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High risk #07 Exact price match

Price matching the estimate exactly

Tender lots on which exactly the estimated sum was spent, to the leu.

The money spent on the lot is exactly the authority's estimated value, to the leu. With competition the price falls below the estimate, by amounts that vary from case to case; here many cases land right on the estimate. The estimate is public in the contract notice, though, so bidders know it: the likely explanation is not a leak, but that nobody had a reason to go below it.

Lots on the estimate

19,310

Money spent on the estimate

5.50 Bn.

Offers received, on average

1.12

Lots on the estimate by award year

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

Money paid exactly at the estimate, by CPV group

The 10 largest CPV groups by value; the other 216 are added into a single tile.

Match rate against the number of offers received

The lot scale is logarithmic: the lots checked outnumber the flagged ones a hundred to one. Lots with no offer count in the data are left out.

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.
  2. Competitive procedures with publication are kept, as for #05, without framework agreements and without lots lacking an estimated value.
  3. A contract over several lots is split by estimated value, and the parts of one lot are added up across all years.
  4. The lot is flagged when the money spent and the estimated value, both rounded to the leu, are equal.
  5. Near misses are not flagged: on a large lot, a tenth of a percent is hundreds of thousands of lei. The anomaly is the bunching right on the estimate.
  6. The offers received on a lot are the unacceptable, non-compliant and admissible ones, added up; withdrawn ones are not counted. The second view keeps the lots with at least two offers.

Thresholds

  • Exact match: the money spent on the lot and its estimated value, both rounded to the leu, are equal
  • Two views of the same table: every match, and only those with at least two offers
  • Only lots on which at least one ordinary or subsequent contract has been signed

Tenders with prior publication only, and money spent only. Framework agreements are left out: there the estimate is the agreement's ceiling, and a match means the agreement was used up, not a price. Lots without an estimated value cannot be checked.

The data holds at most 200 contracts per notice. Where a notice has more, the money from the missing contracts is absent, and the lot can look below the estimate.

The estimate is public, so bidders know it. An exact match does not prove a leak or collusion: it shows nobody had a reason to go below it. The signal is repetition (the same authority, the same winner) and above all the second view, where there was competition and the price still did not fall.

