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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

2,232

Cumulative flagged value

711.64 Mn.

Average direct purchases per group

27.7

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

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

Contracting authority Supplier CPV group Contract type Year Direct purchases Cumulative value Average per purchase Largest purchase
SPITALUL CLINIC DE URGENTA PENTRU COPII LOUIS TURCANU TIMISOARA CUI: 4548538 BBRAUN MEDICAL SRL CUI: 11080242 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 98 593,509 6,056 31,215
INSTITUTUL DE URGENTA PENTRU BOLI CARDIOVASCULARE SI TRANSPLANT TARGU-MURES CUI: 32051606 PURAMA SRL CUI: 34906891 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2022 10.09–31.12 13 592,982 45,614 245,500
INSTITUTUL DE URGENTA PENTRU BOLI CARDIOVASCULARE SI TRANSPLANT TARGU-MURES CUI: 32051606 OXCART MEDICAL SRL CUI: 42146398 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 76 592,112 7,791 26,350
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL PENTRU SANATATEA MAMEI SI COPILULUI ALESSANDRESCU-RUSESCU BUCURESTI CUI: 4266308 DVC MEDICAL VISION SRL CUI: 27895900 331 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2019 42 590,595 14,062 81,993
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 PHARMASAVE SRL CUI: 16686836 331 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2020 14 588,810 42,058 55,005
SPITALUL CLINIC MUNICIPAL CUI: 4547117 ROMBIOMEDICA SRL CUI: 8936885 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 69 586,468 8,500 214,380
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 EMOS CARE INTERNATIONAL SRL CUI: 17055990 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 25 585,753 23,430 44,650
SPITALUL CLINIC FILANTROPIA CUI: 4532388 BOX LINE SRL CUI: 37856070 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 39 585,694 15,018 46,000
SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA BRASOV CUI: 4384117 PHARMICS SRL CUI: 23200539 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 13 584,636 44,972 234,000
SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA SF SPIRIDON IASI CUI: 4701312 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC ROMANIA SRL CUI: 41849411 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 16 584,400 36,525 200,000
SPITALUL CLINIC DE URGENTA PENTRU COPII SFIOAN GALATI CUI: 3346875 DEYAN KRAFT MEDICAL SRL CUI: 38341889 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 18 583,832 32,435 93,782
SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA ILFOV CUI: 14989140 TMS - TOP MEDICAL SUPPLIER SRL CUI: 26950950 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 29 582,746 20,095 50,000
SPITALUL MUNICIPAL DRTEODOR ANDREI LUGOJ CUI: 2501652 BPM TEHNOLOGICA SRL CUI: 34613689 331 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2020 3 582,687 194,229 256,152
SPITALUL CLINIC DE COPII DRVGOMOIU CUI: 4283759 ICARE MEDICAL PROVIDER SRL CUI: 36363570 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 5 579,000 115,800 117,000
SPITALUL JUDETEAN DE URGENTA MAVROMATI BOTOSANI CUI: 4557951 LOGARITM SRL CUI: 16589167 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 11 578,100 52,555 180,000
SPITALUL CLINIC FILANTROPIA CUI: 4532388 BOX LINE SRL CUI: 37856070 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 29 576,357 19,874 92,300
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 BBRAUN MEDICAL SRL CUI: 11080242 331 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2022 01.01–09.09 39 576,284 14,777 54,934
SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA BRASOV CUI: 4384117 LIAMED SRL CUI: 10188824 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 10 574,335 57,434 234,369
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 SMART MEDICAL SOLUTIONS SRL CUI: 19096597 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 46 571,970 12,434 48,660
INSTITUTUL ONCOLOGIC PROFDRALEXANDRU TRESTIOREANU BUCURESTI CUI: 4203709 ARTISANA MEDICAL SRL CUI: 22742850 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 18 571,900 31,772 133,684
SPITALUL CLINIC COLENTINA BUCURESTI CUI: 4283929 ALPHA MEDICAL SRL CUI: 13878004 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 65 570,658 8,779 34,272
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL PENTRU SANATATEA MAMEI SI COPILULUI ALESSANDRESCU-RUSESCU BUCURESTI CUI: 4266308 HELLIMED SRL CUI: 4885207 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 21 569,495 27,119 75,000
INSTITUTUL DE URGENTA PENTRU BOLI CARDIOVASCULARE SI TRANSPLANT TARGU-MURES CUI: 32051606 MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS SRL CUI: 25045148 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 41 569,456 13,889 42,200
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 MEDIMAX MEDICAL SRL CUI: 32106957 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 21 568,470 27,070 49,000
SPITALUL JUDETEAN DE URGENTA DR CONSTANTIN ANDREOIU PLOIESTI CUI: 2844545 RAFI MEDICAL SRL CUI: 9245101 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 6 568,105 94,684 266,575

176-200 of 2232 results

Rows per page: 25 50 100
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.
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