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High risk #05 Single bidder

Tender lots with a single bidder

Tender lots that drew a single offer and on which money has already been spent.

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

66

Money spent without competition

163.19 Mn.

Average spent per lot

2.47 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 Withdrawn offers are not counted.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.
  4. The lot is flagged when it received a single offer.
  5. 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.
  6. 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  • Single bidder: one offer received on the lot, counting unacceptable, non-compliant and admissible offers together; withdrawn offers are not counted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
CAN1145380 implicit lot ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA APELE ROMANE CUI: 24326056
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
48820000-2 licitatie deschisa 2025 1 32,000,000 30,998,837 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1135812 lot 1 Lot title: lot 1: echipamente digitale SECTORUL 6 AL MUNICIPIULUI BUCURESTI CUI: 4340730
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
39300000-5 licitatie deschisa 2024 1 29,929,667 29,916,200 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1090186 implicit lot ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA DE METEOROLOGIE RA CUI: 11672708 Association of 2 companies
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
ARCTIC STREAM SA CUI: 38114908
32571000-6 licitatie deschisa 2022 1 11,407,118 11,407,027 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1118908 lot 3 Lot title: echipamente retea comunicatii date - cod cpv: 32413100-2; ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA APELE ROMANE CUI: 24326056
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
32413100-2 licitatie deschisa 2023 1 9,384,312 9,318,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1173358 implicit lot BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI CUI: 361684
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
30233000-1 licitatie deschisa 2026 1 8,480,000 9,310,252 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1117617 implicit lot ACADEMIA NAVALA MIRCEA CEL BATRAN- UM 02192 CONSTANTA CUI: 4515484
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
38970000-5 licitatie deschisa 2023 1 4,696,800 4,696,800 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1165407 lot 4 Lot title: achizitie solutie de control a accesului in retele (nac) MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE CUI: 4266863
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
32420000-3 licitatie deschisa 2026 1 4,333,192 4,320,299 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1058879 implicit lot MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE CUI: 4266863
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
32260000-3 licitatie deschisa 2021 1 4,183,176 4,180,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1055695 implicit lot MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE CUI: 4266863
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
30233180-6 licitatie deschisa 2021 1 2,867,653 2,849,920 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1071892 implicit lot ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA DE METEOROLOGIE RA CUI: 11672708
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
48000000-8 licitatie deschisa 2022 1 2,775,500 2,766,500 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1052858 implicit lot MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE CUI: 4266863
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
32420000-3 licitatie deschisa 2021 1 2,744,618 2,646,008 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1064389 implicit lot MINISTERUL FINANTELOR CUI: 4221306
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
42961000-0 licitatie deschisa 2021 1 3,851,531 2,559,972 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1130825 lot 3 Lot title: upgrade al sistemului de stocare BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI CUI: 361684
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
30233000-1 licitatie deschisa 2024 1 2,515,000 2,512,400 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1110622 implicit lot UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA GHEORGHE ASACHI DIN IASI CUI: 4701606
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
48820000-2 licitatie deschisa 2023 1 2,465,168 2,442,548 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1012317 implicit lot MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE CUI: 4266863
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
32424000-1 licitatie deschisa 2019 1 2,365,871 2,348,227 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1171900 lot 2 Lot title: furnizare simulator masini navale (ers) full mission CERONAV CUI: 15566688
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
34152000-7 licitatie deschisa 2026 1 2,170,000 2,170,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1130825 lot 4 Lot title: upgrade al sistemului de backup pe disc BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI CUI: 361684
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
30233000-1 licitatie deschisa 2024 1 2,137,100 2,134,170 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1163722 implicit lot MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE CUI: 4266863 Association of 2 companies
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
72212000-4 licitatie deschisa 2026 1 2,029,884 2,007,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1171079 implicit lot MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE CUI: 4266863
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
48214000-1 licitatie deschisa 2026 1 1,740,000 1,718,500 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1172181 implicit lot CERONAV CUI: 15566688
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
34152000-7 licitatie deschisa 2026 1 1,660,000 1,660,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1165180 lot 2 Lot title: upgrade pentru infrastructura de stocare aferenta sniv/e-viza MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE CUI: 4266863
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
30233000-1 licitatie deschisa 2026 1 1,649,220 1,635,300 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1163869 implicit lot MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE CUI: 4266863 Association of 2 companies
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
MIDA SOFT BUSINESS SRL CUI: 16005870
72212000-4 licitatie deschisa 2026 1 1,632,561 1,616,235 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1030910 implicit lot SOCIETATEA NATIONALA DE TRANSPORT GAZE NATURALE TRANSGAZ SA CUI: 13068733
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
71351610-2 procedura simplificata 2020 1 — 1,592,870 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1011355 implicit lot SOCIETATEA NATIONALA DE TRANSPORT GAZE NATURALE TRANSGAZ SA CUI: 13068733
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
71351610-2 procedura simplificata 2019 1 — 1,492,800 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1117614 implicit lot ACADEMIA NAVALA MIRCEA CEL BATRAN- UM 02192 CONSTANTA CUI: 4515484
SMART CONTROL SRL CUI: 15362947
30231200-9 licitatie deschisa 2023 1 1,476,000 1,475,138 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

Open data and API