Romania's intelligence service says EUR 196 mln Digi contract complies with SAFE procedures

Romania's intelligence service SRI said on June 5 that the EUR 196 million contract awarded to Digi Romania for the development of an integrated large language model (LLM) cybersecurity platform was carried out in accordance with the procedures established under the EU's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument and national legislation.

The clarification came a day after SRI had stated in a separate press release that “the identification and selection of suppliers for projects financed through SAFE is carried out within the framework of the interinstitutional working group coordinated by the Head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery”, effectively assigning responsibility for supplier selection to the government.