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4.1. The tender document may be reviewed free of charge at the address specified below. However, those who will submit their tenders to the contracting entity shall be liable to purchase the tender document approved by the contracting entity.
4.3. The tenderer shall be deemed to accept the conditions and rules within the tender document by purchasing the tender document.
4.4. (Annex: 08/06/2004 – 25486 Official Gazette / Art. 32) If the papers comprising the tender document are issued and sold to the tenderers in other languages besides Turkish, the Turkish text shall be taken as basis in understanding and interpretation of the tender documents as well as the disputes that may arise between the contracting entity and tenderers.
6.2. In addition, addenda to be published by the Contracting entity as well as the written clarifications to be made by the Contracting entity upon the written request of the tenderers shall be an integral binding part of the tender documents in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Specification hereby.
6.3. The tenderer shall be liable to carefully review the content of all documents listed above. The tenderer shall be liable in the event that he could not fulfill the requirements for submitting the tender. The tenders that are not in compliance with the procedure stipulated and described in the tender document shall not be taken into consideration.
d) (Amended: 08/06/2004 – 25486 Official Gazette/ Art. 33) Written letter of commitment evidencing that the tenderer is not in the cases listed under items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g) and (i) of Article 10 of this Specification hereby.
(Amended: 08/06/2004 – 25486 Official Gazette / Art. 33) In the case of joint ventures, each partner shall be liable to submit the documents listed under items (b), (c), (d), (l), (n) and (o) separately.
7.3. The documents required for the professional and technical qualification and the criteria that these documents have to meet 1.
7.5.2- The notarized documents have to bear the expression “this is a true copy” certifying the true copy of the original document, otherwise the documents certified in witness of copies of photocopies of the same with the expression “this is the same copy of the document issued” or any expression with the same meaning shall be rejected.
7.5.3- The Tenderers may also, instead of originals, include into their tenders the copies, bearing the expression “Original copy seen by the Contracting entity” or any expression with the same meaning, of the originals seen and returned by the contracting entity prior to the procurement.
7.5.4- The documents except for the ones listed under Article 7.5.4.1 hereunder that will be submitted by the domestic or foreign tenderers have to be issued according to the legislation of the respective country and approved by the Consulate of the Republic of Turkey in the country where it is issued or the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, official documents issued from the countries that are party to the Convention on Abolishing the Obligation to Certify Foreign Official Documents and included in the scope of Article 1 of this convention shall be exempted from the approval of the Consulate of the Republic of Turkey in the country where it is issued or the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided that they bear the “Apostille” seal. Provided that there is an agreement or convention containing provisions that require certain proceedings in respect of certifying the signature, seal or stamp on the documents between the Republic of Turkey and any other state or states, the approval of documents issued from such countries shall be subject to the provisions of this agreement or convention.
7.5.5- In the event that the Turkish translations of the documents are required in this Specification, translations of official documents issued abroad as well as the documents listed in the tender document by the Contracting entity have to be approved by the Consulate of the Republic of Turkey or the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Translations of documents that bear the seal of Apostille as well as the translations of documents that are not required to be approved by the Consulate of the Republic of Turkey or the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs must be rendered by the sworn translators and notarized.
e) Spouses, relatives by blood up to third degree as well as relatives–in–law up to second degree, foster children and adopters of the persons specified in paragraphs (c) and (d).
9.2. Any bodies such as foundations, associations, unions and funds under the body of the Contracting entity or established for any reason related to the Contracting entity as well as the companies partner to these organizations cannot participate in the procurement.
9.3. Furthermore, the contractors that provide consultation services in relation to the procurement, which is the subject of the procurement, shall not be able to participate in the procurement. This prohibition shall be applicable for the companies in partnership and management affiliation as well as the companies where more than half of the capital is owned by above-mentioned companies..
13.2. In the event that the request for such a clarification is approved, the clarification by the Contracting entity shall be sent to all tenderers in written who have purchased the tender document until the said date with a registered and prepaid letter or delivered by hand against signature. This written clarification by the Contracting entity shall be made to ensure that all tenderers are informed at least ten (10) days prior to the deadline date of submitting tenders.
13.4. The written clarifications shall be given included in the tender document to the tenderers who receive the tender document after the day which the clarification has been made.
14.1. It is essential that no amendment to the tender document should be made following the announcement of procurement. However, in the event that substantial or technical mistakes or deficiencies that may adversely affect the preparation of tenders or performance of works are determined by the Contracting entity or notified written by the tenderers, an amendment may be made to the tender document by issuing an addendum.
14.2. The said addendum shall be sent to all tenderers who have purchased the tender document in written in a registered and prepaid letter or delivered by hand in return for a signature, and the tenderers shall be ensured to be notified at least ten (10) days prior to the date of procurement.
