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Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certificate
The occupational health and safety management system certificate is a quality or standard certificate showing that an organisation manages its occupational health and safety risks within a defined management system, and that it has established policies, targets, risk assessment, preventive measures, audit and continuous improvement processes directed at reducing the risks of occupational…
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Principle of Adherence to the Tender Documents
The tender documents under a public procurement contract, comprising the administrative specifications, the draft contract, the technical specifications and the projects, are prepared before the tender and published with the notice, under Article 27 of Law No. 4734. Tenderers prepare their tenders having regard to the conditions in those documents, and the contracting authority signs the contract…
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Internal Audit
Internal audit is the audit mechanism that determines whether public expenditure has been used economically, effectively and efficiently, and prevents errors and deficiencies from arising, under Article 63 of the Public Financial Management and Control Law No. 5018. Internal audit is carried out both by the internal auditors referred to in Law No. 5018 and by the inspection and preliminary…
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ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System Certificate
The information technology and information security management system certificate denotes in practice management system certificates such as the ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System Certificate and the ISO/IEC 20000 Information Technology Service Management System Certificate. ISO/IEC 27001 is the standard showing that an organisation has established, implements, maintains and…
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ISO/IEC 17025 Testing and Calibration Laboratory Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 Testing and Calibration Laboratory Accreditation is the international standard showing the technical competence, impartiality and consistent operation of testing and calibration laboratories. It demonstrates the capacity of laboratories to produce reliable, traceable and valid testing and calibration results. In public procurement, ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is significant in goods…
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ISO/IEC 17020 Inspection Body Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17020 Inspection Body Accreditation is the conformity assessment standard laying down the requirements for the technical competence and impartiality of inspection bodies and for the consistent conduct of their inspection activities. It aims to ensure that inspections carried out on products, facilities, processes, equipment or services are objective and reliable. In public procurement…
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ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System Certificate
The ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System Certificate is an international standard showing that organisations within the food chain have established a food safety management system, are able to control food safety hazards and systematically manage their capacity to supply safe food. The ISO 22000 certificate may not, however, be required in goods and service procurement tenders, under Articles…
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ISO 15189 Medical Laboratory Accreditation
ISO 15189 Medical Laboratory Accreditation is the international standard laying down the requirements for the quality and technical competence of medical laboratories. The management system of clinical laboratories, the competence of personnel, the calibration of devices, sample processes, the accuracy of analyses and the reliability of results are among the principal subjects of that standard…
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Service Competence Certificate
Having regard to the organisational structure, planning activities and responsibilities underlying the service competence certificate, it is not required in tenders for services carried out in contracting authorities' own service buildings, excluding assembly, maintenance and repair services carried out there, or in tenders where by their nature it is not appropriate, such as personnel and…
- GLOSSARYPublic Real Estate05 May 2026
Treasury Immovable Property
Treasury immovable property consists of the immovable property in the private ownership of the Treasury together with the places under the authority and disposal of the State. Immovable property in the private ownership of the Treasury means immovable property registered in the land registry in the name of the Treasury.
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Permit for Pest Control Application in the Field of Public Health
The permit for pest control application in the field of public health is the activity permit issued by the provincial health directorate to real or legal persons that will provide pest control or application services using biocidal products in order to combat pests in the field of public health. In current practice this field is also expressed using the terminology of biocidal product…
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HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points)
HACCP is a scientific and systematic food safety approach directed at identifying biological, chemical and physical hazards in food production and service processes, establishing critical control points, monitoring at those points, and taking preventive measures before a risk materialises. HACCP may not, however, be required in goods and service procurement tenders, under Articles 54.2(ö) and…
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Food Safety Management System Certificate (ISO 22000)
The ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System Certificate is an international standard showing that organisations within the food chain have established a food safety management system, are able to control food safety hazards and systematically manage their capacity to supply safe food. In goods and service procurement tenders held under public procurement, the ISO 22000 certificate may not be…
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Food Safety Information System
The Food Safety Information System is the system used by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry containing the business registration certificate, business approval certificate, field of activity, business address, certificate status and registration details of food businesses. It is of particular importance in catering service procurement tenders, since whether the business registration…
- GLOSSARYPublic Real Estate05 May 2026
Creation of Rights Other Than Ownership (Law No. 2886)
A right in rem is a right that confers direct and absolute power over a thing and that may be asserted against everyone. Under State Procurement Law No. 2886, the creation of rights other than ownership takes the form of leasing public immovable property or transferring the right of use to third parties by tender. In that case the contracting authority continues to hold the right of ownership…
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Immovable Property in the Private Ownership of the State
Immovable property in the private ownership of the State is immovable property that the State owns not by virtue of its sovereign power based on public authority, but as an owner subject to the provisions of private law. Over such property the State may dispose just as real and legal persons may, carrying out transactions such as sale, lease, exchange or the creation of rights in rem. In that…
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Immovable Property Under the Authority and Disposal of the State
Immovable property under the authority and disposal of the State consists of places that cannot be the subject of private ownership, that fall directly within the sovereign power of the State and that are allocated to the public benefit. Over such property the State disposes not as an owner under the provisions of private law, but by superior powers based on public authority. Under Turkish law…
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Supply Methods of the State Supply Office
The State Supply Office meets requests for goods and materials from public institutions and organisations in accordance with the legislation and according to the following methods: supply from stock, where the materials requested are supplied from materials purchased and held in stock; supply from the catalogue, where the materials requested are supplied from suppliers under purchase contracts…
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Sale Methods of the State Supply Office
Sales by the State Supply Office are in principle made once the price of the goods and materials requested by the customer has been paid into the Office's accounts in advance. Where the Board of Directors considers it appropriate, sales may also take the following forms: sale on credit, where the price is collected subsequently; campaign sales, where reduced prices are applied for limited periods…
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State Supply Office
The State Supply Office is a public economic enterprise with a special status whose capital belongs entirely to the State, established to operate in the economic field on commercial principles, which meets the common goods and certain service requirements of public institutions and organisations through a central purchasing model, and which forms a supply bridge between the market and contracting…