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Medium risk #10 Concentration

Supplier concentration (HHI)

Markets where an authority's money went to a few suppliers, although the country had hundreds.

The Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) shows how concentrated a market is: 10,000 means a single supplier; the lower it is, the more suppliers share the money. Here a market is one authority, one CPV group and one year. The CPV group matters: over all of an authority's suppliers the index would measure what it bought, not who it bought from. The same authority can have competition for fuel and a single supplier for IT services.

Flagged markets

9

Money in flagged markets

475.36 Mn.

Mean index (money-weighted)

9,206

Flagged markets by year

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

Concentrated money, by CPV group

The 12 largest CPV groups by value; the other 101 are added into a single tile.

National concentration index by year

The index, like the rate in the year chart, is computed on every market checked, not only the flagged ones.

How it is computed

The index is computed per market, not per authority, and only on money spent.

  1. Every award in the three streams (tenders, direct purchases and offline purchases) since 2018 is taken.
  2. Each award gets its CPV group (three digits), supplier and year: the contract date for tenders, the finalisation date for the others. A contract over several lots is split by estimated value; an association's contract is split among its members.
  3. Money is added up by authority, CPV group, year and supplier. Each market is also tested once over the whole period, on the money of every year together, where a supplier present in three years holds one share.
  4. The index is the sum of the squared supplier shares, times 10,000. The lowest possible value is 10,000 divided by the number of awards.
  5. Only markets large enough are included: above the money and award thresholds. A market with three awards cannot go below 3,333, however fairly it was shared.
  6. Markets with an index above the threshold are flagged, if the country had enough suppliers in the CPV group for a choice to exist.

Thresholds

  • Flagging threshold: an HHI of at least 7,000
  • At least 10 awards in a year, 30 over the whole period
  • At least 500,000 RON in a year, 3,000,000 RON over the whole period
  • At least 20 suppliers active in the CPV group nationally

The index says nothing about lawfulness: a concentrated market can come from fair tenders won by the same bidder every time. Markets below the thresholds above are left out, and framework agreements are excluded.

The CPV group approximates the market. Some groups are local monopolies (waste, water, district heating), where the national supplier count overstates the buyer's real choice, and the indicator will flag them. The Suppliers in the market column helps recognise them.

The full explanation, on the methodology page

The whole period is not the sum of the years. Each market is tested once more, on the money of every year together: supplier shares are taken over the whole period, and the floors are higher (30 awards and 3,000,000 RON). A market can be flagged in a year without being flagged over the whole period, for example when one supplier took everything in one year but shared the market in the others. Choose a year to see the markets flagged in it.

