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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

17

Money spent without competition

205.08 Mn.

Average spent per lot

12.06 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 Withdrawn offers are not counted.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  • Single bidder: one offer received on the lot, counting unacceptable, non-compliant and admissible offers together; withdrawn offers are not counted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
CAN1171694 implicit lot COMUNA GLODEANU SARAT CUI: 3724385 Association of 2 companies
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
CROMO ADVERTISING SRL CUI: 17499704
45231221-0 licitatie deschisa 2026 1 54,170,932 53,237,588 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1171253 implicit lot COMUNA SINESTI CUI: 4365069 Association of 2 companies
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
CROMO ADVERTISING SRL CUI: 17499704
45231221-0 licitatie deschisa 2026 1 44,085,964 43,412,883 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1107148 implicit lot COMUNA GALBINASI CUI: 3724440 Association of 3 companies
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
INTERACTIVE DESIGN SRL CUI: 18766818
TRANS GRUP AGAPIA SRL CUI: 28136275
45232400-6 procedura simplificata 2024 1 — 19,898,585 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1087679 implicit lot ORASUL PATARLAGELE CUI: 4055866 Association of 2 companies
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
CREATIVE ROAD DESIGN SRL CUI: 35264633
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2023 1 — 15,729,801 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1030534 implicit lot ORASUL PATARLAGELE CUI: 4055866
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2019 1 — 11,331,122 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1126882 implicit lot COMUNA BUDILA CUI: 4777159 Association of 2 companies
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
CROMO ADVERTISING SRL CUI: 17499704
45231221-0 procedura simplificata 2025 1 — 11,217,629 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1133645 implicit lot COMUNA CISLAU CUI: 2808976 Association of 3 companies
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
VISION ENGINEERING SRL CUI: 22121674
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2023 1 — 8,771,073 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1105448 implicit lot COMUNA SCUTELNICI CUI: 4234004 Association of 2 companies
CONFERIC SRL CUI: 3868283
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2024 1 — 8,769,738 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1128261 implicit lot COMUNA ROSIESTI CUI: 5117550 Association of 3 companies
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
GAZINSTAL ENERGY SRL CUI: 28103812
AMENAJARI IVCONS SRL CUI: 40032834
45231221-0 procedura simplificata 2025 1 — 8,409,459 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1125211 implicit lot COMUNA VIISOARA CUI: 4446694 Association of 3 companies
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
GAZINSTAL ENERGY SRL CUI: 28103812
AMENAJARI IVCONS SRL CUI: 40032834
45231221-0 procedura simplificata 2025 1 — 6,857,811 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1008491 implicit lot COMUNA PADINA CUI: 4299470
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2018 1 — 6,256,157 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1032807 implicit lot ORASUL PATARLAGELE CUI: 4055866
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2019 1 — 4,375,005 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1057775 implicit lot COMUNA BRAESTI CUI: 3724466
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2018 1 — 3,996,901 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1030543 implicit lot ORASUL PATARLAGELE CUI: 4055866
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2019 1 — 837,470 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1030542 implicit lot ORASUL PATARLAGELE CUI: 4055866
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2019 1 — 752,115 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1030535 implicit lot ORASUL PATARLAGELE CUI: 4055866
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2019 1 — 659,916 See the tender and its contracts
SCNA1030540 implicit lot ORASUL PATARLAGELE CUI: 4055866
MECAN CONSTRUCT SA CUI: 5288452
45233120-6 procedura simplificata 2019 1 — 566,128 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