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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
DIRECTIA DE DEZVOLTARE SERVICII PUBLICE CUI: 13994670 All years 45,287,813 1,435,231 46,723,044 10,395,217 57,118,261 81.8%
SERVICIUL PUBLIC DE ADMINISTRARE A UNITATILOR DE INVATAMINT PREUNIVERSITAR DE STAT CUI: 14392273 All years 45,697,276 858,485 46,555,761 63,651,521 110,207,282 42.2%
SPITALUL ORASENESC NEGRESTI-OAS CUI: 3963960 All years 45,498,722 1,043,751 46,542,473 26,381,265 72,923,738 63.8%
COMUNA SIMIAN CUI: 4550988 All years 38,601,907 7,866,091 46,467,998 208,414,987 254,882,985 18.2%
COMPANIA NATIONALA ADMINISTRATIA CANALELOR NAVIGABILE SA CUI: 11087755 All years 1,896,046 44,561,967 46,458,013 1,196,828,352 1,243,286,365 3.7%
ORASUL TARGU LAPUS CUI: 3694861 All years 46,341,201 0 46,341,201 106,983,166 153,324,367 30.2%
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA MATERIALELOR - INCDFM BUCURESTI CUI: 9068280 All years 42,391,404 3,897,208 46,288,612 14,464,735 60,753,347 76.2%
ORAS SEBIS CUI: 3518970 All years 46,153,609 80,000 46,233,609 72,313,718 118,547,327 39.0%
SPITALUL DE URGENTA AL MINISTERULUI ADMINISTRATIEI SI INTERNELOR PROFDRDIMITRIE GEROTA CUI: 4283767 All years 15,336,443 30,600,841 45,937,284 199,955,300 245,892,584 18.7%
SPITALUL CLINIC DE PNEUMOFTIZIOLOGIE CONSTNTA CUI: 2983845 All years 44,944,009 975,117 45,919,126 48,921,326 94,840,452 48.4%
ACET SA CUI: 713519 All years 43,282,149 2,578,515 45,860,664 1,018,685,531 1,064,546,195 4.3%
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA LASERILOR PLASMEI SI RADIATIEI - INFLPR RA CUI: 9052135 All years 41,356,855 4,430,326 45,787,181 77,594,308 123,381,489 37.1%
UNITATEA MILITARA NR 02574 CUI: 4193125 All years 41,358,150 4,331,770 45,689,920 1,597,399,800 1,643,089,720 2.8%
SOCIETATEA NATIONALA DE RADIOCOMUNICATII SA CUI: 10881986 All years 39,185,915 6,457,742 45,643,657 507,124,440 552,768,097 8.3%
COMUNA TINCA CUI: 4794605 All years 45,565,041 52,504 45,617,545 89,640,719 135,258,264 33.7%
COMUNA REMETEA MARE CUI: 2512511 All years 43,384,210 2,197,909 45,582,119 33,855,079 79,437,198 57.4%
OMV PETROM SA CUI: 1590082 All years 2,770,169 42,798,639 45,568,808 2,061,370,129 2,106,938,937 2.2%
MUNICIPIUL TURNU MAGURELE CUI: 4253731 All years 44,515,192 1,038,492 45,553,684 270,443,717 315,997,401 14.4%
APAREGIO GORJ SA CUI: 20415711 All years 45,137,608 359,730 45,497,338 843,370,115 888,867,453 5.1%
MIDIA GREEN ENERGY SA CUI: 14325363 All years 44,651,840 800,563 45,452,403 47,448,882 92,901,285 48.9%
MONETARIA STATULUI RA CUI: 427304 All years 39,360,734 5,812,769 45,173,503 6,365,473 51,538,976 87.7%
SPITALUL ORASENESC VALENI DE MUNTE CUI: 2844200 All years 45,173,339 0 45,173,339 2,019,529 47,192,868 95.7%
JUDETUL MEHEDINTI CUI: 4337344 All years 42,170,856 2,918,960 45,089,816 1,018,121,238 1,063,211,054 4.2%
MINISTERUL AFACERILOR INTERNE CUI: 4267095 All years 3,379,874 41,689,576 45,069,450 2,435,476,444 2,480,545,894 1.8%
MUNICIPIUL MOINESTI CUI: 4591490 All years 34,968,355 10,025,306 44,993,661 220,263,757 265,257,418 17.0%

476-500 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