The "Canal Istanbul" tender, which was canceled by the Council of State, saying that it "contrary to the Public Procurement Law and does not meet the urgency condition in paragraph 21-b", was secretly renewed. The tender, which was previously given for 3.1 billion liras, was again applied to 21-b despite the court decision, again to the same companies, again without announcing to anyone, but this time it was doubled for 6 billion liras.
SözcüAccording to Yusuf Demir from There was another important development regarding Kanal Istanbul, the crazy project of the AKP, against which experts and the majority of the public were opposed.
The first tender for Kanal Istanbul, which was given to the favorite contractors of the AKP government on 28 June last year, with a special invitation, was canceled by the Council of State.
The Supreme Court emphasized that the tender was in violation of the Public Procurement Law and that the 21-b clause applied in the tender did not comply with the 'immediacy' requirement. The Council of State ruled that the decision was final and that the way of “correction of the decision” was closed.
AKP DID NOT AVOID THE SECRET TENDER
However, the AKP government did not listen to the court, and organized a new tender based on clause 21-b, which it used as a means of awarding the desired tender to the company it wanted.
The new tender was held without the announcement of the announcement. As part of the Kanal Istanbul project, which is understood to have been made on May 31, “Halkalı- Within the Scope of Kapikule New Railway Construction Halkalı- The same contractors were specially invited to the tender for the "Construction of the Railway Line Between Ispartakule and the Supply and Construction of Electromechanical Systems".
AGREEMENT SIGNED ON JULY 27
The approximate cost of the project, which was tendered to the same companies for 3.1 billion TL last year, was calculated as 6 billion 702 million 753 thousand 209 TL this time. According to the contract signed on July 27, two months after the tender date, the tender price doubled last year. The tender price jumped to 5 billion 954 million 32 thousand 947 liras this time.
SAME COMPANIES
The tender was awarded to Yapı ve Yapı, Gülermak and Taşyapı, the favorite contractors of AKP, for which the tender was canceled last year. Yapı ve Yapı has recently come to the fore as the contractor that demolished Atatürk Airport. The total of the public tenders received by Yapı ve Yapı in the last 3 years exceeded 16 billion liras. CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu had said to his contractor, “We will pay special attention to you”.
BUSINESS WILL START WEEK
According to the contract, the project will start on August 8 and end on April 23, 2025. The work will be completed in a total of 990 days. In the tender, which was canceled by the court, the construction period was foreseen as 1170 days.
CHANNEL ISTANBUL Phrase Removed
The title of the canceled tender on 28 June 2021 was as follows:Halkalı- Within the Scope of Kapikule New Railway Construction HalkalıWhile the title of the new tender, which was revealed to be held on May 31, 2022, was the same, only the phrase "Canal Istanbul Crossing" in parentheses was removed.
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