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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

22

Money spent without competition

181.92 Mn.

Average spent per lot

8.27 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 Withdrawn offers are not counted.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  • Single bidder: one offer received on the lot, counting unacceptable, non-compliant and admissible offers together; withdrawn offers are not counted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
CAN1091196 implicit lot ECOAQUA SA CUI: 16730672 Association of 2 companies
ACVATOT SRL CUI: 13906
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45232150-8 licitatie deschisa 2022 1 61,677,538 61,398,936 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1094216 implicit lot COMUNA RADOVANU CUI: 3796845 Association of 4 companies
MEDIR SRL CUI: 3966265
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
PROINSTAL SRL CUI: 17759707
VEST INSTAL SRL CUI: 18991887
45232400-6 procedura simplificata 2023 1 — 21,391,578 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1092866 implicit lot COMUNA FUNDENI CUI: 3796942 Association of 4 companies
MEDIR SRL CUI: 3966265
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
PROINSTAL SRL CUI: 17759707
45232400-6 procedura simplificata 2023 1 — 20,909,688 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1083082 implicit lot COMUNA STEFAN VODA CUI: 4133000 Association of 2 companies
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
HIDRODEX DESIGN SRL CUI: 35798470
45232150-8 procedura simplificata 2023 1 — 8,822,781 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1076905 implicit lot COMUNA MANASTIREA CUI: 3796853 Association of 2 companies
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2024 1 — 8,308,137 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1089423 implicit lot COMUNA SARULESTI CUI: 3966400
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45232150-8 procedura simplificata 2023 1 — 8,164,292 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1105322 implicit lot COMUNA VLAD TEPES CUI: 3796829 Association of 3 companies
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
NOVA INSTAL SISTEM SRL CUI: 35793170
45232150-8 procedura simplificata 2024 1 — 6,731,205 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1077694 implicit lot COMUNA MANASTIREA CUI: 3796853 Association of 2 companies
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2024 1 — 6,344,144 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1032826 implicit lot COMUNA GRADISTEA CUI: 4602688
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45232150-8 procedura simplificata 2020 1 — 6,116,449 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1112240 implicit lot COMUNA BREAZA CUI: 4055840 Association of 2 companies
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
LEU AQUACULTURA SRL CUI: 23319654
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2024 1 — 5,135,051 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1089424 implicit lot COMUNA SARULESTI CUI: 3966400
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45232400-6 procedura simplificata 2023 1 — 4,801,920 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1077649 implicit lot COMPANIA NATIONALA DE INVESTITII CNI SA CUI: 14273221 Association of 3 companies
KOMORA SRL CUI: 1929490
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
MESTERUL NOSTRU SRL CUI: 20920462
45200000-9 procedura simplificata 2022 1 — 4,293,912 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1037680 implicit lot COMPANIA NATIONALA DE INVESTITII CNI SA CUI: 14273221
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45200000-9 procedura simplificata 2020 1 — 3,778,492 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1028489 implicit lot MINISTERUL EDUCATIEI SI CERCETARII CUI: 13729380
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45214100-1 licitatie deschisa 2020 1 3,310,281 3,254,597 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1106621 implicit lot COMUNA DRAGALINA CUI: 4445389
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45213270-6 procedura simplificata 2024 1 — 2,394,435 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1130843 implicit lot COMUNA DRAGALINA CUI: 4445389 Association of 2 companies
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45210000-2 procedura simplificata 2026 1 — 2,221,062 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1090151 implicit lot COMUNA DRAGALINA CUI: 4445389
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45233140-2 procedura simplificata 2023 1 — 2,124,170 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1067172 implicit lot MUNICIPIUL CALARASI CUI: 4445370 Association of 2 companies
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
MESTERUL NOSTRU SRL CUI: 20920462
45210000-2 procedura simplificata 2022 1 — 1,849,420 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1105048 implicit lot COMUNA DRAGALINA CUI: 4445389
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45453000-7 procedura simplificata 2024 1 — 1,665,191 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1093469 implicit lot COMUNA VLAD TEPES CUI: 3796829
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45233162-2 procedura simplificata 2023 1 — 1,576,033 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1127983 implicit lot COMUNA DRAGALINA CUI: 4445389 Association of 2 companies
ELEMCO SRL CUI: 5404409
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
32323500-8 procedura simplificata 2025 1 — 530,052 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1072975 implicit lot COMUNA GRADISTEA CUI: 4602688
ZMC TRADING SRL CUI: 15826788
45233222-1 procedura simplificata 2022 1 — 111,394 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