Contract Notice: Vocational Qualification Certification Service Procurement

Contract Notice: Vocational Qualification Certification Service Procurement

BACKGROUND

“Improving the Employment Prospects for the Syrian Refugees and Host Communities by Providing High-Quality VET and Apprenticeship in Türkiye Programme”, “İMEP/VET4JOB” for short (www.imep.org) is implemented by Expertise France (EF) and EDUSER since January 2020.

End beneficiaries of the Programme are the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) and Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK). The contracting authority of the programme is the Delegation of European Union to Türkiye.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

Application is open to all legal persons accredited by the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) under the EN ISO/IEC 17024 Personnel Certification Standard as the Authorized Certification Bodies (YBK) and approved by the MYK for compliance with MYK legislation and the national qualifications system.

SUPPLIES TO BE PROVIDED

Tenderers (YBK’s) are expected to provide vocational qualification examination and certification services to a total of 574 participants in 17 occupational fields, grouped into 9 lots in 9 Programme provinces out of 12. While grouping the vocations, lots were composed on a sectoral basis by taking into account occupational fields and the number of authorized YBKs in those fields. Tenderers may submit bids for one lot or several lots covering the occupational fields for which they are authorized.

Information to Tenderer:

• For this Tender, EDUSER will be holding an information session on the 4^th of August at 14:00 (local time in Türkiye)
• Please make sure to register for the information session via this link: https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/x/FN9m9HmF
• The number of participants is an estimate and is subject to fluctuation; the parties will agree on the number of candidates when each examination is scheduled. As the service is provided under an EU-funded programme, invoicing will be issued in Turkish Lira and exempt from VAT, on the basis of the VAT Exemption Certificate to be provided during invoicing process following signature of contract.
• The timetable for the information session and important deadlines can be found in this document and in the Instructions to Tenderers documents (ITT).

CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

• EDUSER EĞİTİM DANIŞMANLIK ve UZMANLIK HİZMETLERİ LTD. ŞTİ

TENDERING PROCESS

• Tender dossier and application forms and FAQs file can be downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1B3_t5gjiOlG8chDzCAbl-7aZm4xt2GQu
• Deadline for submission of tenders is 21^st of August 2026 at 17:00.

* Provisional date
* * Local Time of the contracting authority (Türkiye)

Further details are given in the Instructions to Tenderers (ITT) document.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

This is a national open tender procedure and English versions of tender documents will be taken into consideration. Turkish versions are given for information purposes only.