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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

161

Cumulative flagged value

134.63 Mn.

Average direct purchases per group

3.7

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
COMUNA SMARDAN CUI: 4150000 RODTUD PREST SRL CUI: 29716173 450 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 5 2,750,000 550,000 550,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
JUDETUL GIURGIU CUI: 4938042 NOVA SMART ENERGY & CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 45084265 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 9 2,715,875 301,764 424,234 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SIRIA CUI: 3518920 INTECO HOLDING SRL CUI: 14989507 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 6 2,069,508 344,918 664,933 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANTANDREI CUI: 4794583 BICONSTAL SRL CUI: 33835059 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 4 1,999,198 499,800 865,893 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TOBOLIU CUI: 23259072 BSS TOPCONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 40607398 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 1,972,630 657,543 737,268 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BARSAU CUI: 3897289 SXA EXPERT PROIECT CONSULT SRL CUI: 40245182 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 4 1,886,599 471,650 900,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
REGIA NATIONALA A PADURILOR ROMSILVA RA CUI: 1590120 VOMTRANS COM IMPEX SRL CUI: 3935188 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 1,841,350 613,783 827,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
JUDETUL ILFOV CUI: 4192545 VICE COM 95 SRL CUI: 7637486 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,758,458 879,229 891,434 See the direct purchases behind this group
SECTORUL 4 AL MUNICIPIULUI BUCURESTI CUI: 4316422 EZ PROJECT AG SRL CUI: 18042335 450 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2018 04.06–31.12 4 1,743,697 435,924 436,555 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DARMANESTI CUI: 5010129 NALCON INSTAL 2009 SRL CUI: 25120312 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 1,743,124 581,041 879,171 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS MIOVENI CUI: 4318199 CONCRET CONSTRUCT VALCRIS SRL CUI: 17667808 450 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 4 1,742,042 435,511 448,362 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA RASTOLITA CUI: 4578032 STEPRO SRL CUI: 8430399 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,721,750 860,875 888,962 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS MIOVENI CUI: 4318199 CONCRET CONSTRUCT VALCRIS SRL CUI: 17667808 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 2 1,720,550 860,275 895,050 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BERZASCA CUI: 3228020 TERMOGAMA SRL CUI: 9568790 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,668,634 834,317 834,317 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA MIHAESTI CUI: 5209874 GENTEK RISTO SRL CUI: 39480729 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,641,656 820,828 886,261 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA NATIONALA POSTA ROMANA SA CUI: 427410 DRUPO GRUP SRL CUI: 15131985 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 2 1,626,385 813,193 858,453 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SELIMBAR CUI: 4406045 ANTRESIB CONSTRUCT CONEX SRL CUI: 47814528 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 1,617,422 539,141 817,422 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA MIHAESTI CUI: 5209874 CONSPRODCOM SRL CUI: 8603538 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 2 1,600,782 800,391 816,036 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL BRASOV CUI: 4384206 ROMFIT GRUP SRL CUI: 33445218 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,543,305 771,653 785,948 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA COPALNIC MANASTUR CUI: 3695115 PERFECT DOMITIANA SRL CUI: 25278330 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,536,000 768,000 890,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SELIMBAR CUI: 4406045 A1 CONSTRUCT MANAGER SRL CUI: 33703058 450 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2022 01.01–09.09 9 1,492,000 165,778 450,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TOMSANI CUI: 2843035 ALANDIA CONSTRUCT CIV SRL CUI: 39974781 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 4 1,410,090 352,523 774,999 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL VLAHITA CUI: 4245224 ANDESIT-IMPEX SRL CUI: 15401698 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,389,564 694,782 759,238 See the direct purchases behind this group
SPITALUL MUNICIPAL ACADEMICIAN LEON DANAILA DOROHOI CUI: 13727320 ABC-CON-INTERNATIONAL SRL CUI: 23617561 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,384,416 692,208 899,122 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA RABAGANI CUI: 4454980 BSS TOPCONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 40607398 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,362,128 681,064 708,181 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