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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

424

Money spent without competition

528.36 Mn.

Average spent per lot

1.25 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 Withdrawn offers are not counted.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  • Single bidder: one offer received on the lot, counting unacceptable, non-compliant and admissible offers together; withdrawn offers are not counted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
CAN1096024 lot 3 Lot title: servicii postale pentru uir MINISTERUL FINANTELOR CUI: 4221306 64100000-7 licitatie deschisa 2023–2026 7 186,660,336 86,070,210 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1010260 lot 3 Lot title: lotul iii - trimiteri postale interne cu caracter de regularitate in vederea comunicarii contribuabililor a actelor administrativ-fiscale procesate de unitatea de imprimare rapida (uir) cu sediul in strada stolniceni nr. 49, ramnicu valcea, judetul valcea. MINISTERUL FINANTELOR CUI: 4221306 64100000-7 licitatie deschisa 2018–2021 4 144,847,784 59,501,092 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1137784 implicit lot COMPANIA NATIONALA IMPRIMERIA NATIONALA SA CUI: 2779625 64120000-3 licitatie deschisa 2024–2025 2 58,032,000 27,336,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1007299 implicit lot DIRECTIA GENERALA REGIONALA A FINANTELOR PUBLICE BUCURESTI CUI: 4193117 64112000-4 licitatie deschisa 2018–2020 11 28,960,442 20,443,311 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1140171 implicit lot COMPANIA NATIONALA DE ADMINISTRARE A INFRASTRUCTURII RUTIERE SA CUI: 16054368 Association of 2 companies
ZIPPER SERVICES SRL CUI: 16723187
79824000-6 licitatie deschisa 2025 1 40,700,000 20,350,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1020166 implicit lot TRIBUNALUL BUCURESTI CUI: 4340633 64100000-7 licitatie deschisa 2019–2022 4 19,292,579 17,630,629 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1146585 implicit lot DIRECTIA GENERALA DE POLITIE A MUNICIPIULUI BUCURESTI CUI: 4221160 64100000-7 licitatie deschisa 2025 3 3,791,172 10,815,810 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1095565 implicit lot TRIBUNALUL BUCURESTI CUI: 4340633 64100000-7 licitatie deschisa 2023 1 32,470,410 8,620,112 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1160540 implicit lot TRIBUNALUL ARGES CUI: 4318083 64100000-7 norme proprii (anexa 2b) The single offer is the one reported on the contract: the authority's own procedures carry no offer count per lot. 2025 1 — 8,015,183 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1119315 implicit lot TRIBUNALUL ARGES CUI: 4318083 64100000-7 norme proprii (anexa 2b) The single offer is the one reported on the contract: the authority's own procedures carry no offer count per lot. 2023 1 — 7,190,480 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1035992 implicit lot DIRECTIA GENERALA REGIONALA A FINANTELOR PUBLICE BRASOV CUI: 4317495 64112000-4 licitatie deschisa 2021 1 10,400,000 5,192,494 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1026103 implicit lot MUNICIPIUL ARAD CUI: 3519925 64110000-0 licitatie deschisa 2019–2023 12 7,987,138 5,036,974 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1006184 implicit lot MUNICIPIUL CRAIOVA CUI: 4417214 64112000-4 licitatie deschisa 2018–2020 4 2,612,440 4,477,780 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1145243 implicit lot DIRECTIA GENERALA DE IMPOZITE SI TAXE LOCALE SECTOR 4 CUI: 13839528 64110000-0 licitatie deschisa 2025–2026 13 11,866,892 4,027,279 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1174546 implicit lot TRIBUNALUL JUDETEAN GALATI CUI: 3126756 64100000-7 norme proprii (anexa 2b) The single offer is the one reported on the contract: the authority's own procedures carry no offer count per lot. 2026 1 — 3,740,413 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1166939 implicit lot INALTA CURTE DE CASATIE SI JUSTITIE CUI: 4340587 64110000-0 norme proprii (anexa 2b) The single offer is the one reported on the contract: the authority's own procedures carry no offer count per lot. 2026 1 — 3,675,600 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1103471 implicit lot TRIBUNALUL PRAHOVA CUI: 2998315 64100000-7 norme proprii (anexa 2b) The single offer is the one reported on the contract: the authority's own procedures carry no offer count per lot. 2023 1 — 3,624,900 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1166992 implicit lot TRIBUNALUL SUCEAVA CUI: 4244415 64100000-7 procedura simplificata proprie The single offer is the one reported on the contract: the authority's own procedures carry no offer count per lot. 2026 1 — 3,548,831 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1093936 implicit lot DIRECTIA FISCALA A MUNICIPIULUI TIMISOARA CUI: 21666630 66110000-4 licitatie deschisa 2022–2025 5 4,167,352 3,459,300 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1051997 implicit lot CURTEA DE APEL BUCURESTI CUI: 17019105 64100000-7 procedura simplificata 2021 1 — 3,386,872 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1146712 implicit lot TRIBUNALUL CLUJ CUI: 4565300 64100000-7 norme proprii (anexa 2b) The single offer is the one reported on the contract: the authority's own procedures carry no offer count per lot. 2025 1 — 3,339,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1124614 implicit lot TRIBUNALUL SATU MARE CUI: 3963897 64100000-7 procedura simplificata proprie The single offer is the one reported on the contract: the authority's own procedures carry no offer count per lot. 2024 1 — 3,213,432 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1130083 implicit lot MUNICIPIUL BAIA MARE CUI: 3627692 64110000-0 norme proprii (anexa 2b) The single offer is the one reported on the contract: the authority's own procedures carry no offer count per lot. 2024 1 — 3,204,513 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1126138 implicit lot TRIBUNALUL CLUJ CUI: 4565300 64100000-7 norme proprii (anexa 2b) The single offer is the one reported on the contract: the authority's own procedures carry no offer count per lot. 2024 1 — 3,180,540 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1090353 implicit lot DIRECTIA GENERALA DE PASAPOARTE CUI: 4992963 64100000-7 procedura simplificata 2023 1 — 3,150,000 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

Open data and API