procedures laid down in that Law it is the principal procedure, because it ensures that tenders are submitted confidentially, under Article 36 of Law No. 2886.
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Public Construction Contract
A public construction contract is the contract concluded between the contracting authority and the contractor within the scope of a tender held under Public Procurement Law No. 4734. The contractor party to that contract is obliged to create and deliver the structure specified in the tender documents, and the contracting authority to pay the price provided for in the contract.
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Public Expenditure
Public expenditure is the spending of the appropriations allocated to them by the administrations, institutions and organisations acting on behalf of the State, such as general and special budget administrations, municipalities, revolving fund organisations and public economic enterprises, in order to meet the requirements and benefit of the public. The procedures and methods to be applied in…
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Public Information Technology Authorisation Certificate
The public information technology authorisation certificate is a document in the nature of a permit or authorisation, provided for specifically in the relevant legislation for the performance of the work subject to the tender, issued by the Ministry of Industry and Technology to show that the tenderer has the organisational, technical and administrative capacity to carry out information…
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The Principal Purpose of Public Procurement
The principal purpose of public procurement is to meet public requirements in good time and on appropriate terms, in a manner that ensures competition and the efficient use of resources.
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Public Procurement
Public procurement is the purchase by public institutions and organisations, such as general and special budget administrations, municipalities, revolving fund organisations and public economic enterprises, of the goods, services and works they require in order to carry out their principal duties, by the procedures and methods laid down in the legislation. Those procedures and methods are laid…
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Quality Management System Certificate (ISO 9001 / TS EN ISO 9001)
The quality management system certificate is a system certificate showing that an organisation plans, implements, monitors and continuously improves its activities within a defined quality management system. ISO 9001 and TS EN ISO 9001 are the most common such certificates. They concern not the product itself but the organisational processes, documentation, approach to customer satisfaction and…
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Good Hygiene Practice Certificate
The good hygiene practice certificate is a quality or standard certificate directed at showing that cleaning, personnel hygiene, equipment hygiene, the prevention of cross-contamination, pest control, water and raw material safety, waste management and hygiene records are managed according to defined rules in food production, preparation, storage, transport, service and presentation processes. It…
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Expedited Judicial Procedure (Tendered Works)
The expedited judicial procedure applies to disputes arising from tender procedures, other than debarment decisions. The period for bringing proceedings under that procedure is thirty days, under Article 20/A of the Code of Administrative Procedure.
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Business Registration Certificate (Food Production Permit)
The business registration certificate is the compulsory permit or registration document showing that the business in which the meal preparation, meal production, food production or mass catering service subject to the tender is to be carried out is registered for the purposes of the food legislation, is known to the competent authority, and is by its field of activity suitable for operating in…