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PeBaniiNostri.ro checks every public purchase in SEAP, from 2018 to today, against ten risk indicators.

21,999,654 purchases analysed 10 risk indicators 8,670 authorities flagged

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Money tracked

All the public money in SEAP

What contracting authorities spent, in the three streams: tenders, direct purchases and offline purchases.

1,023.21 Bn.

23,406 contracting authorities 249,690 suppliers paid

Spending by year, by stream

* Incomplete year: the data starts in April 2018, and the current year is not over. Spending over time

Who is flagged

The authorities and suppliers the indicators flag

Each entity is counted once, however many indicators flag it. Money is never added across indicators, because each one counts something different.

Indicator dashboard

Authorities flagged

8,670

47.5% of the 18,238 authorities that spent public money

Flagged by 3 or more indicators

3,953

21.7% of authorities, out of 8 indicators that score them

Suppliers flagged

32,232

14.4% of the 223,776 suppliers paid with public money

The indicators

The ten risk indicators

Each indicator has its own page: the methodology, the cases and the purchases each case was computed from.

Methodology

High risk #01 Slicing

Artificial slicing of direct purchases

Repeated direct purchases from one supplier, each below the legal ceiling, together above it.

35,864 cases 14.74 Bn.

one case = authority–supplier–CPV–year group

Artificial slicing of direct purchases — flag rate by year, % — 2018: 0.9 *; 2019: 1.6; 2020: 1.8; 2021: 2; 2022: 1.4; 2023: 1.2; 2024: 1.4; 2025: 1.3; 2026: 1.1 * 1.3% in 2025

High risk #02 At the ceiling

Direct purchases at the legal ceiling

Direct purchases whose value stops just below the ceiling above which the law requires a tender.

45,948 cases 11.89 Bn.

one case = direct purchase

Direct purchases at the legal ceiling — flag rate by year, % — 2018: 23.9 *; 2019: 24; 2020: 23.1; 2021: 25.5; 2022: 24.9; 2023: 19.4; 2024: 20; 2025: 22; 2026: 22.6 * 22.0% in 2025

High risk #03 New companies

New companies winning public money

Companies collecting public money days after being registered.

9,165 cases 1.15 Bn.

one case = new company

New companies winning public money — flag rate by year, % — 2018: 1.1 *; 2019: 3.3; 2020: 3.8; 2021: 5.2; 2022: 5.9; 2023: 6.7; 2024: 6.2; 2025: 7.2; 2026: 7.9 * 7.2% in 2025

Medium risk #04 Captivity

Supplier captivity

Near-exclusive relationships between an authority and a supplier.

378 cases 46.91 Bn.

one case = authority–supplier pair

no yearly series

High risk #05 Single bidder

Tender lots with a single bidder

Tender lots that drew a single offer and on which money has already been spent.

213,980 cases 271.92 Bn.

one case = tender lot

Tender lots with a single bidder — flag rate by year, % — 2018: 46.7 *; 2019: 41.7; 2020: 37.1; 2021: 37.6; 2022: 40.3; 2023: 40.4; 2024: 39.9; 2025: 37.6; 2026: 36.9 * 37.6% in 2025

High risk #06 Single-bidder rate

Authority ranking by single-bidder rate

Contracting authorities by the share of their tender lots that drew a single offer.

5,138 cases 262.01 Bn.

one case = ranked authority

no yearly series

High risk #07 Exact price match

Price matching the estimate exactly

Tender lots on which exactly the estimated sum was spent, to the leu.

19,310 cases 5.50 Bn.

one case = tender lot

Price matching the estimate exactly — flag rate by year, % — 2018: 7.5 *; 2019: 7.8; 2020: 7.4; 2021: 8; 2022: 8.3; 2023: 8.2; 2024: 8.6; 2025: 9.1; 2026: 10.2 * 9.1% in 2025

Medium risk #08 Year-end

Year-end spending

Authorities that spend far more in the last three weeks of December than the rest of the country.

3,152 cases 1.06 Bn.

one case = authority-year

Year-end spending — flag rate by year, % — 2018: 4.3 *; 2019: 4.6; 2020: 5.3; 2021: 4.5; 2022: 4.9; 2023: 4.1; 2024: 4; 2025: 4 4.0% in 2025

Medium risk #09 DSI index

Discretionary spend index

How much of an authority's money is spent through direct purchases, without a tender.