14.4. In the event that an addendum is issued, the tenderers who have submitted their tenders before such an amendment shall be enable to withdraw their former tenders and submit their new tenders.
15.1. When deemed necessary by the Contracting entity or when it is determined that some points in the tender document hinder the procurement and it is impossible to remedy , the procurement may be cancelled before the time of procurement.
15.3. In the event that the procurement is cancelled, all submitted tenders shall be deemed rejected and such tenders shall be returned to the tenderers without opening.
16.1. More than one real body or legal body shall be able to submit tenders for the procurement through establishing a joint venture.
16.4. The Joint Venture Agreement (Joint Venture Statement) and Contract shall include the provision that real bodies and legal entities comprising the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable to perform the contract.
16.5. The pilot partner should have the most shares in the joint venture. The percentage of share of the partners shall be indicated in the Joint Venture Agreement (Joint Venture Statement) and Contract.
23.2. The tenders shall be submitted to the Contracting entity (the office where the tenders shall be submitted) in return for receipts with order numbers until the time of the procurement stipulated in the tender document. The tenders submitted after this time shall not be accepted and returned to the tenderer without opening.
23.5. In the event that the duration of submitting tenders is extended with an addendum, all rights and liabilities of the Contracting entity and tenderers, with regard to the former date of submitting tenders shall be deemed extended in terms of duration until the readjusted deadline of submitting tenders.
25.1. The validity duration of tenders shall be at least …………. calendar days following the date of procurement. The tender letters indicating shorter validity duration shall not be taken into consideration.
25.4. Requests and answers to this effect shall be made written, sent by registered and prepaid mail or delivered by hand in return for signature.
26.3. However, the Value Added Tax (VAT) payable under the contract shall be paid separately to the contractor by the Contracting entity in accordance with the relevant legislation.
27.2. In the event that the tenderer is a joint venture, the partners may provide bid bonds at the rate of their share, or the bid bond may be paid by one or some of the partners provided that the total amount is not less than the minimum amount of bid bond.
c) Government securities exported by the Treasury Secretariat and certificates issued in lieu of these bonds.
28.2. Those specified in item (c) and those exported by including the interest in the nominal value of the bonds issued in lieu of them shall be accepted as guarantee over the sales value corresponding to the principal.
28.3. Letters of Guarantee issued by foreign banks that are allowed to act in Turkey as per the relevant legislation and the Letters of Guarantee issued by the banks or private financial organizations in Turkey with counter-guarantee of banks or similar loan organizations acting outside Turkey shall also be accepted as guarantee.
28.5. The guarantees may be replaced with other values accepted as guarantee (bid bond).
29.2. The guarantees other than the Bank Letters of Guarantee must be furnished to the Accountancy or Directorates of Accounting, and the receipts thereof must be submitted inside the tender envelopes.
30.1. The Letters of Guarantee belonging to the tenderer that is to be awarded the contract and to the tenderer who has submitted the second economically most advantageous tendershall be delivered to the Accountancy or Directorates of Accounting after the procurement. Bid bonds of the other tenderers shall be returned immediately.
30.3. In the event that a contract is concluded with the tenderer that is awarded the contract, the guarantee of the tenderer who has submitted the second economically most advantageous tender shall be returned just after signing the contract.
31.2.2. The Tender commission shall review the tender envelopes in receiving order. Name, surname or trade title, full notification address of the tenderer, the work referred by the tender, full address of the Contracting entity holding the procurement on the envelope as well as the signature and stamp of the tenderer on the adhesive part of the envelope shall be checked in this review. The envelopes that do not meet the said requirements shall be written into a minute, and shall not be taken into consideration.
31.2.3. The envelopes shall be opened in receiving order in front of the participants and tenderers. It shall be checked whether the documents of the tenderers are complete, and the tender letters and the bid bonds are in compliance with the described procedure. The tenderers whose documents are deficient or whose tender letters and bid bonds are not in compliance with the described procedure shall be written into a minute.
32.1. (Amended: 08/06/2004 – 25486 Official Gazette/ Art. 34) In evaluation of the tenders, it shall firstly be decided that the tenders of the tenderers whose documents are deficient or whose tender letters and bid bonds are not in compliance with the procedure pursuant to Sub-Article 31.2.3 of this Specification hereby shall be disqualified from the evaluation process.
32.1.1. In the event that the documents that must be submitted within the tender envelope as per this Specification and the annexes that must be provided pursuant to the related legislation are not furnished by the tenderers, contracting entity shall not have such deficient documents and annexes thereto completed.
