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High risk #01 Slicing

Artificial slicing of direct purchases

Repeated direct purchases from one supplier, each below the legal ceiling, together above it.

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

730

Cumulative flagged value

272.06 Mn.

Average direct purchases per group

44.1

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.

  1. Direct purchases with a supplier (CUI) and a CPV code are kept.
  2. They are grouped on five keys: the authority, the supplier, the first three digits of the CPV code, the year and the contract type.
  3. Groups with a single purchase are dropped: one purchase alone is not slicing.
  4. For each group the purchase values are added up, and the average and the largest are computed.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
APA-CTTA SA CUI: 1755482 WINTER COM SRL CUI: 7702347 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 15 1,318,667 87,911 262,940 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA CRISTIAN CUI: 4728369 DOROBEIUL SRL CUI: 17484436 441 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 7 1,215,056 173,579 364,376 See the direct purchases behind this group
RIAL SRL CUI: 1107650 WORLD CLASS DISTRIBUTION SRL CUI: 32522592 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2020 603 1,189,090 1,972 32,615 See the direct purchases behind this group
RAJA SA CUI: 1890420 PROGRES STYLE SRL CUI: 14824525 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 100 1,147,502 11,475 134,663 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA COGEALAC CUI: 4804407 MARIO INDUSTRY CONF SRL CUI: 34252185 441 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2018 04.06–31.12 3 1,111,884 370,628 434,732 See the direct purchases behind this group
TERMICA DISTRIBUTIE NAVODARI SRL CUI: 27381730 SYMMETRICA SRL CUI: 6552535 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 4 1,080,270 270,068 270,093 See the direct purchases behind this group
TERMICA DISTRIBUTIE NAVODARI SRL CUI: 27381730 GETNIC CONSTRUCT SERV SRL CUI: 16900629 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 4 1,076,485 269,121 270,115 See the direct purchases behind this group
INFRASTRUCTURA S5 SA CUI: 42049115 NRG COMPANY SRL CUI: 22417646 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2021 35 1,035,509 29,586 114,800 See the direct purchases behind this group
RAJA SA CUI: 1890420 VSA INTERNATIONAL SRL CUI: 9575800 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2019 158 1,024,904 6,487 88,200 See the direct purchases behind this group
APA-CTTA SA CUI: 1755482 AVANTI RO SRL CUI: 14220472 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 10 1,021,075 102,108 263,840 See the direct purchases behind this group
RAJA SA CUI: 1890420 VSA INTERNATIONAL SRL CUI: 9575800 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 156 1,010,547 6,478 52,470 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA DE APA OLTENIA SA CUI: 11400673 AMP GRUP SRL CUI: 23207235 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 197 982,855 4,989 9,476 See the direct purchases behind this group
APA-CTTA SA CUI: 1755482 WINTER COM SRL CUI: 7702347 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 16 974,568 60,911 211,680 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA DE APA OLTENIA SA CUI: 11400673 AMP GRUP SRL CUI: 23207235 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2021 165 946,354 5,735 15,251 See the direct purchases behind this group
APA CANAL SA CUI: 16914128 ANTODRU INTERMED SRL CUI: 15538734 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 759 945,825 1,246 58,127 See the direct purchases behind this group
TERMICA DISTRIBUTIE NAVODARI SRL CUI: 27381730 GETNIC CONSTRUCT SERV SRL CUI: 16900629 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2022 01.01–09.09 6 944,230 157,372 270,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
AQUABIS SA CUI: 566787 TOTAL EDIL SRL CUI: 6776079 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2019 89 913,727 10,267 92,230 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA DE APA OLTENIA SA CUI: 11400673 AMP GRUP SRL CUI: 23207235 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2020 164 894,949 5,457 19,584 See the direct purchases behind this group
DOMENIUL PUBLIC TURDA SA CUI: 201250 SOROCAM SRL CUI: 1597471 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 37 877,665 23,721 131,250 See the direct purchases behind this group
APA-CTTA SA CUI: 1755482 AVANTI RO SRL CUI: 14220472 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 15 869,500 57,967 229,800 See the direct purchases behind this group
AQUATIM SA CUI: 3041480 WINTER COM SRL CUI: 7702347 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 75 868,496 11,580 212,669 See the direct purchases behind this group
APA-CTTA SA CUI: 1755482 AVANTI RO SRL CUI: 14220472 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 15 861,842 57,456 220,275 See the direct purchases behind this group
SOCIETATEA PENTRU LUCRARI DE DRUMURI SI PODURI DOLJ SA CUI: 10639878 ALMATAR TRANS SRL CUI: 13573930 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 9 819,500 91,056 149,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
APA CANAL SA CUI: 16914128 ANTODRU INTERMED SRL CUI: 15538734 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 715 814,815 1,140 35,441 See the direct purchases behind this group
ECOVOL ILFOV SA CUI: 21551614 DUOTIP SOLUTIONS SRL CUI: 42215960 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 3 810,000 270,000 270,000 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

Open data and API