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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
COMUNA BORS CUI: 4390526 All years 42,183,572 2,775,830 44,959,402 69,559,420 114,518,822 39.3%
SPITALUL MUNICIPAL ADJUD CUI: 4410690 All years 44,753,594 157,690 44,911,284 25,728,149 70,639,433 63.6%
UNITATEA MILITARA 01912 CUI: 32582462 All years 44,895,823 0 44,895,823 1,940,396 46,836,219 95.9%
ORAS STEFANESTI CUI: 4122574 All years 43,625,732 1,231,077 44,856,809 59,027,010 103,883,819 43.2%
MUNICIPIUL ROSIORI DE VEDE CUI: 4652694 All years 44,483,984 306,020 44,790,004 91,529,451 136,319,455 32.9%
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000 All years 44,604,041 112,813 44,716,854 0 44,716,854 100.0%
MUNICIPIU DRAGASANI CUI: 2573829 All years 35,391,613 9,259,689 44,651,302 106,911,584 151,562,886 29.5%
COMPLEXUL SPORTIV NATIONAL ELISABETA LIPA SNAGOV CUI: 4754880 All years 44,410,036 188,682 44,598,718 12,814,511 57,413,229 77.7%
SOCIETATEA DE REPARATII LOCOMOTIVE CFR- SCRL BRASOV SA CUI: 14257595 All years 41,705,786 2,819,205 44,524,991 299,443,378 343,968,369 12.9%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI - BISTRITA-NASAUD CUI: 8883551 All years 38,159,893 6,248,138 44,408,031 25,589,349 69,997,380 63.4%
SPITALUL JUDETEAN DE URGENTA TULCEA CUI: 4026712 All years 44,198,267 152,517 44,350,784 261,183,381 305,534,165 14.5%
REGIA AUTONOMA TEHNOLOGII PENTRU ENERGIA NUCLEARA - RATEN CUI: 32306920 All years 44,196,226 147,323 44,343,549 210,656,016 254,999,565 17.4%
ADMINISTRATIA SPITALELOR SI SERVICIILOR MEDICALE BUCURESTI CUI: 25502860 All years 41,675,790 2,530,436 44,206,226 799,018,068 843,224,294 5.2%
INSTITUTUL PENTRU TEHNOLOGII AVANSATE CUI: 4204259 All years 22,697,139 21,508,020 44,205,159 78,227,072 122,432,231 36.1%
SPITALUL MUNICIPAL CAMPINA CUI: 2845818 All years 43,627,892 398,233 44,026,125 42,324,225 86,350,350 51.0%
ORASUL INTORSURA BUZAULUI CUI: 4404370 All years 42,679,800 1,208,733 43,888,533 199,926,897 243,815,430 18.0%
DIRECTIA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA A MUNICIPIULUI TIMISOARA CUI: 38053878 All years 43,194,538 604,747 43,799,285 20,047,578 63,846,863 68.6%
ADMINISTRATIA LACURI PARCURI SI AGREMENT BUCURESTI CUI: 14008314 All years 38,263,904 5,268,211 43,532,115 172,226,631 215,758,746 20.2%
JUDETUL SIBIU CUI: 4406223 All years 12,902,183 30,563,251 43,465,434 1,185,474,377 1,228,939,811 3.5%
MUNICIPIUL MORENI CUI: 4344597 All years 42,318,470 1,015,993 43,334,463 221,640,775 264,975,238 16.4%
SPITALUL MUNICIPALSFANTA MUCENITA FILOFTEIA CURTEA DE ARGES CUI: 5010099 All years 40,577,797 2,728,225 43,306,022 19,510,786 62,816,808 68.9%
ORASUL SEINI CUI: 3627765 All years 37,337,580 5,934,418 43,271,998 140,640,581 183,912,579 23.5%
ORASUL BORSEC CUI: 4245380 All years 42,484,922 749,432 43,234,354 85,234,382 128,468,736 33.7%
SPITALUL MUNICIPAL SACELE CUI: 4317665 All years 43,133,042 22,073 43,155,115 38,130,394 81,285,509 53.1%
COMUNA DOFTEANA CUI: 4278116 All years 41,907,540 1,230,027 43,137,567 101,684,425 144,821,992 29.8%

501-525 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