32.2.3. In the event that an arithmetic error is determined in multiplication and sum within the statements enclosed to the tender letters indicating the tender prices, the arithmetic errors shall be corrected by the Tender commission on the basis of unit prices offered by the tenderers. The tender found as a result of such correction shall be accepted as the principal tender of the tenderer and the matter shall immediately be notified written to the tenderer.
32.2.4. The tenderer shall be liable to notify written within five (5) days following the date of the aforesaid notification whether s/he accepts the corrected tender or not. In the event that the tenderer notifies that s/he does not accept the corrected tender or does not reply within this duration, then the tender shall be disqualified from evaluation and the bid bond furnished shall be registered as revenue.
c) originality of the product offered.
35.3. Furthermore, the Contracting entity shall notify the reasons of the cancellation of the procurement to the tenderers who requests to this effect.
36.1. The tenderer that submits economically the most advantageous tender shall be awarded the contract.
36.4. In the procurements where the lowest price is considered as economically the most advantageous tender, if more than one tenderer proposes the same price and it is understood that these tenders constitute economically the most advantageous tender, the procurement shall be concluded by determining economically the most advantageous tender in consideration of the criteria given under Article 36.5 of the specification and within the framework of the provisions set forth in the Regulation on Implementation of Goods Procurements.
37.1. The tenderer that submits economically the most advantageous tender shall be awarded the contract as a result of evaluation made according to the provisions of this Specification hereby.
41.2. In the event that the tenderer that is awarded the contract is a joint venture, the partners may provide performance bonds at the percentage of their share, or the total amount of performance bond may be paid by one or some of the partners.
42.1. (Amended: 08/06/2004 – 25486 Official Gazette / Art. 35) The tenderer that is awarded the contract shall be liable to sign the contract by furnishing the documents evidencing that he is not in the cases listed under items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) of Article 10 as well as the performance bond within the period as stipulated under Article 40.3 of this Specification hereby. The bid bond shall be returned immediately after the contract is signed.
42.1.1. (Annex: 08/06/2004 – 25486 Official Gazette / Art. 35) The foreign tenderers shall submit the equivalent documents evidencing that they are not in the cases listed under items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) of Article 10 of this Specification according to the legislation of their respective countries. If there are not equivalent documents within the frame of legislation binding the tenderer or it is not possible to issue such documents, they shall submit the written statements to this effect. However, this shall be confirmed by the mission chiefs in Turkey of the country of nationality of the foreign real body or where the head office of the company of the foreign legal body is seated or the mission chiefs in such countries of the Republic of Turkey.
43.1. (Amended: 08/06/2004 – 25486 Official Gazette/ Art. 36) In the event that the tenderer that is awarded the contract does not provide the documents evidencing that he is not in the cases listed under items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) of Article 10 as well as the performance bond or does not sign the contract, then the contract may be concluded with the second economically most advantageous tenderer if it is found suitable by the contracting officer. In this case, it shall be checked if the second economically most advantageous tenderer is prohibited and shall be required to submit the documents evidencing that he is not in the cases listed under items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) of Article 10 as per Article 38.1 prior to the approval by the contracting officer.
43.3. In the event that the second economically most advantageous tenderer does not sign the contract, the bid bond of the said tenderer shall be registered as revenue, and the procurement shall be cancelled.
43.4. Furthermore, the tenderer that does not conclude a contract according to the applicable procedures apart from force majeure even though the said tenderer is the second economically most advantageous tenderer shall be prohibited from participating in any procurement held by all public authorities and bodies as stipulated in the relevant Law for a period from six months to one year as per Article 58 of Law No. 4734.
50.3.1. Furthermore, in the event that the Contracting entity does not fulfill the contractual obligations (delay in delivering the worksite and approval of the projects etc.) within the stipulated duration without any default of the contractor, and any delay occurs with reasons not caused by the contractor, and the work is not completed in time, the situation shall be reviewed by the Contracting entity upon the request by the contractor provided that this hinders the performance of the contract and the contractor does not have sufficient power to eliminate the hindrance, and the Contracting entity may extend the time for a part of or whole work according to the nature of the work.
Article 52 – Penalties payable in delays (Amended: 08/06/2004 – 25486 Official Gazette / Art. 37) If the Contractor does not deliver the goods/ complete the works in time as per the contract, the delay notice shall be issued by the contracting entity for ………..…….2827.1 days and the delay penalties at ……………..28 of the contract amount shall be applied for each calendar day delayed, and in the event that the same situation continues in spite of the written notice of the Contracting entity, the performance bond of the contractor shall be registered as revenue, the contract shall be cancelled and the account shall be settled in accordance with the general provisions without necessity for any written protest.

References: Art. 32
 Art. 33
 Art. 33
 Art. 34
 Art. 35
 Art. 35
 Art. 36
 Art. 37