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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
COMPANIA NATIONALA DE TRANSPORT AL ENERGIEI ELECTRICE TRANSELECTRICA SA CUI: 13328043 All years 6,983,351 27,288,451 34,271,802 7,137,238,103 7,171,509,905 0.5%
COMUNA REMETEA CUI: 4367655 All years 33,450,974 806,765 34,257,739 123,740,298 157,998,037 21.7%
SPITALUL CLINIC DE OBSTETRICA-GINECOLOGIE DR IOAN AUREL SBARCEA BRASOV CUI: 4443183 All years 25,911,096 8,342,631 34,253,727 85,047,268 119,300,995 28.7%
ORASUL TURCENI CUI: 4813480 All years 32,994,135 1,172,970 34,167,105 107,144,021 141,311,126 24.2%
COMUNA CORBEANCA CUI: 4611538 All years 31,740,255 2,414,222 34,154,477 48,415,874 82,570,351 41.4%
AEROPORTUL IASI RA CUI: 9671409 All years 31,847,769 2,274,401 34,122,170 586,188,980 620,311,150 5.5%
COMUNA PIELESTI CUI: 4553992 All years 34,007,837 33,922 34,041,759 15,237,181 49,278,940 69.1%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIE A COPILULUI SECTOR 4 CUI: 17226151 All years 31,616,394 2,421,086 34,037,480 70,455,539 104,493,019 32.6%
COMUNA ORTISOARA CUI: 5049919 All years 31,998,400 2,027,211 34,025,611 9,277,555 43,303,166 78.6%
SECOM SA CUI: 1605884 All years 33,057,638 951,668 34,009,306 377,649,497 411,658,803 8.3%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI A JUDETULUI SUCEAVA CUI: 9876765 All years 32,839,672 1,148,539 33,988,211 32,584,297 66,572,508 51.1%
COMUNA MARGINEA CUI: 4327030 All years 29,454,029 4,511,023 33,965,052 54,593,992 88,559,044 38.4%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE PROTECTIE INTERNA CUI: 36755310 All years 29,682,608 4,276,803 33,959,411 1,135,477,600 1,169,437,011 2.9%
COMUNA BUDESTI CUI: 2574085 All years 33,749,562 150,486 33,900,048 63,521,656 97,421,704 34.8%
ORAS COMARNIC CUI: 2845761 All years 30,023,875 3,859,411 33,883,286 49,266,023 83,149,309 40.8%
MUNICIPIUL BUCURESTI CUI: 4267117 All years 32,260,130 1,579,835 33,839,965 7,404,114,545 7,437,954,510 0.5%
COMUNA DEDA CUI: 4765618 All years 32,729,945 1,105,945 33,835,890 27,812,583 61,648,473 54.9%
SPITALUL DE PSIHIATRIE GATAIA CUI: 4483811 All years 33,178,340 652,987 33,831,327 43,571,086 77,402,413 43.7%
DIRECTIA NATIONALA ANTICORUPTIE CUI: 14838148 All years 32,312,671 1,512,364 33,825,035 69,448,197 103,273,232 32.8%
OPERA NATIONALA BUCURESTI CUI: 4221314 All years 31,731,316 2,037,094 33,768,410 29,523,070 63,291,480 53.4%
ADMINISTRATIA BAZINALA DE APA JIU - COD CAEN 3600 3900 4291 6203 7112 7120 7219 8413 8425 8559 CUI: 23886365 All years 33,515,243 236,299 33,751,542 232,572,743 266,324,285 12.7%
COMUNA FUNDENI CUI: 3796942 All years 31,555,473 2,153,108 33,708,581 54,718,812 88,427,393 38.1%
COMUNA CIUGUD CUI: 4562516 All years 33,443,859 251,217 33,695,076 79,669,505 113,364,581 29.7%
ORASUL URLATI CUI: 2844189 All years 33,152,620 522,052 33,674,672 69,998,147 103,672,819 32.5%
MUZEUL NATIONAL DE ISTORIE NATURALA GRIGORE ANTIPA CUI: 29446657 All years 32,647,174 1,017,304 33,664,478 1,212,754 34,877,232 96.5%

751-775 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