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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

35,864

Cumulative flagged value

14.74 Bn.

Average direct purchases per group

17.1

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 MILCOVUL CUI: 4297592 TELETIN CONSTRUCTION SRL CUI: 46771496 451 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,775,025 887,513 893,059 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA CREACA CUI: 4291646 SMITH CONSTRUCT COMPANY SRL CUI: 37632103 853 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 4 1,774,666 443,667 501,490 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA GOLESTI CUI: 2541002 VALROB TRANSPORT SRL CUI: 22128281 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,774,498 887,249 891,020 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA CHIAJNA CUI: 4364527 ROCO INSTAL COMUNAL SRL CUI: 27221461 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 2 1,774,497 887,249 891,560 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANMARTIN CUI: 4641296 NEWCON TEHNIC SRL CUI: 47211357 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 4 1,774,467 443,617 607,695 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BARGHIS CUI: 4406088 VOX MARIS SRL CUI: 7347369 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 4 1,774,080 443,520 444,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TRIFESTI CUI: 4540232 BOGDY TRANS SRL CUI: 15628896 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 2 1,773,403 886,702 889,403 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA ZARNESTI CUI: 3724512 TRANSEURO SRL CUI: 18578733 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,773,039 886,520 899,840 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS VOLUNTARI CUI: 4283481 DVM CONTRACTORS SRL CUI: 30604696 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2018 04.06–31.12 9 1,772,920 196,991 435,200 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA PIETROASA CUI: 4641326 ALEMAR SRL CUI: 19199665 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 5 1,772,560 354,512 448,279 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA VALEA DOFTANEI CUI: 2843116 RONI CIVIL INTEROUTE SRL CUI: 32898822 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,770,634 885,317 900,114 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL NUCET CUI: 4687200 MOCAN TURIST SRL CUI: 40792660 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,770,254 885,127 900,102 See the direct purchases behind this group
SPITALUL MUNICIPAL DE URGENTA ELENA BELDIMAN CUI: 4446481 ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE ROMANIA SRL CUI: 8955860 336 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2021 58 1,770,116 30,519 187,180 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TUNARI CUI: 4505618 VIOMADMAN CONCEPT SRL CUI: 40808260 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,769,929 884,965 895,261 See the direct purchases behind this group
APAVITAL SA CUI: 1959768 TEHNOTERM SRL CUI: 6788022 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 4 1,769,101 442,275 895,879 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA MOARA CUI: 4441026 TOP SCAV SRL CUI: 24351785 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 3 1,768,891 589,630 889,687 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS BAIA SPRIE CUI: 3694918 RIMINI CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 24112036 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 1,766,723 588,908 838,366 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS VOLUNTARI CUI: 4283481 HARVESE GRUP SRL CUI: 16101044 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,766,109 883,055 896,874 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA GAICEANA CUI: 4455307 ELBI ENERGY PROJECTS SRL CUI: 41166842 453 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,765,397 882,699 882,747 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPLEXUL NATIONAL MUZEAL ASTRA SIBIU CUI: 4406304 ROTAR CIS BUILDING SRL CUI: 40818921 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 5 1,762,810 352,562 587,525 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA CRISTIORU DE JOS CUI: 4839987 ALEMAR SRL CUI: 19199665 451 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 1,762,604 587,535 897,193 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TUNARI CUI: 4505618 RICONSTRUCT TRADE IMPEX SRL CUI: 45053641 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 2 1,762,130 881,065 889,271 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL OLTENITA CUI: 4294103 STRACO HOLDING SRL CUI: 21711634 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,761,919 880,960 896,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA GIROC CUI: 5390613 PORR CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 16601724 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 4 1,760,104 440,026 444,704 See the direct purchases behind this group
JUDETUL ILFOV CUI: 4192545 VICE COM 95 SRL CUI: 7637486 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,758,458 879,229 891,434 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