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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

35,864

Cumulative flagged value

14.74 Bn.

Average direct purchases per group

17.1

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 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
APA-CTTA SA CUI: 1755482 SMART TREND SRL CUI: 18747506 453 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 4 2,207,063 551,766 891,000 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
COMUNA BUCOVAT CUI: 23070129 NISTOR TOP CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 45301470 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 5 2,200,628 440,126 696,280 See the direct purchases behind this group
UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA GHEORGHE ASACHI DIN IASI CUI: 4701606 IZO CONSTRUCT TRADING SRL CUI: 13351399 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 8 2,198,212 274,777 886,035 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA MAIERU CUI: 4512305 FRASINUL SRL CUI: 12337680 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 3 2,191,400 730,467 871,400 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL TG - JIU CUI: 4956065 TEHNOINSTAL SRL CUI: 13254388 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 7 2,190,864 312,981 857,078 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS STEFANESTI CUI: 4122574 HIDRO CONSTRUCTIA ARGES SA CUI: 18436879 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 4 2,186,302 546,576 680,024 See the direct purchases behind this group
APAVITAL SA CUI: 1959768 IZO CONSTRUCT TRADING SRL CUI: 13351399 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 4 2,186,072 546,518 850,316 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA NATIONALA DE INVESTITII CNI SA CUI: 14273221 QUANTUM CREATIVE SOLUTION SRL CUI: 43470847 713 servicii ceiling 135,060 2022 01.01–09.09 33 2,183,291 66,160 135,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA ASAU CUI: 4277943 SEGINA COMPANY SRL CUI: 32633884 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 4 2,180,939 545,235 888,292 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL PIATRA-NEAMT CUI: 2612790 ROMACTIV BUSINESS CONSULTING SRL CUI: 15203674 794 servicii ceiling 270,120 2026 13 2,180,000 167,692 250,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA MUNICIPALA CONSOLIDARI SA CUI: 37764937 EXPERT MASTER TRADING SRL CUI: 40127535 451 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 5 2,177,682 435,536 440,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANMARTIN CUI: 4641296 ASFAMIXT SRL CUI: 20847710 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 7 2,171,493 310,213 449,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL DROBETA TURNU SEVERIN CUI: 4426581 DOLPHIN SRL CUI: 15311757 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 3 2,167,659 722,553 896,930 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL VISEU DE SUS CUI: 3627641 CONREP SA CUI: 2221199 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 6 2,164,615 360,769 450,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA POIENI CUI: 5979229 WRO LOGISTIK SRL CUI: 30909631 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 5 2,163,225 432,645 900,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL PIATRA-NEAMT CUI: 2612790 TERMO PLUS SRL CUI: 13259210 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 2,158,549 719,516 900,274 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL LUPENI CUI: 4375046 DRUPO SRL CUI: 13776675 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 2,150,339 716,780 855,992 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL SACELE CUI: 4317649 FINCODRUM SA CUI: 24796449 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2022 01.01–09.09 10 2,150,151 215,015 442,869 See the direct purchases behind this group
UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI CUI: 4183199 OVIRAMAR CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 24779308 454 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 5 2,148,674 429,735 449,424 See the direct purchases behind this group
SECTORUL 4 AL MUNICIPIULUI BUCURESTI CUI: 4316422 ESTCON SRL CUI: 2596946 442 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2018 04.06–31.12 5 2,143,067 428,613 436,317 See the direct purchases behind this group
TETKRON SRL CUI: 27272953 SALVES TRADE SRL CUI: 36073372 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 3 2,135,136 711,712 899,988 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SIMINICEA CUI: 4327499 NEOACTIV CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 46286475 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 3 2,135,000 711,667 885,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS OTOPENI CUI: 4364446 SMART GENERAL CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 3020800 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 11 2,133,049 193,914 443,982 See the direct purchases behind this group

276-300 of 35864 results

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