Year-end spending — PeBaniiNostri.ro

Every authority buys in December, and the share of those three weeks varies from year to year: 9.5% of the money in 2022, 4.1% in 2023. So the indicator compares each authority with the national average for the same year: it is flagged when it puts at least three times as much into the window. The table is ordered by the amount spent above normal.

Flagged cases

3,152

Spending above normal

1.06 Bn.

Average vs. national

5.1×

Flagged authorities by year

Years marked * are not fully covered by the data: 2018.

The data does not cover the whole window in 2023, so that year figures are a floor. For 2018, the first year of the dataset, the annual total is grossed up to a full year.

What the flagged windows were spent on

The 12 largest CPV groups by value; the other 271 are added into a single tile. The amount is what was spent in the flagged windows, not the amount above normal, which cannot be split by code.

National share of the 10-31 December window, by year

How it is computed

Computed on every direct purchase from 2018 to today.

Direct purchases are taken by finalisation date.
They are grouped by authority and year. A year counts only if the data covers all of its December, so the current year is left out.
The first year in the data starts in April, so its total is estimated for a full year from the nearby complete years. The correction makes the total larger, so it can only remove a case, never create one.
Spending from 10–31 December is divided by the yearly total: that is the authority's share.
The same share is computed for the whole country in the same year. It varies a lot (9.5% in 2022, 4.1% in 2023), which is why no fixed threshold is used.
The authority's share is divided by the national one. The amount above normal is the window spending minus what the authority would have spent at the national share.
Authority-years at least 3 times the national share are flagged, with at least 5 purchases in the window and at least 100,000 RON above normal, among those that spent over 200,000 RON in the year.

Thresholds

Window: 10–31 December, by the direct purchase's finalisation date
Minimum multiple of the national share: 3×
Minimum spending above normal: 100,000 RON
Minimum number of purchases in the window: 5
Minimum yearly direct-purchase budget: 200,000 RON

Direct purchases only. Tenders are left out: they are prepared months ahead, so a December signature is not a last-minute decision. Actual payments are not in the data.

Year-end spending has a legitimate side: the budget closes on 31 December and unspent money is lost. The indicator does not say a purchase is unlawful, only that its timing departs from the national pattern. A year in which everyone spent late produces no flags.

The full explanation, on the methodology page

Year-end spending
Contracting authority	Year	Total spend in the year	Spend 10-31 December	Purchases in the window	December share	Vs. national	Above normal	Purchases
COMUNA BERCENI CUI: 2845338	2019	2,782,709	794,402	61	28.6%	3.8×	583,026	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
OPERA NATIONALA ROMANA IASI CUI: 4541610	2024	3,431,404	766,390	64	22.3%	4.2×	582,076	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
PENITENCIARUL BUCURESTI RAHOVA CUI: 9941693	2022	2,097,104	781,210	155	37.3%	3.9×	581,879	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR2 CUI: 28958632	2021	762,172	651,490	12	85.5%	9.2×	580,878	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
MUZEUL NATIONAL DE ISTORIE A ROMANIEI CUI: 4192952	2024	3,443,943	764,932	24	22.2%	4.1×	579,945	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BRANESTI CUI: 4420724	2024	5,386,365	868,474	8	16.1%	3.0×	579,152	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR1 SLATINA CUI: 21331333	2022	979,403	671,905	15	68.6%	7.2×	578,812	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
STATIUNEA DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CULTURA PLANTELOR PE NISIPURI DABULENI CUI: 2281069	2021	2,015,911	765,025	25	38.0%	4.1×	578,261	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR2 CUI: 28958632	2022	681,330	642,983	7	94.4%	9.9×	578,222	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA LERESTI CUI: 4318423	2024	4,921,940	842,088	7	17.1%	3.2×	577,712	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMPANIA NATIONALA PENTRU CONTROLUL CAZANELOR INSTALATIILOR DE RIDICAT SI RECIPIENTELOR SUB PRESIUNE - CNCIR SA CUI: 27787860	2025	3,481,010	792,509	60	22.8%	3.7×	577,590	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA TARGU MURES CUI: 4323209	2019	3,494,111	842,451	28	24.1%	3.2×	577,036	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA RAMNICELU CUI: 2407907	2025	2,108,653	706,481	22	33.5%	5.4×	576,292	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA GHINDARESTI CUI: 8826017	2018	2,282,550 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	755,589	9	33.1%	4.2×	576,044	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SPITALUL CLINIC CF CRAIOVA CUI: 4332169	2024	1,687,486	666,332	14	39.5%	7.4×	575,691	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ORASUL GEOAGIU CUI: 5742426	2024	4,218,280	801,457	15	19.0%	3.5×	574,877	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI A JUD SATU MARE CUI: 15418983	2019	3,380,366	830,502	61	24.6%	3.2×	573,728	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA SMEENI CUI: 4154380	2020	2,427,098	779,855	62	32.1%	3.8×	573,319	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA OLARI CUI: 3520113	2021	1,120,302	674,501	17	60.2%	6.5×	570,710	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BELCIUGATELE CUI: 3966419	2025	3,894,522	809,522	21	20.8%	3.4×	569,072	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA HUSASAU DE TINCA CUI: 4349020	2018	2,205,541 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	742,299	14	33.7%	4.3×	568,811	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ORASUL GATAIA CUI: 4357988	2024	5,123,035	843,177	14	16.5%	3.1×	567,999	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI OLT CUI: 9746625	2018	2,400,630 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	755,608	70	31.5%	4.0×	566,775	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BALACIU CUI: 4365140	2020	1,137,921	663,417	10	58.3%	6.9×	566,585	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA RODNA CUI: 4512321	2025	3,855,416	803,576	8	20.8%	3.4×	565,541	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December

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Contracting authority: The authority that spent. One row is one authority in one year.
Year: The year the purchases were finalised.
Total spend in the year: Everything the authority spent through direct purchases that year. For the first year in the data it is estimated for a full year.
Spend 10-31 December: How much of that money was spent between 10 and 31 December.
Purchases in the window: How many direct purchases were finalised in the window. Below five nothing is flagged: it may be a single large purchase.
December share: Window spending as a percentage of the whole year. Read it with the next column, because the national average changes each year.
Vs. national: How many times the authority's share exceeds the national one in the same year. 1× means the same as the country; flagged from 3×.
Above normal: Window spending minus what the authority would have spent at the national share. The table is ordered by this column.
Purchases: Opens the authority's direct purchases from that window.

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/reference/years
/api/v1/red-flags/sindromul-decembrie
/api/v1/red-flags/overview/years
/api/v1/red-flags/sindromul-decembrie/distribution
/api/v1/red-flags/sindromul-decembrie/cpv-spend

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