Tender lots with a single bidder

Lots in publicly advertised tenders that drew a single offer and on which contracts have already been signed. It is the risk indicator most used in European procurement research: no competition in an open procedure can mean a closed market or specifications written for one bidder. Computed on tenders only, counting only money spent.

Single-bidder lots

Money spent without competition

329.02 Mn.

Average spent per lot

23.50 Mn.

Single-bidder lots by year of spending

Years marked * are not fully covered by the data: 2018, 2026.

Money spent without competition, by CPV group

The 10 largest CPV groups by value; the other 286 are added into a single tile.

How it is computed

Computed on every tender from 2018 to today.

Lots on which money was spent are kept: those with at least one contract or subsequent contract carrying a value and a winner. Framework agreements are left out, because the money is spent through the subsequent contracts.
Only competitive procedures with publication are kept. Negotiation without prior publication is left out: there the authority invites companies directly, so a single offer is normal.
The offers received on a lot are the unacceptable, non-compliant and admissible ones, added up. Withdrawn offers are not counted. For the authority's own procedures, with no count per lot, the contract's count is used.
The lot is flagged when it received a single offer.
A contract covering several lots is split between them by estimated value and booked in the year it was signed. With no year chosen each lot appears once, with its total across all years.
The winner shown is the company with the largest part of the lot's money that year; for an association the contract is shared evenly among members.

Thresholds

Single bidder: one offer received on the lot, counting unacceptable, non-compliant and admissible offers together; withdrawn offers are not counted
Procedures included: open and accelerated open tender, simplified procedure, restricted and accelerated restricted tender, competitive and accelerated competitive negotiation, competitive dialogue, the authority's own procedures and request for offers
Only lots on which at least one contract or subsequent contract has been signed

Tenders only, and money spent only: a framework agreement with no subsequent contract is not counted. Negotiation without prior publication and direct purchases are not included.

The data holds at most 200 contracts per notice. Where a notice has more, the money from the missing contracts is not in the figures.

The offer count is the one the authority reported. On under 1% of lots the contracts report different counts; the largest is kept. A single offer does not prove a breach: in a market with one manufacturer it can be natural. The signal is repetition, at the same authority or with the same winner.

The full explanation, on the methodology page

Tender lots with a single bidder
Notice and lot	Contracting authority	Winner	CPV code	Procedure type	Year	#	Estimated value	Spent	Tender
CAN1149498 implicit lot	COMPANIA NATIONALA DE TRANSPORT AL ENERGIEI ELECTRICE TRANSELECTRICA SA CUI: 13328043	Association of 2 companies ELECTROMONTAJ SA CUI: 566 ELM ELECTROMONTAJ CLUJ SA CUI: 201594	45232200-4	licitatie deschisa	2025	1	185,477,801	185,212,633	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1005493 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA DE DISTRIBUTIE A ENERGIEI ELECTRICE TRANSILVANIA SUD SA CUI: 14493260	ELECTROCONSTRUCTIA ELECON SA CUI: 3582957	45232200-4	licitatie deschisa	2018	1	62,015,911	61,819,029	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1039494 implicit lot	MUNICIPIUL MEDIAS CUI: 4240677	ISOTECH SRL CUI: 16680523	45232200-4	licitatie deschisa	2020	1	37,901,633	43,286,445	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1173297 implicit lot	MUNICIPIUL SIBIU CUI: 4270740	Association of 2 companies WALDEVAR POWER GRID SRL CUI: 6604081 ELECTRO-CON IMPEX SRL CUI: 15673447	45232200-4	licitatie deschisa	2026	1	15,000,000	13,350,000	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1074782 implicit lot	COMPANIA NATIONALA AEROPORTURI BUCURESTI SA CUI: 26490194	FLASH LIGHTING SERVICES SA CUI: 13845929	45232200-4	procedura simplificata	2022	1	—	7,738,790	See the tender and its contracts
CAN1144187 implicit lot	COMPANIA NATIONALA DE TRANSPORT AL ENERGIEI ELECTRICE TRANSELECTRICA SA CUI: 13328043	ELECTROPRECIZIA AG SRL CUI: 25609735	45232200-4	licitatie deschisa	2025	1	5,304,860	5,303,680	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1123689 implicit lot	MUNICIPIUL SUCEAVA CUI: 4244792	ELECTROAXA SRL CUI: 18619132	45232200-4	procedura simplificata	2025	1	—	3,991,342	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1079282 implicit lot	APAREGIO GORJ SA CUI: 20415711	Association of 2 companies EXPERT ENERGY CONSULT SRL CUI: 29812880 ALM POWER GROUP SRL CUI: 32610317	45232200-4	procedura simplificata	2022	1	—	2,870,926	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1097475 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA DE ADMINISTRARE A PARTICIPATIILOR IN ENERGIE SA CUI: 33134190	ENERGO PROIECT SRL CUI: 18672276	45232200-4	procedura simplificata	2023	1	—	2,549,980	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1126749 implicit lot	COMPANIA REGIONALA DE APA BACAU SA CUI: 27429315	MARSTE SRL CUI: 13928935	45232200-4	procedura simplificata	2025	1	—	1,273,700	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1096653 implicit lot	MUNICIPIUL PLOIESTI CUI: 2844855	SIMCO INTERNATIONAL IMPEX SRL CUI: 5158762	45232200-4	procedura simplificata	2023	1	—	1,065,124	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1055798 implicit lot	COMPANIA NATIONALA ADMINISTRATIA PORTURILOR MARITIME - SACONSTANTA CUI: 11062831	SOCIETATEA PENTRU SERVICII DE MENTENANTA A RETELEI ELECTRICE DE TRANSPORT SMART SA CUI: 14232728	45232200-4	procedura simplificata	2021	1	—	254,039	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1056433 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA DE PRODUCERE A ENERGIEI ELECTRICE IN HIDROCENTRALE HIDROELECTRICA SA CUI: 13267213	PRELCHIM SRL CUI: 7059714	45232200-4	procedura simplificata	2021	1	—	216,612	See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1003802 implicit lot	SOCIETATEA DE PRODUCERE A ENERGIEI ELECTRICE IN HIDROCENTRALE HIDROELECTRICA SA CUI: 13267213	PRELCHIM SRL CUI: 7059714	45232200-4	procedura simplificata	2018	1	—	90,190	See the tender and its contracts

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Notice and lot: The award notice number, linked to its record on e-licitatie.ro, with the lot underneath. The lot title appears on hovering over the information sign. A notice without lots has a single implicit lot, with no title.
Contracting authority: The authority that ran the tender.
Winner: The companies that received the lot's money that year. For an association every member is listed, by share; the filter finds the lot through any of them.
CPV code: The lot's CPV code: what was bought. The filter also takes leading digits: 45 covers all works.
Procedure type: The award procedure. The information sign means the offer count comes from the contract, not the lot.
Year: The years the lot's contracts were signed. With no year chosen the span appears; with a year chosen, that year.
#: How many contracts were signed on the lot. With a year chosen, the lot's total appears underneath if it has contracts in other years too.
Estimated value: The value the authority estimated before the tender, for the whole lot.
Spent: The money spent on the lot. A contract over several lots is split by estimated value. The table is ordered by this column by default.
Tender: Opens the tender and its contracts, with the offers received on each lot.

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/procedure-types
/api/v1/red-flags/ofertant-unic
/api/v1/red-flags/overview/years
/api/v1/red-flags/ofertant-unic/cpv-spend

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