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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
ORAS BORSA CUI: 3627544 RDE HARGHITA SRL CUI: 6582234 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 2 431,144 215,572 268,569 See the direct purchases behind this group
INSTITUTUL ONCOLOGIC PROFDRALEXANDRU TRESTIOREANU BUCURESTI CUI: 4203709 STERILECO SRL CUI: 15071999 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 8 424,555 53,069 138,075 See the direct purchases behind this group
SPITALUL JUDETEAN DE URGENTA CALARASI DR POMPEI SAMARIAN CUI: 3233078 STERILECO SRL CUI: 15071999 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2022 01.01–09.09 8 421,854 52,732 134,550 See the direct purchases behind this group
DIRECTIA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI MEDICALA CUI: 22970653 PROTECH INNOVATION SRL CUI: 37497902 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 2 420,030 210,015 269,630 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA VOLOVAT CUI: 4441239 ROTMAC-ECO SRL CUI: 23147974 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 4 419,212 104,803 133,595 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA FRUMOSU CUI: 4441409 ROTMAC-ECO SRL CUI: 23147974 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 6 414,175 69,029 119,999 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SATU MARE CUI: 4327057 ROTMAC-ECO SRL CUI: 23147974 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 4 410,321 102,580 169,729 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS BORSA CUI: 3627544 GLOD-SAL SRL CUI: 23281096 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2020 3 404,805 134,935 135,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA LUNCA DE JOS CUI: 4246211 RDE HURON SRL CUI: 10313528 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 3 403,202 134,401 234,359 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA FRATAUTII NOI CUI: 4326990 ROTMAC-ECO SRL CUI: 23147974 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 3 402,621 134,207 261,328 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA VICOVU DE JOS CUI: 4327090 ROTMAC-ECO SRL CUI: 23147974 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 4 400,668 100,167 137,977 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA GUGESTI CUI: 4297800 ECODERATISAL SRL CUI: 25318680 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 2 399,000 199,500 267,800 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA CERTEZE CUI: 3963978 DEIOSIM COM SRL CUI: 14636947 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 3 395,000 131,667 270,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA MUNICIPALA CONSOLIDARI SA CUI: 37764937 EXPERT MASTER TRADING SRL CUI: 40127535 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2019 3 394,350 131,450 133,950 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANCRAIU DE MURES CUI: 4322718 F&G ECO SRL CUI: 24694953 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2020 4 391,833 97,958 115,611 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA FRATAUTII VECHI CUI: 4244342 ROTMAC-ECO SRL CUI: 23147974 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 4 391,067 97,767 133,413 See the direct purchases behind this group
RAJA SA CUI: 1890420 IRIDEX GROUP SALUBRIZARE SRL CUI: 24342060 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 3 390,872 130,291 161,278 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA COGEALAC CUI: 4804407 IRIDEX GROUP SALUBRIZARE SRL CUI: 24342060 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 8 387,515 48,439 58,002 See the direct purchases behind this group
UM 0521 BUCURESTI CUI: 8372077 PERFECT CURIER SRL CUI: 12890395 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 2 383,610 191,805 210,060 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DUMBRAVITA CUI: 4777132 INDUSTRIAL PROCES PAPER SRL CUI: 21049678 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 2 383,469 191,735 206,643 See the direct purchases behind this group
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 STERILECO SRL CUI: 15071999 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 14 383,273 27,377 49,900 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DOLHESTI CUI: 5506727 RITMIC COM SRL CUI: 5505985 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 3 382,911 127,637 261,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA IPOTESTI CUI: 4244172 FLORCONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 5031652 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2019 3 381,000 127,000 129,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
RAJA SA CUI: 1890420 UCG CONSTRUCTII ECOLOGICE SRL CUI: 38057306 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 2 370,000 185,000 270,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA ILISESTI CUI: 4326930 RITMIC COM SRL CUI: 5505985 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2022 10.09–31.12 6 368,744 61,457 211,750 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