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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
ADMINISTRATIA BAZINALA DE APA DOBROGEA LITORAL CUI: 23877359 All years 24,165,356 15,286,070 39,451,426 2,048,967,162 2,088,418,588 1.9%
COMUNA DRAGOMIRESTI CUI: 4344627 All years 35,105,323 4,242,436 39,347,759 38,777,659 78,125,418 50.4%
COMPANIA DE UTILITATI PUBLICE TECUCI SRL CUI: 29358725 All years 14,811,312 24,528,304 39,339,616 7,901,826 47,241,442 83.3%
COMPANIA LOCALA DE TERMOFICARE COLTERM SA CUI: 16063013 All years 15,830,980 23,423,322 39,254,302 142,874,902 182,129,204 21.6%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI - IALOMITA CUI: 9670462 All years 36,714,185 2,442,811 39,156,996 49,108,326 88,265,322 44.4%
COMUNA CATEASCA CUI: 4971995 All years 38,862,473 227,869 39,090,342 47,201,466 86,291,808 45.3%
SPITALUL CLINIC SFANTA MARIA CUI: 4382558 All years 39,057,327 0 39,057,327 148,620,626 187,677,953 20.8%
SPITALUL ORASANESC HATEG CUI: 4375011 All years 39,050,901 0 39,050,901 7,765,917 46,816,818 83.4%
SPITALUL CLINIC MUNICIPAL FILANTROPIA CRAIOVA CUI: 5002177 All years 39,006,753 0 39,006,753 22,932,002 61,938,755 63.0%
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE SANATATE PUBLICA CUI: 26347241 All years 33,443,703 5,529,249 38,972,952 112,633,201 151,606,153 25.7%
ORASUL AGNITA CUI: 4270716 All years 34,340,003 4,444,677 38,784,680 61,490,789 100,275,469 38.7%
APA SERV VALEA JIULUI SA CUI: 7392416 All years 28,374,067 10,402,838 38,776,905 169,072,356 207,849,261 18.7%
COMUNA LUNA CUI: 4546960 All years 36,342,470 2,392,270 38,734,740 15,207,416 53,942,156 71.8%
ORAS MURFATLAR CUI: 4859712 All years 25,020,736 13,711,110 38,731,846 129,185,280 167,917,126 23.1%
MUNICIPIUL ADJUD CUI: 4350491 All years 38,661,601 51,108 38,712,709 196,929,465 235,642,174 16.4%
HYDROKOV SA CUI: 8574327 All years 38,694,040 0 38,694,040 127,659,138 166,353,178 23.3%
MUNICIPIUL BEIUS CUI: 4794567 All years 36,078,122 2,614,060 38,692,182 137,832,019 176,524,201 21.9%
COMPANIA NATIONALA DE CAI FERATE CFR SA BUCURESTI SUCURSALA REGIONALA DE CAI FERATE TIMISOARA CUI: 15662430 All years 32,674,689 5,953,099 38,627,788 663,263,854 701,891,642 5.5%
UMNR02175 CUI: 4301383 All years 26,348,718 12,246,120 38,594,838 88,749,544 127,344,382 30.3%
MUNICIPIUL ALEXANDRIA CUI: 4652660 All years 37,347,812 1,198,737 38,546,549 369,063,447 407,609,996 9.5%
ORASUL COMANESTI CUI: 4353269 All years 37,870,968 580,465 38,451,433 376,134,018 414,585,451 9.3%
TRANS BUS SA CUI: 10622337 All years 38,436,064 0 38,436,064 101,643,551 140,079,615 27.4%
ORASUL STEI CUI: 4539114 All years 37,303,943 1,120,193 38,424,136 217,214,922 255,639,058 15.0%
COMUNA OSORHEI CUI: 4641288 All years 38,031,810 356,546 38,388,356 100,295,597 138,683,953 27.7%
SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA CUI: 5002142 All years 11,011,187 27,316,809 38,327,996 1,064,269,353 1,102,597,349 3.5%

601-625 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