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High risk #05 Single bidder

Tender lots with a single bidder

Tender lots that drew a single offer and on which money has already been spent.

Lots in publicly advertised tenders that drew a single offer and on which contracts have already been signed. It is the risk indicator most used in European procurement research: no competition in an open procedure can mean a closed market or specifications written for one bidder. Computed on tenders only, counting only money spent.

Single-bidder lots

82

Money spent without competition

1.85 Bn.

Average spent per lot

22.53 Mn.

Single-bidder lots by year of spending

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

Money spent without competition, by CPV group

The 10 largest CPV groups by value; the other 286 are added into a single tile.

How it is computed

Computed on every tender from 2018 to today.

  1. Lots on which money was spent are kept: those with at least one contract or subsequent contract carrying a value and a winner. Framework agreements are left out, because the money is spent through the subsequent contracts.
  2. Only competitive procedures with publication are kept. Negotiation without prior publication is left out: there the authority invites companies directly, so a single offer is normal.
  3. The offers received on a lot are the unacceptable, non-compliant and admissible ones, added up. Withdrawn offers are not counted. For the authority's own procedures, with no count per lot, the contract's count is used.
  4. The lot is flagged when it received a single offer.
  5. A contract covering several lots is split between them by estimated value and booked in the year it was signed. With no year chosen each lot appears once, with its total across all years.
  6. The winner shown is the company with the largest part of the lot's money that year; for an association the contract is shared evenly among members.

Thresholds

  • Single bidder: one offer received on the lot, counting unacceptable, non-compliant and admissible offers together; withdrawn offers are not counted
  • Procedures included: open and accelerated open tender, simplified procedure, restricted and accelerated restricted tender, competitive and accelerated competitive negotiation, competitive dialogue, the authority's own procedures and request for offers
  • Only lots on which at least one contract or subsequent contract has been signed

Tenders only, and money spent only: a framework agreement with no subsequent contract is not counted. Negotiation without prior publication and direct purchases are not included.

The data holds at most 200 contracts per notice. Where a notice has more, the money from the missing contracts is not in the figures.

The offer count is the one the authority reported. On under 1% of lots the contracts report different counts; the largest is kept. A single offer does not prove a breach: in a market with one manufacturer it can be natural. The signal is repetition, at the same authority or with the same winner.

