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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
SPITALUL DE PSIHIATRIE SI PENTRU MASURI DE SIGURANTA SAPOCA CUI: 3724415 All years 40,805,743 1,035,830 41,841,573 63,752,106 105,593,679 39.6%
COMUNA BLEJOI CUI: 2845346 All years 41,836,549 3,247 41,839,796 89,403,764 131,243,560 31.9%
ADMINISTRATIA BAZINALA DE APA OLT CUI: 18264803 All years 11,555,477 30,257,098 41,812,575 206,432,306 248,244,881 16.8%
CENTRUL CULTURAL JUDETEAN ARAD CUI: 14207830 All years 27,523,309 14,267,806 41,791,115 2,031,301 43,822,416 95.4%
MUNICIPIUL GHERLA CUI: 4349071 All years 36,087,672 5,625,420 41,713,092 227,398,211 269,111,303 15.5%
JUDETUL BRASOV CUI: 4384150 All years 40,652,606 1,042,470 41,695,076 1,843,607,668 1,885,302,744 2.2%
COMUNA MATCA CUI: 4412225 All years 40,404,563 1,281,704 41,686,267 68,223,042 109,909,309 37.9%
SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN MURES CUI: 24014380 All years 36,355,655 5,327,161 41,682,816 661,979,628 703,662,444 5.9%
ORAS TECHIRGHIOL CUI: 4300540 All years 40,707,629 970,880 41,678,509 101,939,988 143,618,497 29.0%
SPITALUL PROF DR EDUARD APETREI BUHUSI CUI: 4187271 All years 41,419,589 227,049 41,646,638 12,897,332 54,543,970 76.4%
UNITATEA MILITARA 01812 CUI: 24352365 All years 40,893,671 745,080 41,638,751 23,515,474 65,154,225 63.9%
COMUNA CERTEZE CUI: 3963978 All years 37,436,007 4,056,412 41,492,419 29,829,013 71,321,432 58.2%
JUDETUL HARGHITA CUI: 4245763 All years 3,599,260 37,885,485 41,484,745 1,061,410,633 1,102,895,378 3.8%
COMUNA VALEA CALUGAREASCA CUI: 2845400 All years 40,699,900 694,081 41,393,981 82,507,579 123,901,560 33.4%
ORASUL DARMANESTI CUI: 4352921 All years 40,453,615 884,412 41,338,027 133,627,886 174,965,913 23.6%
DRUMURI SI PODURI SA CUI: 11766640 All years 38,940,746 2,310,120 41,250,866 115,558,915 156,809,781 26.3%
ORASUL DETA CUI: 2503378 All years 40,420,429 685,441 41,105,870 126,034,891 167,140,761 24.6%
COMUNA FILIPESTII DE TARG CUI: 2845516 All years 41,045,216 58,663 41,103,879 43,701,399 84,805,278 48.5%
COMPANIA NATIONALA AEROPORTURI BUCURESTI SA CUI: 26490194 All years 29,277,268 11,800,929 41,078,197 5,899,111,823 5,940,190,020 0.7%
ORAS BUFTEA CUI: 4434029 All years 34,080,657 6,940,162 41,020,819 257,095,308 298,116,127 13.8%
ORASUL RACARI CUI: 4816185 All years 40,988,863 4,700 40,993,563 100,096,228 141,089,791 29.1%
ORAS ARDUD CUI: 3897173 All years 39,968,763 972,932 40,941,695 45,114,148 86,055,843 47.6%
SPITALUL MUNICIPAL TGSECUIESC CUI: 4404524 All years 40,835,176 0 40,835,176 36,852,441 77,687,617 52.6%
MUNICIPIUL BRAILA CUI: 4205670 All years 23,708,014 17,089,405 40,797,419 981,851,478 1,022,648,897 4.0%
COMUNA CIUREA CUI: 4540658 All years 40,249,431 515,192 40,764,623 164,043,732 204,808,355 19.9%

551-575 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