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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

3,832

Cumulative flagged value

3.75 Bn.

Average direct purchases per group

3.6

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 DRAGOMIRESTI VALE CUI: 4736078 IDEAL COM SRL CUI: 3561652 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 14 7,569,393 540,671 831,304 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS OTOPENI CUI: 4364446 COSTALEX CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 9813902 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 24 7,567,779 315,324 445,248 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DRAGOMIRESTI VALE CUI: 4736078 IDEAL COM SRL CUI: 3561652 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2022 10.09–31.12 15 7,474,762 498,317 894,475 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DRAGOMIRESTI VALE CUI: 4736078 MACARI RMC CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 35610729 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 11 7,152,867 650,261 898,978 See the direct purchases behind this group
DIRECTIIA ADMINISTRARII DOMENIULUI PUBLIC CUI: 9509173 EPIC CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 38177043 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 8 6,138,554 767,319 890,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
TERMICA DISTRIBUTIE NAVODARI SRL CUI: 27381730 SERCONSTRUCT ROADS SRL CUI: 41571349 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 7 6,100,500 871,500 897,750 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA IZVORU - BARZII CUI: 4484400 CONSTRUCT DESIGN & ARHITECTURE SRL CUI: 32338396 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 22 5,979,962 271,816 890,498 See the direct purchases behind this group
TERMICA DISTRIBUTIE NAVODARI SRL CUI: 27381730 SERCONSTRUCT ROADS SRL CUI: 41571349 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 6 5,401,739 900,290 900,389 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA DE APA OLTENIA SA CUI: 11400673 ECOINSTALL SRL CUI: 50858443 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 6 5,238,626 873,104 899,743 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA CATEASCA CUI: 4971995 SELCA SA CUI: 128299 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 8 4,883,718 610,465 881,935 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TUNARI CUI: 4505618 VIOMADMAN CONCEPT SRL CUI: 40808260 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 6 4,881,848 813,641 899,306 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL TAUTII MAGHERAUS CUI: 3627170 TAUTII-IUGA SRL CUI: 4294391 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 17 4,863,960 286,115 895,613 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA DE APA OLTENIA SA CUI: 11400673 EVICAD PROIECT SRL CUI: 39334669 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 11 4,644,292 422,208 862,655 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS OTOPENI CUI: 4364446 COSTALEX CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 9813902 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 12 4,562,675 380,223 450,167 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL SACELE CUI: 4317649 FINCODRUM SA CUI: 24796449 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 6 4,505,404 750,901 885,760 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS OTOPENI CUI: 4364446 COSTALEX CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 9813902 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2018 04.06–31.12 21 4,328,350 206,112 436,624 See the direct purchases behind this group
SERVICIUL PUBLIC ECOSAL CUI: 23973046 TANCRAD SRL CUI: 8006670 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 15 4,249,613 283,308 450,169 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TUNARI CUI: 4505618 VIOMADMAN CONCEPT SRL CUI: 40808260 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 5 4,174,018 834,804 890,521 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL FAGARAS CUI: 4384419 GEIGER BRASOV SRL CUI: 14873188 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 9 4,172,942 463,660 885,470 See the direct purchases behind this group
DIRECTIIA ADMINISTRARII DOMENIULUI PUBLIC CUI: 9509173 STRABAG SRL CUI: 6891914 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 7 4,093,906 584,844 898,224 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL SACELE CUI: 4317649 RS ACTIV SRL CUI: 17296459 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 6 4,044,347 674,058 900,055 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BALOTESTI CUI: 4532469 DRUMURI SI EDILITARE SRL CUI: 26386852 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 7 4,039,126 577,018 822,070 See the direct purchases behind this group
DIRECTIIA ADMINISTRARII DOMENIULUI PUBLIC CUI: 9509173 STRABAG SRL CUI: 6891914 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 7 3,981,541 568,792 785,660 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SASCA MONTANA CUI: 3227190 EDIFICE ART COMPLET SRL CUI: 40929636 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 10 3,968,553 396,855 449,906 See the direct purchases behind this group
SERVICIUL PUBLIC ECOSAL CUI: 23973046 CITADINA 98 SA CUI: 1634561 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 14 3,922,036 280,145 449,778 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