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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

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

Contracting authority Supplier CPV group Contract type Year Direct purchases Cumulative value Average per purchase Largest purchase
COMUNA VALEA-TEILOR CUI: 17590461 RAMALINSTAL PROJECT SRL CUI: 38097360 441 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 2 513,889 256,945 270,071
APA CANAL SIBIU SA CUI: 2684940 FRIA TECHNIC WELD SRL CUI: 31955652 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 80 513,456 6,418 31,436
COMUNA DUMBRAVENI CUI: 4244210 DOREMIT STIL SRL CUI: 27948320 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2021 8 504,792 63,099 129,280
ORASUL NOVACI CUI: 4666126 CHARISMA SRL CUI: 8621518 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 2 500,000 250,000 250,000
COMPANIA MUNICIPALA CONSOLIDARI SA CUI: 37764937 CARPATINA PRODCOM SRL CUI: 3653551 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2018 04.06–31.12 9 499,418 55,491 116,421
APAREGIO GORJ SA CUI: 20415711 AMP GRUP SRL CUI: 23207235 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 73 491,419 6,732 68,150
APAVIL SA CUI: 16468149 AMP GRUP SRL CUI: 23207235 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 65 490,615 7,548 40,360
DOMENIU PUBLIC SI PRIVAT ONESTI SA CUI: 27231643 SELTIPRO GRUP SRL CUI: 29164958 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2024 6 485,640 80,940 84,250
OPERA NATIONALA ROMANA CUI: 4354558 MEGATITAN SRL CUI: 14168293 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 6 480,000 80,000 101,987
ORAS HOREZU CUI: 2541479 REIMAR CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 14341245 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 3 479,530 159,843 240,500
COMUNA ZABALA CUI: 4201848 VALDEK IMPEX SRL CUI: 6832268 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 6 477,730 79,622 177,840
APOLLO UTILITATI PUBLICE SRL CUI: 27312152 ADRISIMO 27 SRL CUI: 16400585 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 4 475,734 118,934 210,224
APA SERV VALEA JIULUI SA CUI: 7392416 AMP GRUP SRL CUI: 23207235 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 89 474,925 5,336 168,881
ECOVOL ILFOV SA CUI: 21551614 SUT CARPATI SA CUI: 2784583 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 4 470,000 117,500 270,000
CENTRALA ELECTRICA DE TERMOFICARE HIDROCARBURI CET HIDROCARBURI SA CUI: 26176052 BENDEA SRL CUI: 5595805 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2021 35 466,632 13,332 49,316
ADMINISTRATIA DOMENIULUI PUBLIC SECTOR 2 CUI: 4266260 D & V PRODUCTION SRL CUI: 15399059 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 2 461,550 230,775 243,150
TRUSTUL DE CLADIRI METROPOLITANE BUCURESTI SA CUI: 37992692 IBB-HIB ROMANIA SRL CUI: 38092770 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2020 8 460,220 57,528 134,750
CITADIN ZALAU SRL CUI: 27243753 EURO-ACTIV SRL CUI: 677289 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 7 459,500 65,643 66,250
COMPANIA DE UTILITATI PUBLICE DUNAREA BRAILA SA CUI: 7179966 ANTODRU INTERMED SRL CUI: 15538734 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2020 46 458,305 9,963 36,320
JUDETUL BIHOR CUI: 4244997 RINDEEA RUSTIC SRL CUI: 39621976 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 2 453,560 226,780 246,500
AQUACARAS SA CUI: 16868757 WINTER COM SRL CUI: 7702347 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 95 450,735 4,745 55,831
APA-CTTA SA CUI: 1755482 AVANTI RO SRL CUI: 14220472 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2023 8 449,627 56,203 112,785
SECOM SA CUI: 1605884 AMP GRUP SRL CUI: 23207235 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 102 445,103 4,364 145,800
SOIM CONS SRL CUI: 27251055 R&G INDUSTRIES SRL CUI: 12896991 441 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2022 10.09–31.12 49 441,466 9,010 45,068
AQUASERV SA CUI: 16775941 ANTODRU INTERMED SRL CUI: 15538734 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2021 67 439,699 6,563 38,019

126-150 of 730 results

Rows per page: 25 50 100
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.
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