E-Direct Procurement Purchases

Dear Member,

With reference to the letter sent to our Chamber by the Department of Purchasing and Supply of the General Directorate of State Airports Authority: in order to complete a procurement process aimed at the intended result in line with the basic principles specified in Article 5 of Public Procurement Law No. 4734, and to ensure that needs are met at the appropriate time and under appropriate conditions and that resources are used effectively and efficiently, the "E-Direct Procurement" software module, which enables purchases of goods, services and works to be made by our General Directorate through the direct procurement method within the scope of Articles 22 (d) and (f) of the said Law to be announced on our website (www.dhmi.gov.tr or https://ealim.dhmi.gov.tr), and to be carried out electronically, including the processes of automatically sending purchase information to companies as soon as it is announced, electronic bidding, evaluation and placing of orders, and notification of results, has been actively used since 03.05.2021.

As a result of the ease of use, transparency and reliability of the E-Direct Procurement application, the first and only one in our country, since its launch 7.300 natural and legal persons from 121 sectors have registered in the system and are participating in procurement processes, and the number of participants is increasing every day.

The E-Direct Procurement Application was submitted on 22.06.2022 to the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) for The European Innovation Procurement Awards organized every year by the European Commission. As a result of the evaluation made by the European Innovation Council using the parameters of digital transformation, social impact, cooperation, applicability, ethical values, being inspiring, transparency, reliability, effective and efficient use of resources, continuity, accountability and innovativeness, it succeeded in reaching the semi-finals together with the projects of 5 (Five) countries (Spain, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Norway).

In addition, the Inspiring Public Administration Project Award organized every year by KalDer was given to the E-Direct Procurement Application in 2022.

Taking into account that the E-Direct Procurement application, which has brought an innovative approach to procurement processes in public institutions and organizations, has achieved successful results and become a source of inspiration for other public institutions and organizations, as well as the feedback given by registered users, efforts to expand the application are continuing.

Natural and legal persons wishing to participate in the application are included in the procurement processes by completing the membership registration procedures by clicking on the "E-Direct Procurement purchases" announcement tab on our General Directorate's Website (www.dhmi.gov.tr) or on the link (https://ealim.dhmi.gov.tr).

In this context, regarding the provision of the necessary information and announcement to your members registered with your chamber who wish to participate, via the electronic portal, in the procurement process for purchases to be made by our Organization through our E-Direct Procurement system;

Kind regards,

Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry