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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

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
APAVITAL SA CUI: 1959768 DELTA GRUP CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 17932122 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 4 1,744,097 436,024 872,340
SECTORUL 4 AL MUNICIPIULUI BUCURESTI CUI: 4316422 EZ PROJECT AG SRL CUI: 18042335 450 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2018 04.06–31.12 4 1,743,697 435,924 436,555
COMUNA DARMANESTI CUI: 5010129 NALCON INSTAL 2009 SRL CUI: 25120312 450 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 3 1,743,124 581,041 879,171
COMUNA AFUMATI CUI: 4420708 DAL EDIL SERV SRL CUI: 27675379 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 3 1,742,594 580,865 883,000
ORAS MIOVENI CUI: 4318199 CONCRET CONSTRUCT VALCRIS SRL CUI: 17667808 450 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 4 1,742,042 435,511 448,362
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI SECTOR 2 CUI: 17093691 STABIL CONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 21610664 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 2 1,741,653 870,827 886,942
COMUNA SANMARTIN CUI: 4641296 TRIO ARDECRIJ SRL CUI: 13818240 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 2 1,741,109 870,555 898,463
ORASUL VISEU DE SUS CUI: 3627641 KLEVER SYSTEM SRL CUI: 16861210 712 servicii ceiling 270,120 2023 17 1,740,639 102,391 263,167
COMUNA CERNESTI CUI: 3627897 DELORA SRL CUI: 11931780 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 6 1,740,438 290,073 444,333
ORASUL NUCET CUI: 4687200 HORIALEX SRL CUI: 19181897 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,740,000 870,000 870,000
COMPANIA MUNICIPALA ILUMINAT PUBLIC BUCURESTI SRL CUI: 37832144 IQ MEDIA PRODUCTION 2003 SRL CUI: 15777456 451 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 2 1,739,831 869,916 889,350
MUNICIPIU RM VALCEA CUI: 2540813 GRL CONGRUP SRL CUI: 42655820 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,738,085 869,043 898,085
COMUNA OSORHEI CUI: 4641288 DRUMURI BIHOR SA CUI: 10980670 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2021 10 1,737,926 173,793 448,000
COMUNA TAUTEU CUI: 4784237 DESCEND CONS SRL CUI: 28066587 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 4 1,737,806 434,452 900,327
INSTITUTUL ONCOLOGIC PROFDRALEXANDRU TRESTIOREANU BUCURESTI CUI: 4203709 DRMAX SRL CUI: 9378655 336 furnizare ceiling 270,120 2026 36 1,737,446 48,262 263,502
COMUNA ROATA DE JOS CUI: 5123608 INSTAL ABICONS SRL CUI: 43376425 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,736,902 868,451 893,950
COMUNA CHIRNOGI CUI: 3966303 DRUMURI SI PODURI SA CUI: 10631629 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2024 2 1,736,718 868,359 899,324
COMUNA VLAD TEPES CUI: 3796829 DRUMURI SI PODURI SA CUI: 10631629 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2022 10.09–31.12 2 1,736,105 868,053 870,946
COMUNA ZEMES CUI: 4277935 BVA SERVICII SRL CUI: 30941845 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 4 1,736,051 434,013 439,155
ORASUL DOLHASCA CUI: 5461609 TEHNO FOREST SRL CUI: 14802756 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2020 5 1,734,587 346,917 437,019
TRUSTUL DE CLADIRI METROPOLITANE BUCURESTI SA CUI: 37992692 ASSETS OFFICE SRL CUI: 23991220 451 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2026 2 1,734,148 867,074 869,395
COMUNA DUMBRAVITA CUI: 4663480 DUMBRAVITA INVESTITII SRL CUI: 31696884 452 lucrari ceiling 450,200 2018 04.06–31.12 4 1,733,979 433,495 438,000
ORASUL NUCET CUI: 4687200 BAU PROFCONSTRUCT SRL CUI: 43517338 454 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2023 2 1,733,421 866,711 870,390
MUNICIPIUL PIATRA-NEAMT CUI: 2612790 METALMOB CONCEPT SRL CUI: 43717379 451 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 3 1,733,160 577,720 756,864
MUNICIPIUL DROBETA TURNU SEVERIN CUI: 4426581 PIC GAZ SEVERIN SRL CUI: 42979657 452 lucrari ceiling 900,400 2025 5 1,733,050 346,610 899,570

576-600 of 35864 results

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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.
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