Submitting Multiple Bids In Tenders Within The Scope Of Public Procurement Law

According to Article no. 5 of the Public Procurement law  ("PPL") no. 4734, Contracting Entities^[1]  are responsible for ensuring transparency, competition, equal treatment, reliability, confidentiality, public supervision, fulfilment of needs appropriately, promptly and efficient use of  resources. However, companies participating in a tender can exhibit acts and conducts  contrary to the principle of ensuring competition in pursuant to Article no. 5 of PPL. Within this scope, Article no. 17 of PPL prohibits conducting  or attempting to conduct  procurement fraud; engaging in such actions  that may affect the competition or the tender decision; forging documents; directly or indirectly submitting multiple bids on his own account or on behalf of others,  as the principal person  or as representative of others except for the circumstances described within the Law and participating in a tender even if it is prohibited according to the Law, and those engaged in these