The full explanation, on the methodology page

Price matching the estimate exactly
Notice and lot Contracting authority Winner CPV code Procedure type Offers Year # Estimated value Spent Tender
CAN1097773 lot 24 Lot title: delegarea gestiunii serviciului public de transport persoane, prin curse regulate, in judetul gorj-grupa 24 - 3 trasee JUDETUL GORJ CUI: 4956057
ANABELLA ROL SRL CUI: 25808720
60112000-6 licitatie deschisa 2 2023 1 15,626,998 15,626,998 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1017887 lot 1 Lot title: platforma de reviste stiintifice de cercetare in format online, accesata prin intermediul internetului: sciencedirect - journals - freedom collection ASOCIATIA UNIVERSITATILOR INSTITUTELOR DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE SI BIBLIOTECILOR CENTRALE UNIVERSITARE DIN ROMANIA - ANELIS PLUS CUI: 29489879
E-NFORMATION SRL CUI: 14159813
72320000-4 licitatie deschisa 1 2019 1 15,427,070 15,427,070 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1086806 implicit lot SOCIETATEA COMPLEXUL ENERGETIC HUNEDOARA SA CUI: 30855230 Association of 2 companies
GEROM INTERNATIONAL SA CUI: 6858926
EXTRUPLAST LOGISTIC SRL CUI: 26851272
43600000-9 licitatie deschisa 2 2022 1 15,351,713 15,351,713 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1006419 lot 1 Lot title: arhiva de reviste science direct backfiles ASOCIATIA UNIVERSITATILOR INSTITUTELOR DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE SI BIBLIOTECILOR CENTRALE UNIVERSITARE DIN ROMANIA - ANELIS PLUS CUI: 29489879
E-NFORMATION SRL CUI: 14159813
22212100-0 licitatie deschisa 1 2018 1 14,502,000 14,502,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1171977 lot 1 Lot title: autoutilitara furgon l2 h1 DELGAZ GRID SA CUI: 10976687
AUTOHAUS WESTCAR SRL CUI: 13595385
34100000-8 licitatie deschisa 3 2026 1 14,062,500 14,062,500 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1124509 implicit lot SOCIETATEA COMPLEXUL ENERGETIC VALEA JIULUI SA CUI: 30859649 Association of 2 companies
GEROM INTERNATIONAL SA CUI: 6858926
EXTRUPLAST LOGISTIC SRL CUI: 26851272
43600000-9 licitatie deschisa 3 2024 1 13,974,500 13,974,500 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1097860 implicit lot CET GOVORA SA CUI: 10102377
BICA SRL CUI: 6428635
60100000-9 licitatie deschisa 1 2023 1 13,653,600 13,653,600 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1140377 implicit lot COMPANIA NATIONALA ROMARM SA FILIALA SOCIETATEA UZINA MECANICA MIJA SA CUI: 2978636
PYXIS AERO SRL CUI: 11316972
42990000-2 licitatie deschisa 1 2025 1 13,600,000 13,600,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1166314 implicit lot AEROPORTUL IASI RA CUI: 9671409 50800000-3 licitatie deschisa 1 2026 1 12,855,232 12,855,232 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1146892 implicit lot COMPANIA NATIONALA DE CAI FERATE CFR SA BUCURESTI SUCURSALA REGIONALA DE CAI FERATE GALATI CUI: 15567497 Association of 4 companies
GDO-MOV IMPEX SRL CUI: 7686330
VELMANIT IMPEX SRL CUI: 7913549
3D ARHIGRUP SRL CUI: 16162793
45210000-2 licitatie deschisa 1 2025 1 12,798,495 12,798,495 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1119312 lot 1 Lot title: platforma complet automata care integreaza sistemul pentru procesarea probelor microbiologice (de tip walk away specimen processor instrument) cu sistemul automat de identificare a microorganismelor dupa amprenta moleculara (de tip matrix assisted laser desorbtion ionisation time-of-flight INSTITUTUL CLINIC FUNDENI CUI: 4204003 Association of 2 companies
DIAMEDIX IMPEX SA CUI: 8529458
ZEKO LIFEMED SRL CUI: 31955610
33100000-1 licitatie deschisa 1 2023 1 12,518,600 12,518,600 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1097773 lot 5 Lot title: delegarea gestiunii serviciului public de transport persoane, prin curse regulate, in judetul gorj-grupa 5 - 3 trasee JUDETUL GORJ CUI: 4956057
NEW CHAMPIONS LINE SRL CUI: 26861306
60112000-6 licitatie deschisa 1 2023 1 12,339,933 12,339,933 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1129952 implicit lot MUNICIPIUL MANGALIA CUI: 4515255 90513000-6 licitatie deschisa 1 2024 1 11,983,309 11,983,309 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1152856 implicit lot AEROPORTUL INTERNATIONAL AVRAM IANCU CLUJ RA CUI: 2882425 Association of 2 companies
HELVE AVIATECH SRL CUI: 27562973
HELVE SERVICE SRL CUI: 37922042
50000000-5 licitatie deschisa 1 2025 1 11,660,000 11,660,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1150225 implicit lot MUNICIPIUL SIGHETU MARMATIEI CUI: 3695174
GLOD-SAL SRL CUI: 23281096
90513000-6 licitatie deschisa 1 2025 1 11,596,522 11,596,522 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1042846 implicit lot AQUACARAS SA CUI: 16868757
EXPLO MINING COAL SRL CUI: 35342014
45252126-7 licitatie deschisa 1 2020 1 11,500,000 11,500,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1168856 implicit lot SPITAL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA BIHOR CUI: 4208498
CORTECH MED SRL CUI: 22088756
33113000-5 licitatie deschisa 1 2026 1 11,480,000 11,480,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1163733 implicit lot JUDETUL GIURGIU CUI: 4938042
ADG MEDICAL SUPPLY SRL CUI: 30702848
38910000-7 licitatie deschisa 1 2026 1 11,423,147 11,423,147 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1048442 implicit lot COMUNA SANMARTIN CUI: 4641296 66113000-5 licitatie deschisa 1 2020 1 11,300,545 11,300,545 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1071862 lot 1 Lot title: oxigen medicinal comprimat la butelii cu capacitatea intre 1 mc -10 mc SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA SFAPOSTOL ANDREI GALATI CUI: 3126853
LINDE GAZ ROMANIA SRL CUI: 8721959
24111500-0 licitatie deschisa 1 2022 1 10,950,000 10,950,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1026127 implicit lot COMPANIA DE APA ORADEA SA CUI: 54760
TINMAR ENERGY SA CUI: 34620961
65310000-9 licitatie deschisa 2 2019 1 10,940,538 10,940,538 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1112559 implicit lot CET GOVORA SA CUI: 10102377
BICA SRL CUI: 6428635
60100000-9 licitatie deschisa 1 2023 1 10,804,600 10,804,600 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1062623 lot 2 Lot title: angiograf biplan pentru proceduri interventionale cardiovasculare SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA TARGU MURES CUI: 4323209
MINIMED SOLUTIONS SRL CUI: 23144897
33111720-4 licitatie deschisa 1 2021 1 9,450,000 9,450,000 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1154985 lot 1 Lot title: lot 1 - piese mencanice compresor pentru compresoare de gaz gemini SOCIETATEA NATIONALA DE GAZE NATURALE ROMGAZ SA CUI: 14056826
SUTECH SRL CUI: 6148775
42124340-9 licitatie deschisa 1 2025 1 9,446,489 9,446,489 See the tender and its contracts
CAN1025164 implicit lot UNITATEA MILITARA 02550 C BUCURESTI CUI: 4283716 35710000-4 licitatie restransa 1 2019 1 9,340,000 9,340,000 See the tender and its contracts

26-50 of 19310 results

Rows per page: 25 50 100
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 and set the estimated value.
Winner
The companies that received the lot's money. 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. All have prior publication, so the estimate was public before the offers.
Offers
How many offers the lot drew. With one offer the match is easy to explain; from two up the figure is bold. The information sign: the count comes from the contract. A dash: the figure is missing from the data.
Year
The year of the lot's first contract. If contracts followed in later years, the span appears.
#
How many contracts were signed on the lot. Their total is compared with the estimate.
Estimated value
The value the authority estimated and published in the contract notice.
Spent
The money spent on the lot. It is the same figure as the estimate: that is the flagged case. The table is ordered by this column by default.
Tender
Opens the tender and its contracts, where the two figures can be checked.

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/pret-la-virgula
  • /api/v1/red-flags/overview/years
  • /api/v1/red-flags/pret-la-virgula/cpv-spend
  • /api/v1/red-flags/pret-la-virgula/offers-spread

Open data and API