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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

27

Cumulative flagged value

8.74 Mn.

Average direct purchases per group

2.6

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
COMUNA DRAGALINA CUI: 4445389 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 3 664,000 221,333 268,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA CIOROGIRLA CUI: 4532450 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 2 540,000 270,000 270,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA VALEA CALUGAREASCA CUI: 2845400 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2022 10.09–31.12 2 520,000 260,000 260,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA OINACU CUI: 5798583 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 2 510,000 255,000 260,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA CUZA VODA CUI: 3796896 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 2 460,000 230,000 260,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA LIPANESTI CUI: 2845060 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 3 440,157 146,719 240,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA OINACU CUI: 5798583 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 2 440,000 220,000 260,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA RADOVANU CUI: 3796845 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 4 390,000 97,500 150,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DOMNESTI CUI: 4221136 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 3 357,000 119,000 130,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA GORNET - CRICOV CUI: 2842900 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 2 305,000 152,500 260,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL BUDESTI CUI: 4294154 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 3 295,800 98,600 98,600 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL MIHAILESTI CUI: 5246201 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 2 290,000 145,000 260,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL MIHAILESTI CUI: 5246201 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 2 290,000 145,000 145,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL VIDELE CUI: 6853155 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 2 290,000 145,000 145,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS INEU CUI: 3519020 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 2 290,000 145,000 145,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA POIANA STAMPEI CUI: 5021250 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 2 280,000 140,000 260,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TARGSORU VECHI CUI: 2845230 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 3 275,500 91,833 188,500 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TAMADAU MARE CUI: 3966346 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 2 240,000 120,000 130,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA ISTRIA CUI: 4859801 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 2 240,000 120,000 120,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORGANIZATIA UTILIZATORILOR DE APA PENTRU IRIGATII OUAI BANEASA-GIURGIU CUI: 23272446 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 135,060 2018 04.06–31.12 2 227,200 113,600 113,600 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA RADOVANU CUI: 3796845 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 6 222,000 37,000 105,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA STEFAN VODA CUI: 4133000 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 2 220,000 110,000 110,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS SINAIA CUI: 2844103 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 2 217,500 108,750 113,500 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TARGSORU VECHI CUI: 2845230 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 2 200,000 100,000 130,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DRAGALINA CUI: 4445389 VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887 712 servicii ceiling 135,060 2022 01.01–09.09 3 198,360 66,120 100,000 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