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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

427

Cumulative flagged value

119.92 Mn.

Average direct purchases per group

4.4

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
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 STERILECO SRL CUI: 15071999 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 66 2,700,166 40,912 49,900 See the direct purchases behind this group
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 STERILECO SRL CUI: 15071999 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 55 2,353,121 42,784 49,493 See the direct purchases behind this group
ADMINISTRATIA SCOLILOR SECTOR 6 CUI: 14314666 SAB ECO CONSERV SRL CUI: 40501612 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2019 67 1,337,347 19,960 46,570 See the direct purchases behind this group
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 SUPERCOM SA CUI: 3884955 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 22 924,750 42,034 49,366 See the direct purchases behind this group
SPITALUL CLINIC DE BOLI INFECTIOASE SI TROPICALE DRVICTOR BABES CUI: 4266049 STERILECO SRL CUI: 15071999 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 18 907,910 50,439 146,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 SUPERCOM SA CUI: 3884955 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 17 716,533 42,149 49,127 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA MALINI CUI: 6526587 FLORCONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 5031652 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 5 648,460 129,692 269,780 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA MUGENI CUI: 4368065 RDE HARGHITA SRL CUI: 6582234 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 4 631,719 157,930 270,069 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA MANASTIREA HUMORULUI CUI: 4535597 RITMIC COM SRL CUI: 5505985 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 6 620,228 103,371 265,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANDOMINIC CUI: 4245879 RDE HURON SRL CUI: 10313528 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 8 617,883 77,235 262,201 See the direct purchases behind this group
SERVICIUL LOCAL DE SALUBRIZARE BOSANCI CUI: 41880140 RITMIC COM SRL CUI: 5505985 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 4 616,550 154,138 250,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DUMBRAVENI CUI: 4244210 RITMIC COM SRL CUI: 5505985 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2019 6 591,732 98,622 132,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
INSTITUTUL ONCOLOGIC PROFDRALEXANDRU TRESTIOREANU BUCURESTI CUI: 4203709 STERILECO SRL CUI: 15071999 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 11 582,350 52,941 187,335 See the direct purchases behind this group
SPITALUL CLINIC DE BOLI INFECTIOASE SI TROPICALE DRVICTOR BABES CUI: 4266049 STERILECO SRL CUI: 15071999 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 11 581,600 52,873 100,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
SERVICIUL LOCAL DE SALUBRIZARE BOSANCI CUI: 41880140 RITMIC COM SRL CUI: 5505985 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 4 581,064 145,266 206,064 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA PUTNA CUI: 4441379 ROTMAC-ECO SRL CUI: 23147974 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2022 10.09–31.12 4 580,324 145,081 269,699 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA AVRAMESTI CUI: 4367892 RDE HARGHITA SRL CUI: 6582234 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 5 579,561 115,912 269,888 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS SACUENI CUI: 4593474 AVE ROMANIA SRL CUI: 24324675 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2020 8 570,448 71,306 71,306 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANDOMINIC CUI: 4245879 RDE HURON SRL CUI: 10313528 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 4 567,515 141,879 239,830 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANCRAIU DE MURES CUI: 4322718 F&G ECO SRL CUI: 24694953 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 6 551,548 91,925 134,700 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA HOMOCEA CUI: 4350688 URBIS SRL CUI: 14704847 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 6 540,776 90,129 240,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL VLAHITA CUI: 4245224 RDE HARGHITA SRL CUI: 6582234 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 4 538,871 134,718 148,211 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA ZANESTI CUI: 2612952 DDD SERV SRL CUI: 24314590 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 3 531,188 177,063 265,376 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS TEIUS CUI: 4561960 POLARIS MHOLDING SRL CUI: 12079629 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 8 519,534 64,942 132,430 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA PODOLENI CUI: 2612987 DDD SERV SRL CUI: 24314590 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 10 511,154 51,115 131,771 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