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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
CENTRUL MUNICIPAL DE CULTURA ARAD CUI: 33708527 All years 34,633,990 6,119,739 40,753,729 5,165,561 45,919,290 88.8%
ORASUL SCORNICESTI CUI: 4491369 All years 29,121,369 11,595,611 40,716,980 128,833,238 169,550,218 24.0%
INSTITUTUL CLINIC DE URGENTE OFTALMOLOGICE PROF DR MIRCEA OLTEANU CUI: 4505421 All years 40,242,033 337,545 40,579,578 38,387,524 78,967,102 51.4%
MINISTERUL AFACERILOR EXTERNE CUI: 4266863 All years 36,575,662 3,991,552 40,567,214 263,168,402 303,735,616 13.4%
COMUNA VERNESTI CUI: 4088197 All years 39,980,432 544,129 40,524,561 29,968,684 70,493,245 57.5%
ATENEUL NATIONAL DIN IASI CUI: 16070835 All years 40,336,108 112,721 40,448,829 25,150,804 65,599,633 61.7%
UNIVERSITATEA VASILE ALECSANDRI DIN BACAU CUI: 4278094 All years 40,414,315 0 40,414,315 143,538,742 183,953,057 22.0%
MUNICIPIUL ARAD CUI: 3519925 All years 10,436,486 29,936,794 40,373,280 2,270,029,959 2,310,403,239 1.8%
COMUNA PRAID CUI: 4368103 All years 40,027,151 284,206 40,311,357 84,710,991 125,022,348 32.2%
UNITATEA MILITARA NR01836 CUI: 27036839 All years 40,248,948 42,018 40,290,966 6,735,015,991 6,775,306,957 0.6%
ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA APELE ROMANE CUI: 24326056 All years 37,983,636 2,150,456 40,134,092 905,036,449 945,170,541 4.3%
SPITALUL JUDETEAN DE URGENTA RESITA CUI: 1061626 All years 35,396,417 4,732,198 40,128,615 183,599,313 223,727,928 17.9%
SPITALUL MUNICIPAL VATRA DORNEI CUI: 4535414 All years 35,816,952 4,293,136 40,110,088 24,531,180 64,641,268 62.1%
SPITALUL CLINIC DE OBSTETRICA - GINECOLOGIE CUZA VODA IASI CUI: 4701320 All years 22,707,813 17,306,886 40,014,699 120,216,279 160,230,978 25.0%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI CLUJ CUI: 5013699 All years 39,879,777 130,260 40,010,037 69,246,991 109,257,028 36.6%
COMPANIA MUNICIPALA ILUMINAT PUBLIC BUCURESTI SRL CUI: 37832144 All years 39,521,579 357,467 39,879,046 97,682,761 137,561,807 29.0%
GOSPODARIRE URBANA SRL CUI: 27413181 All years 38,960,634 890,536 39,851,170 48,730,327 88,581,497 45.0%
URBAN SA CUI: 11316859 All years 26,622,531 13,167,383 39,789,914 54,676,188 94,466,102 42.1%
DOMENIU PUBLIC SI PRIVAT ONESTI SA CUI: 27231643 All years 36,776,341 3,011,042 39,787,383 22,414,666 62,202,049 64.0%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI VALCEA CUI: 17087924 All years 28,824,497 10,925,166 39,749,663 72,284,134 112,033,797 35.5%
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI VRANCEA CUI: 17101530 All years 38,810,346 917,859 39,728,205 72,625,167 112,353,372 35.4%
ADMINISTRATIA DOMENIULUI PUBLIC CUI: 13924437 All years 38,713,339 1,000,464 39,713,803 17,784,230 57,498,033 69.1%
MUNICIPIUL FOCSANI CUI: 4350645 All years 23,497,252 16,100,005 39,597,257 558,736,073 598,333,330 6.6%
ORASUL TARGU FRUMOS CUI: 4541068 All years 39,315,819 208,968 39,524,787 85,322,077 124,846,864 31.7%
COMUNA MAIERU CUI: 4512305 All years 39,247,651 262,300 39,509,951 57,011,867 96,521,818 40.9%

576-600 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