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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 DOBROESTI CUI: 4283503 CONSTRUCT PLUS TEHNIC SRL CUI: 35311387 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 2,005,612 668,537 883,907 See the direct purchases behind this group
DIRECTIIA ADMINISTRARII DOMENIULUI PUBLIC CUI: 9509173 EPIC CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 38177043 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2022 01.01–09.09 7 2,005,109 286,444 415,620 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA MARASU CUI: 4342685 DOFLOM SRL CUI: 18597107 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 4 2,004,195 501,049 807,925 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANTANDREI CUI: 4794583 BICONSTAL SRL CUI: 33835059 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 4 1,999,198 499,800 865,893 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL FALTICENI CUI: 5432522 SYM RSC SRL CUI: 18458877 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 4 1,996,921 499,230 879,745 See the direct purchases behind this group
SPITALUL MUNICIPAL CARITAS CUI: 4568004 DRMAX SRL CUI: 9378655 336 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 204 1,996,516 9,787 130,893 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DAVIDESTI CUI: 4122531 DRUM CONSTRUCT LOGISTIK SRL CUI: 25707881 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 4 1,989,457 497,364 825,737 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA DRAGOMIRESTI VALE CUI: 4736078 IDEAL COM SRL CUI: 3561652 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 5 1,987,751 397,550 443,288 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL TG - JIU CUI: 4956065 OLTENIA GARDEN SRL CUI: 11289053 451 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2022 01.01–09.09 5 1,986,607 397,321 449,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL BOTOSANI CUI: 3372882 CONREC AGREMIN TRANS SRL CUI: 609357 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 4 1,982,055 495,514 900,347 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS ROVINARI CUI: 5057520 SERVISOMARG CONS SRL CUI: 30978097 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 4 1,981,290 495,323 896,966 See the direct purchases behind this group
APAVITAL SA CUI: 1959768 IZO CONSTRUCT TRADING SRL CUI: 13351399 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 3 1,980,864 660,288 855,893 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA DE APA ORADEA SA CUI: 54760 DRUMURI ORASENESTI SA CUI: 5148777 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 6 1,978,260 329,710 850,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TINCA CUI: 4794605 PRO VERTICAL ALPIN SRL CUI: 31300806 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 7 1,975,874 282,268 588,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BALCANI CUI: 4278027 LUCMAR PERFORMANCE SRL CUI: 39571185 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 7 1,973,804 281,972 794,230 See the direct purchases behind this group
ACADEMIA DE STUDII ECONOMICE CUI: 4433775 SAFETY INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS SRL CUI: 33301964 713 servicii ceiling 270,120 2022 10.09–31.12 12 1,973,691 164,474 257,520 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TOBOLIU CUI: 23259072 BSS TOPCONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 40607398 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 1,972,630 657,543 737,268 See the direct purchases behind this group
UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRASOV CUI: 4317754 MOTO INSTAL SRL CUI: 10570157 453 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 20 1,971,698 98,585 470,354 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA TOPOLOVATU MARE CUI: 4691677 NEM-CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 23468893 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 4 1,970,938 492,735 891,968 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL LUPENI CUI: 4375046 PROSOFT CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 31271174 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2025 10 1,969,600 196,960 267,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL GURA HUMORULUI CUI: 6631418 CALCARUL SA CUI: 7220224 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 6 1,966,873 327,812 553,596 See the direct purchases behind this group
MUNICIPIUL PIATRA-NEAMT CUI: 2612790 TERMO PLUS SRL CUI: 13259210 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2019 7 1,954,274 279,182 440,999 See the direct purchases behind this group
SPITALUL CLINIC BOLI INFECTIOASE CUI: 4485715 ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE ROMANIA SRL CUI: 8955860 336 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2021 50 1,948,512 38,970 248,300 See the direct purchases behind this group
AEROPORTUL INTERNATIONAL MARAMURES RA CUI: 2944544 TAUTII-IUGA SRL CUI: 4294391 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 4 1,940,835 485,209 820,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA MAXINENI CUI: 4721263 ANVISOR TRANS SRL CUI: 16030245 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 1,939,163 646,388 899,990 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