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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 VARBILAU CUI: 2844197 ELMY CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 23459410 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 7 1,693,363 241,909 416,369 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SINTEREAG CUI: 4427013 MIRON-CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 14598991 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 4 1,692,900 423,225 585,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA HALMAGEL CUI: 3520318 PIATRA BALAST IMPEX SRL CUI: 23024181 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 1,692,182 564,061 796,612 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS OTOPENI CUI: 4364446 ORIZONT SERVICES SRL CUI: 19084762 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 7 1,690,900 241,557 440,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA CRISTIAN CUI: 4728369 ALPEBOCOM SRL CUI: 16454119 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 6 1,689,642 281,607 424,550 See the direct purchases behind this group
TERMO PLOIESTI SRL CUI: 46877331 APAZOL TRANS SRL CUI: 9179725 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 5 1,689,517 337,903 697,665 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA FRECATEI CUI: 4874658 DFA CONSTRUCTION SRL CUI: 36813560 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,688,435 844,218 877,802 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA PATRAUTI CUI: 4244318 CON BUCOVINA SA CUI: 712912 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2022 10.09–31.12 2 1,688,117 844,059 863,117 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL IASI CUI: 4541580 INSTAL CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 11076381 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 1,684,675 561,558 899,761 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL TARGU LAPUS CUI: 3694861 ANTREPRIZA DE REPARATII SI LUCRARI A R L CLUJ SA CUI: 9478840 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 4 1,682,755 420,689 448,371 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS PANCOTA CUI: 3518911 PIATRA BALAST IMPEX SRL CUI: 23024181 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 5 1,682,701 336,540 815,650 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS VOLUNTARI CUI: 4283481 UNITIP GLOBAL SRL CUI: 30372855 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,680,462 840,231 875,385 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SOCOL CUI: 3227220 EDIFICE BUILD SRL CUI: 28065239 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,680,341 840,171 899,265 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA PAULESTI CUI: 3897025 ROSATT COMPANY SRL CUI: 23624364 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,679,554 839,777 869,777 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS OTOPENI CUI: 4364446 UPPER LEVEL SRL CUI: 30153499 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 1,679,455 559,818 756,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BRADU CUI: 5172600 TERRA CONSTRUCT LAND SRL CUI: 16994534 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 5 1,679,070 335,814 422,556 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA FRUMUSENI CUI: 16341462 PIATRA BALAST IMPEX SRL CUI: 23024181 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 2 1,676,917 838,459 898,071 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA LETCANI CUI: 4540488 LIS AFFAIR SRL CUI: 26644749 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 3 1,675,583 558,528 830,952 See the direct purchases behind this group
SECTORUL 3 AL MUNICIPIULUI BUCURESTI CUI: 4420465 MADMAR EXPERT CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 28436590 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,675,375 837,688 896,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA VETIS CUI: 3896577 PROIECT INVEST SRL CUI: 13803788 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 4 1,670,433 417,608 846,129 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL CARACAL CUI: 4395175 RESCOMT SRL CUI: 27138111 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 1,669,846 556,615 863,791 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA PUCHENII MARI CUI: 2844510 SAVA SERV CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 21306852 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,669,558 834,779 835,062 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA NEGRILESTI CUI: 15534708 ALEXSOFIA LOGISTIC SRL CUI: 37135520 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 3 1,663,184 554,395 858,661 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANMARTIN CUI: 4641296 EVISER PROCONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 44677914 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,662,347 831,174 897,214 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BRANESTI CUI: 4420724 ACVATOT SRL CUI: 13906 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 4 1,661,174 415,294 818,766 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