Prohibition From Participation in Tenders in Turkey

The Public Procurement Law bars the following persons from bidding in public tenders directly or indirectly or as a sub-contractor:

(i) those who have been prohibited from participating in tenders by governmental oices or by court order temporarily or permanently, and those who have been convicted of crimes related to terrorism or bribery,

(ii) those who have been involved in fraudulent bankruptcy,
(iii) authorised persons of the administration organising the tender and those who are assigned to prepare, execute, complete and approve all tender proceedings,
(iv) spouses, relatives up to third degree and marital relatives up to second degree, foster children and adopters of those speciied above,
(v) the partners and companies of those speciied above from (a) to (d),
(vi) those who are presumed to have connection to terrorist organisations, as notiied by the National Intelligence Agency or the Directorate of Public Security.

Additionally,

(i) those who perform prohibited acts under the Public Procurement Law (i.e. committing fraud, forging documents, causing confusion among bidders, endangering the ompetition, forging documents, submitting more than one tender on its own account or on behalf of others, using defected materials during performance of the work etc.) shall be prohibited from participation in any tender for at least 1 year and up to 2 years depending on the nature of their acts, and (ii) those who fail to conclude an agreement, except for force majeure, despite winning the tender shall be prohibited from participation in any tender for at least 6 months and up to 1 year.

Those who have committed prohibited acts and who have been convicted repeatedly, together with any companies in which they own half of the share capital or partnership companies in which they are a partner, shall be permanently prohibited from participating in public tenders by court decision.