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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
ORAS VOLUNTARI CUI: 4283481 TELEVOL SYSTEMS SA CUI: 26761188 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 7 1,888,897 269,842 489,198 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BARSAU CUI: 3897289 SXA EXPERT PROIECT CONSULT SRL CUI: 40245182 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 4 1,886,599 471,650 900,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA LERESTI CUI: 4318423 GROUP CONCIF SRL CUI: 14311791 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 4 1,884,535 471,134 774,118 See the direct purchases behind this group
DIRECTIA ADMINISTRAREA DOMENIULUI PUBLIC SI PRIVAT CUI: 16982459 ZONA D SRL CUI: 11468008 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 1,884,240 628,080 892,740 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORASUL TAUTII MAGHERAUS CUI: 3627170 TAUTII-IUGA SRL CUI: 4294391 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 5 1,882,457 376,491 558,016 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SANTAMARIA-ORLEA CUI: 5453800 SARA RAUL SIB SRL CUI: 35784342 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 5 1,882,377 376,475 590,775 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA VALEA CHIOARULUI CUI: 3694543 MILBOSTRUCT SRL CUI: 40280589 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 1,881,286 627,095 825,470 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA MUNICIPALA CONSOLIDARI SA CUI: 37764937 CONALM 2005 SRL CUI: 17979990 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2019 43 1,880,727 43,738 134,640 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA NICORESTI CUI: 3878767 CORI GRIGOS SRL CUI: 17276427 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 3 1,879,070 626,357 900,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA DE APA OLTENIA SA CUI: 11400673 TPS INVEST SRL CUI: 36142812 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 6 1,876,707 312,785 619,700 See the direct purchases behind this group
INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 NOVAINTERMED SRL CUI: 6220293 331 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2025 63 1,876,628 29,788 49,897 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA PUI CUI: 4374059 STRADE CONSCOM SRL CUI: 32455264 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 14 1,874,879 133,920 369,744 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMPANIA MUNICIPALA CONSOLIDARI SA CUI: 37764937 CARPATINA PRODCOM SRL CUI: 3653551 441 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2020 60 1,873,086 31,218 122,758 See the direct purchases behind this group
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA RADU TUDORAN COMUNA BLEJOI CUI: 29083284 PARADOR CONS SRL CUI: 16131053 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 5 1,872,171 374,434 899,630 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BALCANI CUI: 4278027 COMPREST INTERMED SRL CUI: 34312740 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 4 1,871,896 467,974 895,010 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA POPRICANI CUI: 4540380 INBIT SRL CUI: 1978913 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 1,870,018 623,339 900,000 See the direct purchases behind this group
VITAL SA CUI: 9710087 EL-FLUX SRL CUI: 16233142 453 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 5 1,869,353 373,871 888,972 See the direct purchases behind this group
ADMINISTRATIA DOMENIULUI PUBLIC SECTOR 2 CUI: 4266260 BELMAR PROD SRL CUI: 24096941 433 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2019 32 1,865,140 58,286 134,900 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA BARBULESTI CUI: 18893021 MAIERON CONSTRUCT METAL SRL CUI: 40772689 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 1,864,699 621,566 899,683 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA VARBILAU CUI: 2844197 BURNNYS VIBE SRL CUI: 46638210 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 7 1,864,445 266,349 893,897 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS SOVATA CUI: 4436895 GEIGER TRANSILVANIA SRL CUI: 8844358 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 10 1,864,054 186,405 441,176 See the direct purchases behind this group
SPITALUL JUDETEAN DE URGENTA DR CONSTANTIN ANDREOIU PLOIESTI CUI: 2844545 PSM ENERGO CONSTRUCTII SRL CUI: 17382274 453 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2022 10.09–31.12 4 1,860,611 465,153 839,692 See the direct purchases behind this group
SPITALUL CLINIC DE PSIHIATRIE SI NEUROLOGIE BRASOV CUI: 4317770 MEDIPLUS EXIM SRL CUI: 9311280 336 furnizare ceiling 135,060 2022 01.01–09.09 142 1,860,158 13,100 149,040 See the direct purchases behind this group
ORAS SOVATA CUI: 4436895 GREENSTECHNOLOGY SRL CUI: 43086090 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 8 1,859,537 232,442 547,899 See the direct purchases behind this group
COMUNA SACUIEU CUI: 5698118 SANPET SERV SRL CUI: 7715746 453 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 1,858,711 619,570 729,194 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