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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
ORASUL VISEU DE SUS CUI: 3627641 CONREP SA CUI: 2221199 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 5 2,307,307 461,461 785,597 See the direct purchases behind this group
ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA APELE ROMANE ADMINISTRATIA BAZINALA DE APA CRISURI CUI: 23782674 GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL SRL CUI: 33613427 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2018 04.06–31.12 10 2,305,460 230,546 440,475 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TUNARI CUI: 4505618 RICONSTRUCT TRADE IMPEX SRL CUI: 45053641 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 4 2,295,235 573,809 744,164 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DRAGOMIRESTI VALE CUI: 4736078 DHY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS SRL CUI: 34164580 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2022 01.01–09.09 6 2,291,235 381,873 427,424 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BOLINTIN DEAL CUI: 5843129 STYLE CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 3212911 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2022 10.09–31.12 4 2,284,063 571,016 848,492 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL FIERBINTI-TARG CUI: 4428060 PAN RIZ IMPEX SRL CUI: 478561 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 2,277,264 759,088 898,744 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DARMANESTI CUI: 5010129 STEEL CONSTRUCT INDUSTRIAL 2000 SRL CUI: 41368051 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 5 2,267,698 453,540 703,336 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA OARJA CUI: 5103449 DRUMARG TOP 2005 SRL CUI: 17238857 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2022 01.01–09.09 8 2,252,010 281,501 427,503 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL SIMERIA CUI: 4375135 PROACTIV SRL CUI: 17161508 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 3 2,250,968 750,323 896,105 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SADOVA CUI: 4326779 CALCARUL SA CUI: 7220224 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 2,249,971 749,990 850,156 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA FRATAUTII NOI CUI: 4326990 CHEZA SRL CUI: 13698917 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 4 2,247,723 561,931 900,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SLOBOZIA BRADULUI CUI: 4410658 TROIA PREMIUM CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 32177290 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 5 2,247,356 449,471 817,687 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BOROD CUI: 4687250 DRUMURI ORASENESTI SA CUI: 5148777 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 5 2,246,170 449,234 450,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA DE APA OLTENIA SA CUI: 11400673 WPY GRUP SRL CUI: 47706356 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 3 2,242,819 747,606 845,862 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANANDREI CUI: 5390656 BD WAY DEVELOPMENT BUILDING SRL CUI: 39586950 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 3 2,240,040 746,680 899,900 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL LUPENI CUI: 4375046 COMEXIM R SRL CUI: 2146135 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 2,236,210 745,403 900,300 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA MOGOSOAIA CUI: 4420830 PKF CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 16136158 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 5 2,228,714 445,743 471,100 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA FARCASESTI CUI: 4718950 YDAIL CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 14478413 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 5 2,227,464 445,493 757,819 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA VALEA RAMNICULUII CUI: 3662703 GEDA COM SRL CUI: 4053539 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 4 2,225,428 556,357 885,154 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL DROBETA TURNU SEVERIN CUI: 4426581 INSTAL PRO TERRA SRL CUI: 45042472 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 3 2,221,363 740,454 873,120 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS OTOPENI CUI: 4364446 COSTALEX CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 9813902 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 5 2,214,961 442,992 748,756 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS VOLUNTARI CUI: 4283481 UNITIP GLOBAL SRL CUI: 30372855 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 5 2,209,734 441,947 450,112 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL DROBETA TURNU SEVERIN CUI: 4426581 CONSTRUCT DESIGN & ARHITECTURE SRL CUI: 32338396 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 5 2,209,150 441,830 449,936 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DOMNESTI CUI: 4221136 PAN RIZ IMPEX SRL CUI: 478561 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 4 2,208,122 552,031 725,837 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL VISEU DE SUS CUI: 3627641 CONCRETE BRIDGE SRL CUI: 36726323 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 5 2,204,485 440,897 701,816 See the direct purchases behind this group

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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.
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