CNSC

What CNSC does

CNSC (Consiliul Național de Soluționare a Contestațiilor) is the Romanian independent administrative-jurisdictional body that resolves disputes arising from public procurement procedures. Established under Law 101/2016, which entered into force on 2016-05-26, and governed by Government Decision 1037/2011, CNSC operates through 11 specialized complaint-resolution panels, each composed of a president and members and supported by economic, legal, and technical advisors. Its decisions can be appealed to Romanian Courts of Appeal. CNSC serves two principal user groups — Romanian public contracting authorities and economic operators (bidders) — and provides its statutory dispute-resolution function free of charge, with no fees charged to either party.

Name

CNSC

Legal name

Consiliul Național de Soluționare a Contestațiilor

Website

https://cnsc.ro

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CNSC is Romania's independent administrative-jurisdictional body that resolves public procurement disputes through 11 specialized panels under Law 101/2016, serving contracting authorities and economic operators with statutory, free dispute-resolution decisions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bucharest

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. State Budget Funding: CNSC is a government body funded through the Romanian state budget. It does not generate commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

CNSC is Romania's independent administrative-jurisdictional body that resolves contests filed against public procurement procedures under Law 101/2016. It operates through 11 specialized panels of three members each, supported by economic, legal, and technical advisors, and issues legally binding decisions on procurement disputes. The body also publishes an Official Bulletin, maintains a public decisions database, and operates a web portal (portal.cnsc.ro) for case tracking and information access.

Product overview

CNSC (Consiliul Național de Soluționare a Contestațiilor) is a Romanian government administrative-jurisdictional body, not a commercial product company. Its offerings consist of the Portal CNSC web portal providing access to decisions, official bulletins, case history, and filing procedures for public procurement complaints. Related infrastructure includes an IT platform project (SMIS 48792) and an AI/machine learning platform project (SMIS 341835) for automating the complaints resolution process. The organization also publishes a Best Practices Guide (Ghid de Bune Practici) for public procurement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Procurement Complaint Resolution Service (Soluționarea Contestațiilor) Statutory administrative-jurisdictional resolution of contests filed by economic operators and contracting authorities against public procurement award procedures in Romania. Delivered through 11 specialized three-member panels supported by economic, legal, and technical advisors; produces legally binding decisions that can be appealed to Romanian Courts of Appeal.
• Portal CNSC (Public Web Portal)

Quantifiable outcome

• Average complaint resolution time: 19 days
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Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability1 record

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Curtea de Justiție a Uniunii Europene (CJEU)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 January 2023The CJEU ruled on January 26, 2023 (Case C-403/21) that CNSC qualifies as a 'national court' under Article 267 TFEU. This recognition gives CNSC decisions significance in EU law interpretation and allows it to refer preliminary questions to the CJEU.
• Comisia Europeană (European Commission)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNSC implements EU-funded projects under PoCIDIF and other structural funds programs. The European Commission provides funding and oversight for projects SMIS 48792 and SMIS 341835.
• Curtea de Conturi a RomânieicoreOthersRomanian Court of Accounts conducts performance audits of CNSC's dispute resolution processes, including analysis of processing time and administrative efficiency.
• ANAP (Autoritatea Națională pentru Achiziții Publice)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRomanian National Authority for Public Procurement - regulatory counterpart for public procurement in Romania. CNSC provides dispute resolution while ANAP sets procurement policy.
• SEAP (Sistemul Electronic de Achiziții Publice)coreTechnology or IntegrationElectronic Public Procurement System - CNSC receives cases and references SEAP procurement codes and procedures.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Conseil d'État (France): France's supreme administrative court, the appellate venue for public-procurement disputes (référé précontractuel/contractuel). Broader administrative-litigation scope, but the principal comparator for procurement-dispute jurisprudence within the EU.
• Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione (ANAC): Italy's National Anti-Corruption Authority, which among other oversight roles supervises public procurement and handles related disputes. Wider portfolio than CNSC, but materially overlapping jurisdiction on procurement contestations.

Others

• European Court of Justice (CJEU): EU's apex judicial body that recognized CNSC as a 'national court' under TFEU Article 267. Not a competitor, but the higher-instance interpretive forum for CNSC's decisions.
• Sistemul Electronic de Achiziții Publice (SEAP): Romania's electronic public-procurement system. CNSC integrates with SEAP for case references and procurement-code data — adjacent infrastructure rather than a competing body.

Direct peers

• Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza (KIO): Poland's National Appeal Chamber, the closest functional analog to CNSC: an independent administrative-jurisdictional body that resolves public-procurement appeals with binding decisions subject to court review. Highly comparable mandate, structure, and EU-law exposure.
• Tribunal Administrativo Central de Recursos Contractuales: Spain's central administrative tribunal for procurement-contract appeals. Operates as a specialized administrative-jurisdictional body with similar statutory role under Spanish/EU procurement law.
• Vergabekammern des Bundes (Bundeskartellamt): Germany's federal procurement chambers at the Federal Cartel Office decide on procurement-contest appeals in a quasi-judicial administrative format. Directly comparable function within the EU procurement-law framework.

Regional players

• Autoritatea Națională pentru Achiziții Publice (ANAP): Romania's National Authority for Public Procurement — CNSC's domestic regulatory counterpart. Sets procurement policy while CNSC adjudicates disputes; comparable operating environment and EU-funds context.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cnsc

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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