Supplier concentration (HHI)
Contracting authority CPV group Year Spent Awards Suppliers used Suppliers in market HHI Leading supplier
DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE ELECTRICA ROMANIA SA CUI: 14476722 601 SERVICII DE TRANSPORT RUTIER Whole period 280,181,997 280,179,021 2,976 222 8,118 9,973 SOCIETATEA FILIALA DE INTRETINERE SI SERVICII ENERGETICE ELECTRICA SERV SA CUI: 17329505 99.9%
The market's suppliers: The suppliers of the market on the row above, with each one's share: the five largest, and the rest added into one entry.
CET GOVORA SA CUI: 10102377 601 SERVICII DE TRANSPORT RUTIER Whole period 105,023,226 104,707,727 56,300 259,199 41 8,118 7,857 BICA SRL CUI: 6428635 88.3%
The market's suppliers: The suppliers of the market on the row above, with each one's share: the five largest, and the rest added into one entry.
BICA SRL CUI: 6428635 88.3% OBADA TRANS SRL CUI: 11153328 6.2% BLASOVA SRL CUI: 2548132 5.5% GALILEX FOREST SRL CUI: 27592168 0.0% JPM CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 27761194 0.0% 1 further suppliers 0.0%
COMPANIA NATIONALA POSTA ROMANA SA CUI: 427410 601 SERVICII DE TRANSPORT RUTIER Whole period 36,417,269 35,324,870 1,092,399 48 8,118 7,227 VIVALIV GO SRL CUI: 47006425 84.2%
The market's suppliers: The suppliers of the market on the row above, with each one's share: the five largest, and the rest added into one entry.
VIVALIV GO SRL CUI: 47006425 84.2% CIT ONE SA CUI: 25887340 11.2% IONADI PRODCOM SERV SRL CUI: 8564625 3.8% STEGAIU SRL CUI: 16404790 0.4% SARSER LOGISTIC SRL CUI: 40091237 0.2% 5 further suppliers 0.3%
MUNICIPIUL MEDGIDIA CUI: 4301456 601 SERVICII DE TRANSPORT RUTIER Whole period 24,237,912 22,551,861 663,441 1,022,610 47 8,118 8,649 METROPOLITAN SRL CUI: 6579441 92.8%
The market's suppliers: The suppliers of the market on the row above, with each one's share: the five largest, and the rest added into one entry.
METROPOLITAN SRL CUI: 6579441 92.8% ARTVER CENTER SRL CUI: 31032622 6.6% BOLAT GORDEL PERSOANA FIZICA AUTORIZATA CUI: 55381263 0.4% ESDUR AUTO SRL CUI: 29388440 0.1% SERVCOM-ADRIAN SRL CUI: 2979372 0.1% 4 further suppliers 0.1%
MUNICIPIUL MOINESTI CUI: 4591490 601 SERVICII DE TRANSPORT RUTIER Whole period 8,435,479 7,449,053 899,687 86,739 143 8,118 9,727 TAVIS TEX SRL CUI: 21995544 98.6%
The market's suppliers: The suppliers of the market on the row above, with each one's share: the five largest, and the rest added into one entry.
TAVIS TEX SRL CUI: 21995544 98.6% TRANSMAR SRL CUI: 14116383 0.8% NICBAC PROD SRL CUI: 9817750 0.4% COM CIBO TRANS SRL CUI: 9077830 0.1% APREX AUTO SRL CUI: 13686211 0.0% 1 further suppliers 0.0%
ADMINISTRATIA PATRIMONIULUI PROTOCOLULUI DE STAT RA CUI: 2351555 601 SERVICII DE TRANSPORT RUTIER Whole period 7,602,230 7,586,091 1,683 14,456 101 8,118 9,960 FILIALA AUTOEREBUS SRL CUI: 42552167 99.8%
The market's suppliers: The suppliers of the market on the row above, with each one's share: the five largest, and the rest added into one entry.
FILIALA AUTOEREBUS SRL CUI: 42552167 99.8% LTT PREMIUM CARS SRL CUI: 18559154 0.2% MAYVALEM SERVICE SRL CUI: 43482388 0.0%
SPITALUL JUDETEAN DE URGENTA CUI: 4253650 601 SERVICII DE TRANSPORT RUTIER Whole period 5,957,238 5,830,715 74,480 52,043 140 8,118 9,982 MULTI ACTIVE SERVICE SRL CUI: 24977720 99.9%
The market's suppliers: The suppliers of the market on the row above, with each one's share: the five largest, and the rest added into one entry.
MULTI ACTIVE SERVICE SRL CUI: 24977720 99.9% ANDA DIVERS SRL CUI: 31495805 0.1% FAN COURIER EXPRESS SRL CUI: 13838336 0.0% CARGUS SRL CUI: 3541906 0.0% DSC EXPRES LOGISTIC SRL CUI: 29255819 0.0% 2 further suppliers 0.0%
UNIUNEA DEMOCRATA A TATARILOR TURCO-MUSULMANI CUI: 4707528 601 SERVICII DE TRANSPORT RUTIER Whole period 3,979,427 3,979,427 249 8,118 10,000 METROPOLITAN SRL CUI: 6579441 100.0%
The market's suppliers: The suppliers of the market on the row above, with each one's share: the five largest, and the rest added into one entry.
METROPOLITAN SRL CUI: 6579441 100.0%
SPITALUL JUDETEAN DE URGENTA BACAU CUI: 4278728 601 SERVICII DE TRANSPORT RUTIER Whole period 3,525,771 3,460,780 53,970 11,021 89 8,118 7,580 TRANS MEDICAL SRL CUI: 17106872 86.6%
The market's suppliers: The suppliers of the market on the row above, with each one's share: the five largest, and the rest added into one entry.
TRANS MEDICAL SRL CUI: 17106872 86.6% MEDICAL EMERGENCY DIVISION SRL CUI: 27316391 6.6% SERVICIUL DE AMBULANTA AL CRUCII ROSII BACAU SACRO SRL CUI: 28427177 6.4% TRANSPORT PUBLIC SA CUI: 10158084 0.2% RARABIT CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 29343201 0.1% 4 further suppliers 0.1%

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Contracting authority
The authority that spent. The name leads to its profile.
CPV group
The three-digit CPV group: the market the index is computed on.
Year
The year the market was tested in. Whole period is a separate test on the money of every year together, with higher floors; it is not the sum of the years, and a market flagged in a year can be missing from it.
Spent
The money spent in this market. Underneath, by stream (tenders, direct, offline), each linked to the listing it was computed from.
Awards
How many awards the market holds. The lowest possible index depends on it: 10,000 divided by this number.
Suppliers used
How many suppliers were paid. Click the figure to list them under the row, with each one's share.
Suppliers in market
How many suppliers sold in this CPV group across the country that year. A high index with five suppliers nationally is the market; with nine hundred, it is a choice.
HHI
The sum of the squared shares, times 10,000: 10,000 means a single supplier. The hint beside the figure shows the lowest possible value for the number of awards.
Leading supplier
The supplier with the largest share, and its share. The supplier filter searches every supplier in the market.

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/red-flags/concentrare/distribution
  • /api/v1/red-flags/concentrare
  • /api/v1/red-flags/concentrare/years
  • /api/v1/red-flags/overview/years
  • /api/v1/red-flags/concentrare/cpv-spend

Open data and API