© 2011 T.C. Kamu İhale Kurumu
Public Procurement Authority
Electronic Public Procurement Platform
E-Procurement: Legal Framework
March 2012
Agenda
Public Procurement Law No:4734
E-procurement Application Regulation
Communique No:1 about the use of Electronic
Public Procurement Platform
Public Procurement Law No:4734
Additional Article 1: Electronic Public Procurement
Platform (Added by Law No:5812 on 20/11/2008)
‘In procurements to be conducted within the scope of this Law; without
prejudice to the article 13, stages related to procurement process, such as the tender notice, preparation and submission of the tender document, submission of the documents concerning participation and qualification, preparation, submission, and evaluation of the tenders, finalization and approval of the procurement, notification of the final tender decision, and signing of the contract as well as all sorts of notifications may be realized partly or wholly over the Electronic
Public Procurement Law No:4734
Additional Article 1: Electronic Public Procurement
Platform (Added by Law No:5812 on 20/11/2008)
‘The principles and procedures concerning the establishment and
operation of the Electronic Public Procurement Platform as well as the use of electronic means during the procurement process shall be
determined by the Authority.
All the notices to be made pursuant to article 13 of this Law shall also be published in the Electronic Public Procurement Platform.’
Public Procurement Law No:4734
Additional Article 1: Electronic Public Procurement
Platform (Added by Law No:5812 on 20/11/2008)
‘Systems may be established over the Electronic Public
Procurement Platform concerning the determination of the qualifications of candidates or tenderers in procurements that are
within the scope of this Law. The Authority is authorized with regard to establishing, getting established, and supervising of these systems, cancelling the powers of the authorized entities or taking decisions in the nature of precautions.’
© 2011 T.C. Kamu İhale Kurumu.
Public Procurement Law No:4734
Additional Article 4: Dynamic Purchasing System
(Added by Law No:5812 on 20/11/2008)
‘The Dynamic Purchasing System may be used for purchasing in electronic
environment of the manufactured goods available in the market. Open procedure is applied while establishing the system.
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The Electronic Public Procurement Platform shall be used for the procurements to be conducted by dynamic purchasing system. No fee shall
be collected for admitting to and operating of the system.
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The Authority is empowered to determine the cases requiring contract arrangements, and the principles and rules regarding the contracts on procurements within the scope of dynamic purchasing system.’
Public Procurement Law No:4734
Additional Article 5: Electronic Reverse Auction
(Added by Law No:5812 on 20/11/2008)
‘The Electronic Reverse Auction may be conducted after the completion of the evaluation phase of the open procedure, restricted procedure and
negotiated procedure, conducted according to paragraphs (a), (d) and (e) of Article 21, provided that it has been stated both in tender notice and tender documents. Electronic Reverse Auction may also be applied in tenders within the scope of dynamic purchasing system and framework agreements. Electronic
Reverse Auction shall not be used, however, in tenders for the procurement of consultancy services conducted pursuant to article 48…..’
E-procurement Application Regulation
Published in the Official Journal and Entered into Force on February 25, 2011
Regulates the procurement procedures within the scope of Law No:4734 to be conducted on the Electronic Public Procurement Platform (EPPP), partially or wholly
Typical administrative specifications and standard forms to be used in tenders, where e-submission and e-evaluation are possible, are annexed to the regulation
E-procurement Application Regulation
Procedures to be conducted on the EPPP:
-Preparation of a needs report, -Registration of the tender,
-Coupling of the needs report and the tender, -Uploading of technical specifications,
- Preparation of tender documents,
-Registration of those who purchase or download tender documents, - Tender notice preparation, control and publication,
- Addendums and clarifications in tender documents, -Forming of the tender commission,
-Registration of applications or tenders,
E-procurement Application Regulation
Main Principles:
All contracting authorities and economic operators who download tender documents using e-signatures and submit e-tenders are required to register in the EPPP.
E-submission and e-evaluation are allowed only in the goods procurement where open procedure is applied.
When a contracting authority decides to use submission and e-evaluation, paper based tenders are not allowed.
E-signatures are used by economic operators’ users who are personally
entitled to download tender documents and submit e-tenders.
All transactions on the EPPP are recorded and EPPP records are deemed absolute proofs unless the opposite is proven.
E-procurement Application Regulation
Main Principles:
Confidentiality, trust and protection of personal data are guaranteed by the PPA. Information obtained about economic operators on the EPPP shall be used only for tender evaluation related purposes and shall not be shared by third persons.
Inquiries about economic operators about their personal situation and qualifications are made via the EPPP if systems of related authorities allow to do so. For those information, paper based documents are not required.
E-procurement Application Regulation
Procedural Rules:
Economic operators who download tender documents with their e-signatures on the EPPP are not required to buy tender documents from the contracting authority.
E-tenders are prepared and submitted on the EPPP using e-signatures. They are encrypted after submission and stored confidentially until the tender opening time.
Tender opening date and hour is 24 hours after the last tender
submission date and time. E-keys are submitted within this time interval.
Personal situation ad qualification related documents which can not be inquired over the EPPP are scanned and annexed to the e-tender.
Original documents are required only from the economically most advantageous tender.
E-procurement Application Regulation
Procedural Rules:
E-tenders are opened by the tender commission on the EPPP. Tender evaluations (such as the validity of the e-signature, virus content in files) to be made during the opening session are made and recorded on the EPPP.
In later sessions e-tenders are evaluated according to specifications and evaluations are recorded on the EPPP.
Evaluations and decisions of the tender commission and the contracting authority can be followed by tenderers on the EPPP.
Communique No:1 about the use of
Electronic Public Procurement Platform
Describes in detail how to conduct transactions to be made on the EPPP by contracting authorities, economic operators and citizens.
Some of them:
How to prepare tender documents?
How to download tender documents?
How to register in the EPPP?
How to search for tender opportunities?
How to record tender evaluations?
How to make black list confirmations?
How to submit contract award information?
