MOBILISATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES

DEFINITION OF MOBILISATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES

This denotes the collective activities of identifying needs for goods and services in relation to situations of mobilisation and war, identifying and allocating resources, arranging protocols, making and implementing plans in such situations as well as testing the planned context in exercises.

LEGAL LEGISLATION

The preparatory stages for mobilisation of goods and services of the Security Forces Command involve Security Forces Units’ identifying and notifying their needs as well as those of the units they will form at the time of mobilisation and of the Regional Defence Units, Security Forces Command’s establishing its principles and priorities and relevant ministries’ identifying and allocating resources. These steps are as follows:

1.      The identification of needs by the unit commands and notification of these to the Security Forces Command,

2.      Notification of the needs by the Security Forces Command to the Ministry having authority over the resource to meet the need,

3.       Allocation of resources by the Ministry having authority over the resource to meet the needs of the Security Forces Command and making of a protocol in that regard.

4.       Issuance and communication of mobilisation mission orders as per the principles and priorities set by the Security Forces Command and completion of procedures for the allocation of resources provided by the ministries to unit commands.   

5.      Preparation of procurement plans according to the allocations made by the Security Forces Command and making protocols or contracts with the institutions and establishments that will meet the needs.

6.      Procurement, storage, transportation and distribution.

IDENTIFICATION OF RESOURCES

1.     Ministries, by cooperating with the State Planning Organization and the related ministries, provide accurate information about the resources, facilities and stocks of the formal, semi-formal and private institutions that are under their control, stating the available resources at peace and mobilisation. Hence, resources and facilities of the other ministries and institutions are also used when needed. Changes and improvements in resources are continuously tracked and the records are arranged according to the most recent information.

2.     Information on resources is sent to the Security Forces Command every year in October. To this end, resource identification charts arranged by the Security Forces Command are used.

3.     Formal and semi-formal institutions which produce goods and services keep their resource identification charts available at the ministry they are under the control of or connected to every year in September.

4.     Private institutions and establishments as well as natural and legal persons which produce goods and services keep their resource detection charts available at the relevant ministry every year in September.

5.     Institutions which own more than one facility or factory report their production and/or importation capacity separately for each facility and factory.

6.     Changes and additions are sent to the relevant Ministry each year on the same dates by means of resource identification charts or forms which are used as substitutes thereof.

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LIABLE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A PARTY TO A   PROTOCOL/CONTRACT

1.     The personnel who is given a Service Mobilisation Mission Order should get the building or the land ready at the time stated at the mobilisation announcement. Those who fail to do so will be reported to the Unit Command.

2.     Legal action will be taken as per Article 11 of the Mobilisation Regulations (17/1980) if the liable personnel do not fulfill his responsibility.

3.     In case of change of ownership, the owner should apply to the Recruitment and Mobilisation Office in person with formal documents within 3 days.