Tender lots with a single bidder

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

Money spent without competition

23.47 Mn.

Average spent per lot

1.24 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.

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.
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.
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 Withdrawn offers are not counted.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.
The lot is flagged when it received a single offer.
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.
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Single bidder: one offer received on the lot, counting unacceptable, non-compliant and admissible offers together; withdrawn offers are not counted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
CAN1127617 implicit lot	AUTORITATEA ELECTORALA PERMANENTA CUI: 16460641	Association of 2 companies SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696 SOFTWARE IMAGINATION & VISION SRL CUI: 41963989	72590000-7	licitatie deschisa accelerata	2024–2026	9	8,193,277	8,203,203	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1093274 lot 4 Lot title: lotul 4 - solutie network vulnerability management	SERVICIUL DE TELECOMUNICATII SPECIALE CUI: 4267230	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48732000-8	licitatie deschisa	2022	1	4,980,000	4,607,274	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1056608 lot 11 Lot title: solutie network apt a	SERVICIUL DE TELECOMUNICATII SPECIALE CUI: 4267230	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48210000-3	licitatie deschisa	2021	1	1,509,364	1,502,000	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1077526 implicit lot	AUTORITATEA NAVALA ROMANA CUI: 11055818	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	30236000-2	licitatie deschisa	2022	1	1,357,143	1,350,602	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1069873 implicit lot	UM 02499 BUCURESTI CUI: 5129783	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48730000-4	licitatie deschisa	2021	1	1,384,874	1,350,000	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1153665 implicit lot	AUTORITATEA NAVALA ROMANA CUI: 11055818	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	72540000-2	licitatie deschisa	2025	1	1,350,000	1,348,000	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1147903 lot 9 Lot title: licenta detect and respond cybersecurity	SPITATUL UNIVERSITAR DE URGENTA ELIAS CUI: 4192537	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48730000-4	licitatie deschisa	2026	1	1,062,363	1,040,000	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1152143 lot 2 Lot title: software	UNIVERSITATEA STEFAN CEL MARE DIN SUCEAVA CUI: 4244423	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48730000-4	licitatie deschisa	2025	1	774,000	696,248	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1039144 implicit lot	UM 02499 BUCURESTI CUI: 5129783	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48730000-4	licitatie deschisa	2020	1	728,480	684,367	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1043611 lot 1 Lot title: firewall perimetru	SNGN ROMGAZ SA-FILIALA DE INMAGAZINARE GAZE NATURALE DEPOGAZ PLOIESTI SRL CUI: 34915261	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48820000-2	procedura simplificata	2020	1	681,100	660,682	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1124771 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA DE TRANSPORT BUCURESTI STB SA CUI: 1589886	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	72910000-2	procedura simplificata	2025	1	—	627,600	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1099866 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA NATIONALA DE GAZE NATURALE ROMGAZ SA CUI: 14056826	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	64200000-8	licitatie deschisa	2023	1	450,000	436,500	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1093274 lot 2 Lot title: lotul 2 - kit de investigatie	SERVICIUL DE TELECOMUNICATII SPECIALE CUI: 4267230	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48732000-8	licitatie deschisa	2022	1	348,600	324,786	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1068803 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA NATIONALA DE GAZE NATURALE ROMGAZ SA CUI: 14056826	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	50330000-7	licitatie deschisa	2021	1	201,411	200,036	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1011825 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA DE PRODUCERE A ENERGIEI ELECTRICE IN HIDROCENTRALE HIDROELECTRICA SA CUI: 13267213	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48422000-2	procedura simplificata	2019	1	—	137,500	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1028791 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA NATIONALA DE GAZE NATURALE ROMGAZ SA CUI: 14056826	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48219100-7	procedura simplificata	2019	1	—	96,409	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1051998 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA NATIONALA DE GAZE NATURALE ROMGAZ SA CUI: 14056826	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48219100-7	licitatie deschisa	2021	1	106,600	82,105	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1029444 lot 4 Lot title: platforma educationala	UNIVERSITATEA DIN CRAIOVA CUI: 4553380	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48190000-6	procedura simplificata	2019	1	82,350	78,000	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1050574 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA DE PRODUCERE A ENERGIEI ELECTRICE IN HIDROCENTRALE HIDROELECTRICA SA CUI: 13267213	SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA CUI: 28239696	48218000-9	procedura simplificata	2021	1	—	40,000	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

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