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High risk #01 Slicing

Artificial slicing of direct purchases

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

A large need is covered by several direct purchases from the same supplier, in the same CPV group and the same year, each below the legal ceiling (today 270,120 lei for goods and services and 900,400 lei for works; half that until September 2022). Together they pass the ceiling, and the tender the law requires is avoided. Computed on direct purchases only.

Slicing groups

60

Cumulative flagged value

30.38 Mn.

Average direct purchases per group

21.3

Flagged groups by year

Years marked * are not fully covered by the data: 2018, 2026.

Flagged value by CPV group

The 10 largest CPV groups by value; the other 242 are added into a single tile.

How it is computed

Computed on every direct purchase from 2018 to today.

  1. Direct purchases with a supplier (CUI) and a CPV code are kept.
  2. They are grouped on five keys: the authority, the supplier, the first three digits of the CPV code, the year and the contract type.
  3. Groups with a single purchase are dropped: one purchase alone is not slicing.
  4. For each group the purchase values are added up, and the average and the largest are computed.
  5. The ceiling is the one in force on the day each purchase was published, for its contract type. In the years the ceiling changed (2018, 2022) the group splits in two, each part with its own ceiling.
  6. The group is flagged when its total passes the ceiling. The purchases are not judged one by one: their sum is what counts.

Thresholds

Thresholds
Purchases published Goods and services Works
until 03.06.2018Legea 98/2016 132,519 441,730
04.06.2018 – 09.09.2022OUG 45/2018 135,060 450,200
from 10.09.2022Legea 208/2022 270,120 900,400

Ceilings exclude VAT (Legea 98/2016, art. 7(5)). Each purchase is compared with the ceiling in force on the day it was published. The ceilings and procedures, explained.

  • At least two direct purchases to the same supplier, in the same CPV group and year

Direct purchases only. Tenders and framework agreements are not counted.

Grouping uses the first three CPV digits, so different products of the same family land in one group. That is how the legal ceiling applies too, but it can join purchases that do not replace one another.

The full explanation, on the methodology page

Artificial slicing of direct purchases
Contracting authority Supplier CPV group Contract type Year Direct purchases Cumulative value Average per purchase Largest purchase Purchases
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE ROMANIA SRL CUI: 8955860 336 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 26 2,279,523 87,674 255,100 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 ANGIOSPECTRU MED SRL CUI: 16894101 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 52 1,381,718 26,572 172,700 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 MEDICAL ORTOVIT SRL CUI: 9625593 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 33 1,290,817 39,116 253,619 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 ANGIOSPECTRU MED SRL CUI: 16894101 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 41 1,175,349 28,667 133,200 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 ANGIOSPECTRU MED SRL CUI: 16894101 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 45 1,170,703 26,016 130,393 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE ROMANIA SRL CUI: 8955860 336 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 11 1,079,575 98,143 265,683 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 SANTE INTERNATIONAL SA CUI: 3210015 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 17 972,201 57,188 266,630 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 CARDIOTECH SRL CUI: 41111260 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 35 961,780 27,479 143,750 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 HELLIMED SRL CUI: 4885207 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 19 914,960 48,156 259,394 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 FILDAS TRADING SRL CUI: 4851409 336 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 32 908,264 28,383 134,161 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 MEDTRONIC ROMANIA SRL CUI: 35182347 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 60 843,966 14,066 75,400 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 CARDIOTECH SRL CUI: 41111260 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 20 821,753 41,088 220,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 FARMEXIM SA CUI: 335278 336 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 22 789,770 35,899 253,379 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS SRL CUI: 25045148 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 32 640,206 20,006 155,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 MEDIPLUS EXIM SRL CUI: 9311280 336 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2020 31 621,370 20,044 136,906 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 MEDTRONIC ROMANIA SRL CUI: 35182347 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 37 601,029 16,244 79,224 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 MEDICAL ORTOVIT SRL CUI: 9625593 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 20 535,977 26,799 244,358 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS SRL CUI: 25045148 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 27 531,816 19,697 145,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 MEDICAL ORTOVIT SRL CUI: 9625593 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 22 530,189 24,100 133,339 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 HELLIMED SRL CUI: 4885207 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 13 514,757 39,597 219,715 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 HELLIMED SRL CUI: 4885207 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 11 508,595 46,236 144,395 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 ENDOTECHNOLOGY SRL CUI: 33860508 331 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2022 01.01–09.09 24 500,875 20,870 108,400 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS SRL CUI: 25045148 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 33 489,146 14,823 56,324 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 FILDAS TRADING SRL CUI: 4851409 336 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 14 464,519 33,180 243,250 See the direct purchases behind this group
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 CARDIOTECH SRL CUI: 41111260 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 36 462,278 12,841 64,000 See the direct purchases behind this group

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Contracting authority
The authority that made the purchases. It had to run a tender once the ceiling was passed.
Supplier
The company that received every purchase in the group.
CPV group
The first three digits of the CPV code: the family of goods or services bought.
Contract type
Supply, services or works. The type and the date set the ceiling, shown under the type.
Year
The year of publication. In 2018 and 2022, when the ceiling changed, the year holds two groups, with the period shown under the year.
Direct purchases
How many direct purchases the group holds (at least two).
Cumulative value
The group's purchases added up. This is compared with the ceiling.
Average per purchase
The cumulative value divided by the number of purchases. A small average beside a large total is the typical sign of slicing.
Largest purchase
The largest purchase in the group. If it sits just below the ceiling, see indicator #02 too.
Purchases
Opens the group's direct purchases: same authority, supplier, CPV group, year and contract type.

The same data, through the API

Every figure on this page comes from the public API, through the endpoints below. The parameters each one takes are in the documentation; each needs an access key.

  • /api/v1/reference/years
  • /api/v1/reference/contract-types
  • /api/v1/red-flags/fractionare
  • /api/v1/red-flags/overview/years
  • /api/v1/red-flags/fractionare/cpv-spend

Open data and API