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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

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

Contracting authority Supplier CPV group Contract type Year Direct purchases Cumulative value Average per purchase Largest purchase
COMUNA BUNESTI CUI: 4801389 SCHUSTER ECOSAL SRL CUI: 10314515 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2022 01.01–09.09 2 368,000 184,000 253,000
COMUNA GUGESTI CUI: 4297800 ECODERATISAL SRL CUI: 25318680 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 3 361,600 120,533 132,000
COMUNA FUNDENI CUI: 3126837 GEMINA SERVEXIM SRL CUI: 8484607 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 2 360,200 180,100 182,000
COMUNA CATUNELE CUI: 5455879 ECO GMG COMPANY SRL CUI: 36387154 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2022 01.01–09.09 3 360,000 120,000 144,000
SPITALUL CLINIC SFANTA MARIA CUI: 4382558 RER ECOLOGIC SERVICE BUCURESTI REBU SA CUI: 9357725 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 9 357,290 39,699 124,600
COMUNA SIC CUI: 4617689 STRICT PREST SRL CUI: 4924543 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2019 4 356,930 89,233 131,622
COMUNA GRECI CUI: 4793960 EDILITAR GRECI SRL CUI: 32081372 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 2 356,256 178,128 186,948
COMUNA SECUIENI CUI: 4367671 GREEN PLANET SRL CUI: 48966478 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 2 355,483 177,742 264,902
COMPANIA DE APA SOMES SA CUI: 201217 RECYCLING PROD SRL CUI: 21274190 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 3 354,000 118,000 256,000
SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA TARGU MURES CUI: 4323209 RECYCLING PROD SRL CUI: 21274190 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 10 353,484 35,348 40,500
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI GALATI CUI: 17094425 SERVICIUL PUBLIC ECOSAL CUI: 23973046 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 3 352,243 117,414 169,388
RAJA SA CUI: 1890420 AVD UNIC SRL CUI: 24464954 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 5 351,900 70,380 263,340
COMUNA MARTINIS CUI: 4246238 RDE HURON SRL CUI: 10313528 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 2 350,573 175,287 254,736
COMUNA LUPENI CUI: 4368049 RDE HARGHITA SRL CUI: 6582234 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 4 349,711 87,428 156,648
COMUNA NICORESTI CUI: 3878767 COSMESIRET SRL CUI: 17341037 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2024 2 345,350 172,675 269,346
COMUNA SANCRAIU DE MURES CUI: 4322718 F&G ECO SRL CUI: 24694953 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2019 4 344,500 86,125 125,800
COMUNA PORUMBENI CUI: 16367675 RDE HARGHITA SRL CUI: 6582234 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 4 343,380 85,845 129,999
COMUNA FRUMOASA CUI: 4246173 RDE HURON SRL CUI: 10313528 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 3 340,904 113,635 215,668
COMUNA CANDESTI CUI: 2613150 DDD SERV SRL CUI: 24314590 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 2 340,610 170,305 171,567
COMUNA ALBESTI CUI: 5110918 IRIDEX GROUP SALUBRIZARE SRL CUI: 24342060 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 3 338,473 112,824 168,577
SPITALUL CLINIC DE PNEUMOFTIZIOLOGIE SI BOLI INFECTIOASE BRASOV CUI: 4443175 AKSD ROMANIA SRL CUI: 13033778 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 4 337,789 84,447 211,212
INSTITUTUL ONCOLOGIC PROFDRALEXANDRU TRESTIOREANU BUCURESTI CUI: 4203709 STERILECO SRL CUI: 15071999 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 9 337,429 37,492 53,790
COMUNA DAIA ROMANA CUI: 4562206 SOMA SRL CUI: 946778 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 3 333,610 111,203 134,320
COMUNA PIANU CUI: 4561952 SOMA SRL CUI: 946778 905 servicii ceiling 135,060 2021 3 333,610 111,203 134,320
COMUNA SEIMENI CUI: 4514861 IRIDEX GROUP SALUBRIZARE SRL CUI: 24342060 905 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 2 330,824 165,412 168,794

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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.
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