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Medium risk #09 DSI index

Discretionary spend index

How much of an authority's money is spent through direct purchases, without a tender.

The discretionary spend index (DSI) is the share of an authority's money spent without a tender: direct purchases plus offline purchases, out of everything it spent. It is not in itself a sign of fraud, because a direct purchase is legal below the ceiling. But a large share of a large budget shows how many decisions are taken without competition. One row is one authority in one year.

Authority-years assessed

4,323

Spent without a tender

109.79 Bn.

National index

11.2%

Authorities above 60% by year

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

What the money spent without a tender bought

The 12 largest CPV groups by value; the other 304 are added into a single tile. Only money spent without a tender (direct and offline).

National index, weighted by money, by year

How it is computed

Computed on every award from 2018 to today.

  1. Direct purchases and offline purchases are taken. Both are direct purchases; an offline purchase does not even go through the catalogue.
  2. Tender contracts are taken separately, by the value signed. Framework agreements are left out.
  3. Money is dated by when it was spent: the finalisation date for direct purchases and offline purchases, the contract date for tenders. If an offline purchase has no finalisation date yet, its publication date is used.
  4. It is grouped by authority and year. Each authority also has a row with its total across all years, shown when no year is chosen.
  5. The index is the two direct streams divided by everything the authority spent, as a percentage.
  6. Only authorities with at least 3 million lei in a year, or 20 million across all years, are included. Below that the index says nothing: a small authority need not run tenders, and almost every row would read 100%.

Thresholds

  • Minimum spending in a year: 3.000.000 RON
  • Minimum spending across all years: 20.000.000 RON
  • Above 60%: a strongly discretionary profile

The indicator measures how the money was spent, not whether it was lawful. It does not check whether a purchase passed the ceiling; indicators #01 and #02 do that. Actual payments are not in the data.

A high index can have legitimate reasons: an authority with no investment in a year spends almost only on running costs. Read it with indicator #06, which shows how much competition the tenders drew.

The full explanation, on the methodology page

Contracting authority Year Direct Off-catalogue Without a tender Tenders Total spent DSI index
UNITATEA MILITARA UM02489 CUI: 3346980 All years 47,666,352 836,953 48,503,305 84,929,540 133,432,845 36.4%
COMPANIA NATIONALA DE CAI FERATE CFR SA BUCURESTI SUCURSALA REGIONALA DE CAI FERATE GALATI CUI: 15567497 All years 3,817,252 44,634,512 48,451,764 587,531,814 635,983,578 7.6%
CERONAV CUI: 15566688 All years 47,816,452 230,183 48,046,635 141,017,917 189,064,552 25.4%
JUDETUL TULCEA CUI: 4321607 All years 46,198,376 1,780,724 47,979,100 1,554,611,487 1,602,590,587 3.0%
COMUNA SURA MICA CUI: 4241109 All years 47,364,876 556,965 47,921,841 31,300,288 79,222,129 60.5%
EXPLOATARE SISTEM ZONAL PRAHOVA SA CUI: 18856244 All years 45,056,552 2,839,692 47,896,244 46,588,459 94,484,703 50.7%
TERMOFICARE ORADEA SA CUI: 31952982 All years 2,679,778 45,053,284 47,733,062 204,087,781 251,820,843 19.0%
NOVA APASERV SA CUI: 26161230 All years 45,616,689 2,104,953 47,721,642 195,169,952 242,891,594 19.7%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI SALAJ CUI: 17090997 All years 47,695,381 0 47,695,381 105,377,288 153,072,669 31.2%
COMUNA IPOTESTI CUI: 4244172 All years 47,318,099 303,908 47,622,007 57,762,491 105,384,498 45.2%
SOCIETATEA ROMANA DE TELEVIZIUNE CUI: 8468440 All years 44,235,797 3,238,358 47,474,155 834,172,606 881,646,761 5.4%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI CUI: 9770267 All years 35,152,820 12,176,462 47,329,282 100,194,541 147,523,823 32.1%
SERVICIUL PUBLIC DE GOSPODARIE URBANA CUI: 13852128 All years 40,030,090 7,224,422 47,254,512 3,338,726 50,593,238 93.4%
ORAS NASAUD CUI: 4347887 All years 16,222,794 30,989,178 47,211,972 122,413,199 169,625,171 27.8%
COMUNA SANCRAIU DE MURES CUI: 4322718 All years 42,255,636 4,792,923 47,048,559 84,099,607 131,148,166 35.9%
COMUNA ZIMANDU NOU CUI: 3519623 All years 45,035,224 2,010,180 47,045,404 27,504,030 74,549,434 63.1%
SPITALUL MUNICIPAL FALTICENI CUI: 5432514 All years 46,907,044 117,708 47,024,752 159,981,947 207,006,699 22.7%
ORASUL MAGURELE CUI: 4364500 All years 43,915,385 3,085,675 47,001,060 203,190,462 250,191,522 18.8%
SPITAL CLINIC DE ORTOPEDIE TRAUMATOLOGIE SI TBC OSTEOARTICULAR FOISOR CUI: 5062357 All years 46,862,983 96,667 46,959,650 58,111,480 105,071,130 44.7%
SPITALUL CLINIC DE URGENTA BAGDASAR-ARSENI CUI: 4943871 All years 24,543,553 22,405,590 46,949,143 616,728,495 663,677,638 7.1%
MUNICIPIUL ORASTIE CUI: 4634515 All years 46,118,828 829,627 46,948,455 199,386,105 246,334,560 19.1%
ADMINISTRATIA PREZIDENTIALA CUI: 4283732 All years 46,807,436 65,955 46,873,391 90,057,792 136,931,183 34.2%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI CUI: 9574414 All years 46,838,134 0 46,838,134 88,651,282 135,489,416 34.6%
ADMINISTRATIA BAZINALA DE APA SIRET-COD CAEN 3600390042916203711271207219841384258559 CUI: 18264854 All years 41,272,077 5,492,476 46,764,553 241,724,908 288,489,461 16.2%
CANTINA DE AJUTOR SOCIAL SI PENSIUNE CLUJ NAPOCA CUI: 5120733 All years 46,704,141 36,972 46,741,113 16,539,055 63,280,168 73.9%

451-475 of 4323 results

Rows per page: 25 50 100
Contracting authority
The authority that spent. One row is one authority in one year.
Year
The year the money was spent. The All years row is the authority's total and is shown by default; years do not add up.
Direct
Direct purchases. The link opens them for the same authority and year.
Off-catalogue
Offline purchases: direct purchases made outside the catalogue. The link opens them.
Without a tender
Direct plus offline: the amount in question. The table is ordered by it.
Tenders
Tender contracts. The link opens the authority's tenders; there the year is the notice's, not the contract's, so the list does not reproduce the figure exactly.
Total spent
Everything the authority spent that year, in all streams. 90% of a small budget and 40% of a large one do not mean the same thing.
DSI index
The share without a tender, as a percentage of the total. Under 40% green, 40–60% amber, above 60% red. The colour shows the band, not a fault.

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/red-flags/dsi/distribution
  • /api/v1/red-flags/dsi
  • /api/v1/red-flags/overview/years
  • /api/v1/red-flags/dsi/cpv-spend

Open data and API