Artificial slicing of direct purchases

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

547

Cumulative flagged value

157.71 Mn.

Average direct purchases per group

7.2

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.

Direct purchases with a supplier (CUI) and a CPV code are kept.
They are grouped on five keys: the authority, the supplier, the first three digits of the CPV code, the year and the contract type.
Groups with a single purchase are dropped: one purchase alone is not slicing.
For each group the purchase values are added up, and the average and the largest are computed.
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.
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
UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA CUI: 4288306	AHREND SRL CUI: 9526450	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2026	4	363,426	90,857	137,430	See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL VICOVU DE SUS CUI: 4327073	PEO INTERMED INVEST SRL CUI: 37852745	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	2	360,546	180,273	211,344	See the direct purchases behind this group
SPITALUL CLINIC DE URGENTA CUI: 4505332	MANUFACTURA DE MOBILA SRL CUI: 43747167	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2025	3	359,378	119,793	184,548	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SAPOCA CUI: 3662487	ROMVITRINE SRL CUI: 6201810	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	2	358,772	179,386	269,687	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA HIDA CUI: 4792272	LEGION VBC SRL CUI: 37983821	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2025	2	358,642	179,321	219,108	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DOFTEANA CUI: 4278116	FLASH GRUP SRL CUI: 24416701	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	2	357,724	178,862	212,030	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TARNOVA CUI: 3227262	CENTRUL DE CALCULATOARE SRL CUI: 15715771	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2025	2	353,964	176,982	234,301	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANTIMBRU CUI: 16363517	STIEFEL SRL CUI: 10869087	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	2	352,215	176,108	234,349	See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL GHIMBAV CUI: 4801362	AXORMI SERV SRL CUI: 15429818	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	5	350,511	70,102	129,600	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SARBII-MAGURA CUI: 16602622	ZIPPER SERVICES SRL CUI: 16723187	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	2	350,276	175,138	250,380	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA VANJULET CUI: 7643054	3E DUMBRAVA SRL CUI: 45040722	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	2	346,180	173,090	264,650	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BUDILA CUI: 4777159	JACOB TODAY SRL CUI: 25109101	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2023	2	345,846	172,923	263,864	See the direct purchases behind this group
LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC AL IOAN CUZA SLOBOZIA CUI: 4427960	DREAM MOB SRL CUI: 16877232	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2025	4	345,638	86,410	269,119	See the direct purchases behind this group
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA BUDILA CUI: 29459320	JACOB TODAY SRL CUI: 25109101	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2026	10	343,485	34,349	79,000	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BARBULESTI CUI: 18893021	SILVER TITANIC CAPITAL SRL CUI: 49580857	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2025	4	343,250	85,813	226,500	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TOBOLIU CUI: 23259072	STIEFEL SRL CUI: 10869087	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2025	2	343,067	171,534	186,411	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BILED CUI: 4847432	PF CONSTRUCT 2018 SRL CUI: 38765205	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	2	342,395	171,198	259,291	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA REDEA CUI: 4286550	CAVIS FURNITURE SRL CUI: 37665305	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	3	342,000	114,000	175,000	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA USUSAU CUI: 3519194	EURODIDACTICA SRL CUI: 21693430	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2025	3	341,734	113,911	254,853	See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CARACAL CUI: 4395175	SOCUB SRL CUI: 18299488	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2025	3	340,547	113,516	267,837	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TURNU RUIENI CUI: 3227289	CENTRUL DE CALCULATOARE SRL CUI: 15715771	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2025	2	337,956	168,978	237,996	See the direct purchases behind this group
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA I HELIADE RADULESCU CUI: 20745671	TEHNIC INSTAL INVEST SRL CUI: 31540833	391	furnizare ceiling 135,060	2020	7	337,511	48,216	229,064	See the direct purchases behind this group
UNIVERSITATEA DIN PITESTI CUI: 4122183	EURODIDACTICA SRL CUI: 21693430	391	furnizare ceiling 135,060	2021	5	335,222	67,044	257,839	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA GORGOTA CUI: 2845354	ZIPPER SERVICES SRL CUI: 16723187	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	2	334,976	167,488	174,982	See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BRANESTI CUI: 4420724	IZI CONSULTING SRL CUI: 42230480	391	furnizare ceiling 270,120	2024	6	334,647	55,775	91,700	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

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