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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

41

Cumulative flagged value

16.34 Mn.

Average direct purchases per group

3.6

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
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 TUDOR ARHCONS SRL CUI: 32757548 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 5 1,100,595 220,119 260,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 3 885,992 295,331 448,431 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 3 873,268 291,089 430,800 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 TELPRON COMEX SRL CUI: 7428714 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 2 765,094 382,547 449,324 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 MCG SMART PROJECT SRL CUI: 39292431 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2022 01.01–09.09 2 641,992 320,996 371,823 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 SEASIDE PLAYGROUNDS SRL CUI: 35875580 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 3 597,649 199,216 314,198 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 ENGINEERING DIVISION SRL CUI: 41084653 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 5 580,000 116,000 130,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 PROTECTOR GUARD STAR SRL CUI: 33148241 797 servicii ceiling 135,060 2019 11 571,110 51,919 94,148 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 ECOAQUA SA CUI: 16730672 453 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 6 561,715 93,619 183,643 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 DRUMURI SI PODURI SA CUI: 10631629 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2018 04.06–31.12 2 549,209 274,605 448,800 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 ROMACTIV BUSINESS CONSULTING SRL CUI: 15203674 794 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 15 533,587 35,572 100,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 MONDO STAR SHOP SRL CUI: 35804911 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2022 01.01–09.09 4 517,773 129,443 179,892 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 ARCHITECTURE STUDIO SRL CUI: 12836558 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 2 511,000 255,500 261,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 KOMORA SRL CUI: 1929490 710 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 2 490,000 245,000 250,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 ALEX STAR SRL CUI: 23736635 451 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 2 464,958 232,479 394,958 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 VIA FECTUM SRL CUI: 43556108 799 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 2 420,000 210,000 210,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 LAZY GARDEN SERV SRL CUI: 39059070 773 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 2 388,319 194,160 263,250 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 KOMORA SRL CUI: 1929490 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 4 384,451 96,113 132,980 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 STEAK HOUSE SRL CUI: 17921166 909 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 2 365,690 182,845 260,476 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 R & S GUARD SECURITY SRL CUI: 24442697 797 servicii ceiling 135,060 2019 7 362,324 51,761 90,257 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 PROTECTOR GUARD STAR SRL CUI: 33148241 797 servicii ceiling 132,519 2018 01.01–03.06 4 337,040 84,260 84,260 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 LAZY GARDEN SERV SRL CUI: 39059070 773 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 2 333,333 166,667 265,334 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 GREENTAX EXPERT SRL CUI: 42391516 722 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 5 300,000 60,000 60,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 INTEGRISOFT SOLUTIONS SRL CUI: 12448483 722 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 4 298,633 74,658 141,727 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 VIA FECTUM SRL CUI: 43556108 799 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 2 292,645 146,323 210,000 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