The full explanation, on the methodology page

Tender lots with a single bidder
Notice and lot Contracting authority Winner CPV code Procedure type Year # Estimated value Spent Tender
CAN1019428 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102
ADREM INVEST SA CUI: 3020924
50532400-7 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2019–2025 8 178,507,471 218,742,236 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1108320 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 2 companies 38550000-5 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2023–2026 7 239,952,500 132,830,689 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1109083 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102
ADREM INVEST SA CUI: 3020924
71314000-2 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2023–2026 5 186,472,204 124,794,550 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1131685 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 2 companies 45231400-9 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2024 1 90,089,079 105,987,410 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1109084 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102
ADREM LINK SA CUI: 36126264
65500000-8 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2023–2025 3 132,383,103 100,146,090 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1161813 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 4 companies
COMRANADO SRL CUI: 2308253
ADREM INVEST SA CUI: 3020924
45231400-9 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2026 1 90,222,696 73,548,768 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1019427 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102
ENERGOBIT SA CUI: 211717
50532400-7 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2019–2025 9 54,726,869 66,533,402 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1099657 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102
LEASEPLAN ROMANIA SRL CUI: 21295044
50111100-7 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2023–2026 5 13,719,331 58,537,470 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1148555 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 2 companies
PRELCHIM SRL CUI: 7059714
45232221-7 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2025 1 51,094,641 57,105,098 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1157849 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 3 companies
COMRANADO SRL CUI: 2308253
45231400-9 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2025 1 64,134,110 57,047,489 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1158812 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102
ADREM INVEST SA CUI: 3020924
50532400-7 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2025–2026 2 194,053,625 52,643,213 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1134218 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 4 companies
ADREM INVEST SA CUI: 3020924
IMSATIE DROBETA SRL CUI: 13473426
ADREM ENGINEERING SA CUI: 31954525
ALM POWER GROUP SRL CUI: 32610317
45231400-9 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2024 1 41,209,026 48,982,108 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1171073 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 5 companies
COMRANADO SRL CUI: 2308253
ADREM INVEST SA CUI: 3020924
ADREM ENGINEERING SA CUI: 31954525
ALM POWER GROUP SRL CUI: 32610317
45231400-9 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2026 1 49,648,127 46,837,212 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1095343 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 3 companies
VENTURO INVESTMENT SRL CUI: 16296302
71520000-9 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2023–2026 11 49,239,900 45,447,360 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1146230 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 5 companies
COMRANADO SRL CUI: 2308253
ADREM INVEST SA CUI: 3020924
IMSATIE DROBETA SRL CUI: 13473426
NISEMPRA ELECTRO SRL CUI: 17315291
45231400-9 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2025 1 42,589,785 45,222,952 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1038094 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102
EPLUS SMART ENERGY SRL CUI: 29802703
51110000-6 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2020–2024 8 43,010,800 42,999,949 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1157836 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 2 companies 45231400-9 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2025 1 57,022,177 42,031,900 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1133544 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102
ADREM INVEST SA CUI: 3020924
51110000-6 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2025–2026 3 58,542,000 33,689,501 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1089269 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102
COMRANADO SRL CUI: 2308253
45232221-7 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2022 1 27,182,818 30,138,414 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1156855 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 2 companies
VENTURO INVESTMENT SRL CUI: 16296302
71520000-9 licitatie deschisa 2025–2026 2 67,785,800 29,143,321 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1157785 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 2 companies
MECANOELECTRICA SRL CUI: 4807675
45231400-9 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2025 1 36,210,016 24,650,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1143043 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 31170000-8 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2025–2026 17 31,652,256 23,992,385 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1125361 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102
VODAFONE ROMANIA SA CUI: 8971726
72262000-9 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2024 1 4,491,266 22,262,753 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1143596 implicit lot DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 Association of 2 companies
ADREM INVEST SA CUI: 3020924
PONTECH CONSULTING SRL CUI: 30405405
38341300-0 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2025–2026 3 70,784,100 20,298,686 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1101321 lot 1 Lot title: transformatoare ermetice 20/0,4 kv (pierderi reduse) cu infasurari in cupru DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE OLTENIA SA CUI: 14491102 31171000-5 procedura competitiva cu negociere 2023–2026 10 36,266,554 20,200,088 See the tender and its contracts

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Notice and lot
The award notice number, linked to its record on e-licitatie.ro, with the lot underneath. The lot title appears on hovering over the information sign. A notice without lots has a single implicit lot, with no title.
Contracting authority
The authority that ran the tender.
Winner
The companies that received the lot's money that year. For an association every member is listed, by share; the filter finds the lot through any of them.
CPV code
The lot's CPV code: what was bought. The filter also takes leading digits: 45 covers all works.
Procedure type
The award procedure. The information sign means the offer count comes from the contract, not the lot.
Year
The years the lot's contracts were signed. With no year chosen the span appears; with a year chosen, that year.
#
How many contracts were signed on the lot. With a year chosen, the lot's total appears underneath if it has contracts in other years too.
Estimated value
The value the authority estimated before the tender, for the whole lot.
Spent
The money spent on the lot. A contract over several lots is split by estimated value. The table is ordered by this column by default.
Tender
Opens the tender and its contracts, with the offers received on each lot.

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/procedure-types
  • /api/v1/red-flags/ofertant-unic
  • /api/v1/red-flags/overview/years
  • /api/v1/red-flags/ofertant-unic/cpv-spend

Open data and API