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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 JUDETEAN DE URGENTA SF PANTELIMON FOCSANI CUI: 4350505 All years 93,760,937 0 93,760,937 162,196,511 255,957,448 36.6%
ORAS VOLUNTARI CUI: 4283481 All years 83,490,489 9,680,248 93,170,737 156,663,943 249,834,680 37.3%
MUNICIPIUL RESITA CUI: 3228764 All years 92,698,424 333,949 93,032,373 1,534,767,972 1,627,800,345 5.7%
COMPANIA DE APA TARGOVISTE-DAMBOVITA SA CUI: 10084149 All years 84,253,618 8,227,687 92,481,305 1,873,623,144 1,966,104,449 4.7%
SPITALUL DE RECUPERARE CARDIOVASCULARA DR BENEDEK GEZA CUI: 4404559 All years 90,147,686 2,326,930 92,474,616 40,119,515 132,594,131 69.7%
MUNICIPIUL SALONTA CUI: 4593423 All years 88,833,777 3,031,751 91,865,528 219,287,625 311,153,153 29.5%
APA CANAL SIBIU SA CUI: 2684940 All years 72,418,034 19,362,958 91,780,992 1,213,069,983 1,304,850,975 7.0%
MUNICIPIUL VASLUI CUI: 3337532 All years 85,074,894 6,332,193 91,407,087 613,051,952 704,459,039 13.0%
MUNICIPIUL PITESTI CUI: 4317967 All years 83,069,951 8,307,683 91,377,634 722,436,046 813,813,680 11.2%
SPITALUL JUDETEAN DE URGENTA SLATINA CUI: 4394927 All years 84,447,206 6,367,555 90,814,761 565,111,629 655,926,390 13.9%
COMUNA GHIRODA CUI: 5517220 All years 89,744,361 605,150 90,349,511 338,487,246 428,836,757 21.1%
MUNICIPIUL SACELE CUI: 4317649 All years 81,122,138 8,444,490 89,566,628 201,301,392 290,868,020 30.8%
MUNICIPIUL LUGOJ CUI: 4527381 All years 88,233,315 1,304,390 89,537,705 341,019,657 430,557,362 20.8%
COMUNA CHIAJNA CUI: 4364527 All years 87,156,516 2,128,288 89,284,804 121,679,194 210,963,998 42.3%
ORASUL PANTELIMON CUI: 4420759 All years 85,443,204 3,691,723 89,134,927 388,072,447 477,207,374 18.7%
COMUNA MIROSLAVA CUI: 4540461 All years 88,162,523 702,728 88,865,251 285,445,892 374,311,143 23.7%
DISTRIBUTIE ENERGIE ELECTRICA ROMANIA SA CUI: 14476722 All years 62,601,612 24,933,474 87,535,086 7,038,169,238 7,125,704,324 1.2%
MUNICIPIUL TULCEA CUI: 4321429 All years 84,645,879 2,190,982 86,836,861 748,900,196 835,737,057 10.4%
COMUNA DUMBRAVITA CUI: 4663480 All years 86,354,145 396,195 86,750,340 219,556,845 306,307,185 28.3%
INSTITUTUL DE URGENTA PENTRU BOLI CARDIOVASCULARE SI TRANSPLANT TARGU-MURES CUI: 32051606 All years 86,635,923 30,750 86,666,673 603,523,891 690,190,564 12.6%
COMUNA MOSNITA NOUA CUI: 4548570 All years 83,458,658 3,123,657 86,582,315 205,081,734 291,664,049 29.7%
MUNICIPIUL FAGARAS CUI: 4384419 All years 83,606,175 2,934,241 86,540,416 420,384,322 506,924,738 17.1%
ORASUL GHIMBAV CUI: 4801362 All years 82,163,373 4,140,185 86,303,558 281,315,352 367,618,910 23.5%
UNITATEA MILITARA 0461 CUI: 4204224 All years 32,393,341 53,451,799 85,845,140 77,852,155 163,697,295 52.4%
SPITALUL CLINIC DE URGENTA CUI: 4505332 All years 85,560,873 0 85,560,873 48,853,346 134,414,219 63.7%

151-175 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