Public Procurement Authority

What Public Procurement Authority does

The Public Procurement Authority (Kamu İhale Kurumu) is the Turkish government agency legally mandated to regulate, oversee, and standardize all public procurement activity across the Republic of Turkey. Established under Law No. 4734, it operates from its headquarters at Mevlana Bulvarı in Çankaya, Ankara, with a secondary Electronic Procurement Research and Development Center located at Hacettepe University Technokent. The Authority's exclusive mandate covers all ministries, government departments, municipalities, and state-owned enterprises conducting procurement of goods, services, and works.

The Authority's core product is EKAP (Elektronik Kamu Alımları Platformu), a unified electronic procurement platform that enables end-to-end tender management including announcement, application, documentation, contract management, and dispute resolution. Supporting products include the Mobile EKAP application (iOS, Android, Windows Phone), EKAP Akademi (a training and certification platform), Ekapım (stakeholder feedback platform), KİK Bulut (cloud infrastructure), and a suite of online calculation tools for labor costs, threshold values, work experience amounts, and business volume updates. The Public Procurement Board, an appellate body under the Authority, handles objections and complaints. The Authority publishes daily, weekly, monthly, and annual procurement statistics and operates a 444 0 545 EKAP Interaction Center.

The Authority does not generate commercial revenue; the platform and all associated services are provided free of charge to public institutions and contractors under its statutory mandate. Its go-to-market model is fundamentally regulatory rather than commercial: adoption of EKAP is compulsory by law. The Authority supplements its regulatory role with training programs delivered through university partnerships (Atatürk, Ankara, TED, Dokuz Eylül) and aligns its legislative framework with EU directives, the WTO Revised Agreement on Government Procurement, OECD recommendations, and the UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement. Leadership is appointed by the President of Turkey, and the organization is led by Chairman Hamdi Güleç together with a board of nine members.

Name

Public Procurement Authority

Legal name

Kamu İhale Kurumu

Website

https://ihale.gov.tr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Public Procurement Authority (Kamu İhale Kurumu) is the Turkish government agency that regulates all public procurement nationwide through its mandatory electronic platform EKAP, serving ministries, municipalities, and state-owned enterprises without charging fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Procurement Regulation Software

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (926150)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Procurement & Contracting (BPAIAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

E-Procurement & Spend Analytics (BPAIAEAI), Procurement Systems Administration (ERP/P2P Tools Support) (BPAAAJAO), Spend Analytics & Reporting Support (BPAAAJAJ), Compliance, Risk & Supplier Due Diligence (KYC/ESG/Sanctions) (BPAAAJAK)

Keywords

• Public procurement regulation
• Electronic tendering platform
• Government contract management
• Procurement compliance oversight
• Supplier bid management

Headquarters

HQ city

Ankara

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Public Procurement Authority develops and operates Turkey's national electronic public procurement platform (EKAP), providing end-to-end digital tendering, contract management, and regulatory oversight services for government agencies. It also delivers the EKAP Mobile applications, the EKAP Akademi training and certification platform, the KIK Bulut cloud service, the Ekapım stakeholder feedback platform, and a suite of procurement calculation tools, together with dispute resolution through the Public Procurement Board.

Product overview

Public Procurement Authority operates EKAP (Elektronik Kamu Alımları Platformu), a unified electronic government procurement platform that serves as Turkey's primary system for conducting public tenders online. The platform consists of the core EKAP web portal for tender management, the Mobile EKAP application for iOS/Android, EKAP Akademi for training programs, Ekapım for stakeholder feedback, and a suite of calculator tools (İşçilik Hesaplama, Sınır Değer Hesaplama, İş Deneyim Tutar Güncelleme, Mezuniyet Belgesi Hesaplama, İş Hacmi Güncelleme). Additional services include KIK Bulut cloud infrastructure and the KIK Interactive Center (444 0 545).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EKAP (Elektronik Kamu Alımları Platformu): Electronic Public Procurement Platform - the digital platform for conducting public procurement procedures online
• EKAP Akademi

