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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
AN APELE ROMANE -ADMINISTRATIA BAZINALA DE APA ARGES-VEDEA-COD CAEN 3600390042916203711271207219841384258559 CUI: 24427093 All years 14,422,625 22,767,893 37,190,518 106,756,795 143,947,313 25.8%
COMUNA PUCHENII MARI CUI: 2844510 All years 37,158,476 0 37,158,476 62,199,662 99,358,138 37.4%
ORASUL SIRET CUI: 4440985 All years 36,866,631 281,077 37,147,708 201,608,475 238,756,183 15.6%
INSPECTORATUL DE POLITIE CUI: 4300965 All years 30,110,473 7,029,741 37,140,214 7,684,921 44,825,135 82.9%
JUDETUL ARGES CUI: 4229512 All years 36,590,623 532,815 37,123,438 1,503,811,411 1,540,934,849 2.4%
ORASUL PATARLAGELE CUI: 4055866 All years 36,818,300 292,010 37,110,310 66,097,666 103,207,976 36.0%
HARVIZ SA CUI: 24499588 All years 31,926,212 5,176,872 37,103,084 497,420,170 534,523,254 6.9%
JUDETUL SATU MARE CUI: 3897378 All years 22,223,693 14,827,046 37,050,739 1,024,921,500 1,061,972,239 3.5%
COMPANIA MUNICIPALA TERMOENERGETICA BUCURESTI SA CUI: 41269473 All years 36,161,569 835,659 36,997,228 827,752,339 864,749,567 4.3%
ORAS CURTICI CUI: 3519402 All years 36,218,037 711,529 36,929,566 75,008,999 111,938,565 33.0%
CET GOVORA SA CUI: 10102377 All years 19,731,476 17,137,854 36,869,330 422,322,013 459,191,343 8.0%
SPITALUL CLINIC DE BOLI INFECTIOASE SI PNEUMOFTIZIOLOGIE VICTOR BABES CRAIOVA CUI: 4417060 All years 36,794,561 0 36,794,561 193,454,611 230,249,172 16.0%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI MURES CUI: 9719809 All years 35,998,846 783,310 36,782,156 82,435,151 119,217,307 30.9%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI BUZAU CUI: 17091470 All years 18,556,355 18,162,850 36,719,205 64,501,548 101,220,753 36.3%
COMUNA AGHIRESU CUI: 4722374 All years 34,129,120 2,573,429 36,702,549 34,811,707 71,514,256 51.3%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI CUI: 17090393 All years 29,148,280 7,538,393 36,686,673 45,169,871 81,856,544 44.8%
COMUNA POPESTI CUI: 5398340 All years 36,455,983 191,357 36,647,340 45,019,697 81,667,037 44.9%
DIRECTIA GENERALA PENTRU ADMINISTRAREA PATRIMONIULUI IMOBILIAR SECTOR 2 CUI: 14783794 All years 36,329,614 287,224 36,616,838 2,030,992,379 2,067,609,217 1.8%
SALINA TURDA SA CUI: 26128977 All years 35,199,384 1,396,097 36,595,481 9,458,029 46,053,510 79.5%
JUDETUL IALOMITA CUI: 4231776 All years 33,195,451 3,384,932 36,580,383 1,326,838,245 1,363,418,628 2.7%
SPITALUL CLINIC CAI FERATE IASI CUI: 4981239 All years 36,101,355 467,865 36,569,220 35,856,590 72,425,810 50.5%
SPITALUL RMSARAT CUI: 4697653 All years 35,565,116 999,877 36,564,993 39,170,248 75,735,241 48.3%
JUDETUL ARAD CUI: 3519941 All years 18,636,540 17,926,101 36,562,641 1,728,612,970 1,765,175,611 2.1%
DIRECTIA ADMINISTRAREA DOMENIULUI PUBLIC SI PRIVAT CUI: 16982459 All years 28,642,115 7,888,453 36,530,568 65,389,148 101,919,716 35.8%
COMUNA ALBESTI CUI: 5902730 All years 36,476,511 0 36,476,511 36,478,875 72,955,386 50.0%

651-675 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