4,323 cases 109.79 Bn.

one case = authority

Discretionary spend index — flag rate by year, % — 2018: 18.3 *; 2019: 11.4; 2020: 17.1; 2021: 23.4; 2022: 30.6; 2023: 21; 2024: 21.7; 2025: 24.2; 2026: 26 * 24.2% in 2025

Medium risk #10 Concentration

Supplier concentration (HHI)

Markets where an authority's money went to a few suppliers, although the country had hundreds.

649 cases 51.28 Bn.

one case = market: authority–CPV

Supplier concentration (HHI) — flag rate by year, % — 2018: 14.4 *; 2019: 16.4; 2020: 16; 2021: 14.2; 2022: 13.1; 2023: 12.7; 2024: 13.9; 2025: 13.5; 2026: 12.8 * 13.5% in 2025

Cases and money do not add up across indicators. A flagged case is not an accusation.

The most flagged entities

The authorities and suppliers flagged by the most indicators. Among equals, the order is by money.

Full list

Authorities flagged by the most indicators

Authorities flagged by the most indicators
Authority Spend Indicators
COMPANIA AQUASERV SA MUREȘ 837,741,188 7 of 8 indicators: Artificial slicing of direct purchases, Direct purchases at the legal ceiling, Authority ranking by single-bidder rate, Price matching the estimate exactly, Year-end spending, Discretionary spend index, Supplier concentration (HHI)
INSTITUTUL DE URGENTA PENTRU BOLI CARDIOVASCULARE SI TRANSPLANT TARGU-MURES MUREȘ 690,190,564 7 of 8 indicators: Artificial slicing of direct purchases, Direct purchases at the legal ceiling, Authority ranking by single-bidder rate, Price matching the estimate exactly, Year-end spending, Discretionary spend index, Supplier concentration (HHI)
SOCIETATEA DE REPARATII LOCOMOTIVE CFR- SCRL BRASOV SA BRAȘOV 343,968,369 7 of 8 indicators: Artificial slicing of direct purchases, Direct purchases at the legal ceiling, Supplier captivity, Authority ranking by single-bidder rate, Price matching the estimate exactly, Discretionary spend index, Supplier concentration (HHI)
SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA TARGU MURES MUREȘ 295,861,599 7 of 8 indicators: Artificial slicing of direct purchases, Direct purchases at the legal ceiling, Authority ranking by single-bidder rate, Price matching the estimate exactly, Year-end spending, Discretionary spend index, Supplier concentration (HHI)
ORASUL DARABANI BOTOȘANI 291,353,947 7 of 8 indicators: Artificial slicing of direct purchases, Direct purchases at the legal ceiling, Authority ranking by single-bidder rate, Price matching the estimate exactly, Year-end spending, Discretionary spend index, Supplier concentration (HHI)

Suppliers flagged by the most indicators

Suppliers flagged by the most indicators
Supplier Revenue Indicators
E-NFORMATION SRL BUCUREȘTI 448,149,105 6 of 7 indicators: Artificial slicing of direct purchases, Direct purchases at the legal ceiling, Supplier captivity, Tender lots with a single bidder, Price matching the estimate exactly, Supplier concentration (HHI)
UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI CLUJ 25,067,388 6 of 7 indicators: Artificial slicing of direct purchases, Direct purchases at the legal ceiling, New companies winning public money, Tender lots with a single bidder, Price matching the estimate exactly, Supplier concentration (HHI)
DANTE INTERNATIONAL SA BUCUREȘTI 3,667,389,939 5 of 7 indicators: Artificial slicing of direct purchases, Direct purchases at the legal ceiling, Supplier captivity, Price matching the estimate exactly, Supplier concentration (HHI)
DELTAMED SRL CLUJ 3,322,752,767 5 of 7 indicators: Artificial slicing of direct purchases, Direct purchases at the legal ceiling, Tender lots with a single bidder, Price matching the estimate exactly, Supplier concentration (HHI)
OMV PETROM MARKETING SRL BUCUREȘTI 2,457,883,135 5 of 7 indicators: Artificial slicing of direct purchases, Direct purchases at the legal ceiling, Tender lots with a single bidder, Price matching the estimate exactly, Supplier concentration (HHI)

A flagged case is not an accusation. The thresholds are statistical, and the data is the data published on data.gov.ro.

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