Products and services

• EKAP (Elektronik Kamu Alımları Platformu) Core electronic government procurement platform enabling public institutions to publish tender announcements, manage procurement documentation, accept electronic bids and conduct tender processes entirely online.
• Mobile EKAP Application (Mobil EKAP) Mobile application that enables users to search tenders, view and download tender announcements and procurement documents, manage calendars, review Public Procurement Bulletins, conduct blacklist queries, search legislation, query objection applications and download Board Decisions from iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices.
• EKAP Akademi Online education platform providing certified training programs in public procurement for ministry personnel and procurement professionals, delivered in partnership with Atatürk University (ATASEM), Ankara University (ANKÜSEM), TED University (TEDÜSEM) and Dokuz Eylül University (DESEM).
• KIK Bulut (KIK Cloud) Cloud-based infrastructure service supporting the Public Procurement Authority's digital ecosystem, including electronic procurement operations and platform workloads.
• Ekapım Online platform for stakeholders to submit opinions and suggestions aimed at improving the Turkish public procurement system.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• TOBBUYUM Dispute Resolution CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 April 2025Protocol signed for cooperation in conducting training on public procurement legislation and public procurement contract applications. Training activities to be carried out under this protocol.
• Atatürk University (ATASEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining and cooperation protocol for certified public procurement training programs. ATASEM (Atatürk University Continuing Education Application and Research Center) delivers procurement training entirely taught by public procurement experts.
• Ankara University (ANKÜSEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining cooperation protocol for certified public procurement training programs delivered by Ankara University Continuing Education Center.
• TED University (TEDÜSEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining partnership through TED University Continuing Education Center for certified public procurement education programs.
• Dokuz Eylül University (DESEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation protocol for delivering certified public procurement training programs through Dokuz Eylül University Continuing Education Center.
• European UnioncoreOthersAdopted EU public procurement directives including 2014/24/EU (Classic Procurement Directive), 2014/25/EU (Utilities Directive), 89/665/EEC (Classic Procurement Complaint Directive), 92/13/EEC (Utilities Complaint Directive), 2011/7/EU (Late Payments Directive), and 2014/55/EU (E-Invoicing Directive)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)coreOthersSignatory to the WTO Revised Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), committing to international public procurement standards and transparency.
• United Nations (UNCITRAL)minorOthersAdopted UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement as reference framework for Turkish procurement legislation development.
• OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)minorOthersParticipates in OECD public procurement initiatives and has adopted OECD Council recommendations on public procurement.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• UK Crown Commercial Service (CCS): CCS is the UK's central procurement authority running framework agreements and digital procurement platforms for the whole UK public sector, a direct regulatory and operational analogue of Kamu İhale Kurumu's mandate.
• Singapore GeBIZ: Singapore's government electronic business portal centralizes public tendering, supplier registration and contract awards for all Singapore government agencies, mirroring EKAP's role as the single national entry point for public procurement.
• Brazil ComprasNet (Compras.gov.br): Brazil's federal electronic procurement system managed under the Ministry of Management and Innovation, providing centralized electronic tendering, bidding and contract management comparable to EKAP's nationwide Turkish mandate.
• Korea ON-line E-Procurement System (KONEPS) - PPS Korea: Operated by the Korea Public Procurement Service, KONEPS is the canonical national e-procurement platform covering the full tender-to-contract lifecycle for all Korean public entities, structurally analogous to EKAP's end-to-end mandate in Turkey.
• India Government e-Marketplace (GeM): Government e-Marketplace is India's central public procurement portal for goods and services across central and state governments, sharing EKAP's model of a mandatory digital platform for transparent public buying.

Others

• UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services): UNOPS runs global public procurement for UN member states and is a peer in the sense of operating transparent, rule-based procurement infrastructure, though at supranational rather than national level.
• EU DG GROW (Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs): DG GROW sets and oversees EU public procurement directives (2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU) that EKAP explicitly adopts, making it the upstream regulatory counterpart rather than a direct operator.

Broad incumbents

• US General Services Administration (GSA): GSA is the much larger US federal procurement and real-estate authority running SAM.gov and Schedules programs; broader portfolio but overlaps with EKAP on centralized federal public procurement oversight.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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