Ontario Government Advertising Vendor Contracts And Terms

Vendor of Record arrangements for advertising and communications services across the Ontario government. The dataset lists contract names, qualified vendors, start dates, and end dates established through competitive open bidding. It is provided by the Advertising Review Board and updated by the Government of Ontario.

Use Cases

• Analyze vendor concentration by counting qualified vendor(s) per VOR arrangement name.
• Assess contract duration and renewal patterns using start date and end date fields.
• Map service demand cycles by tracking the temporal sequence of arrangement start dates.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Government of Ontario Advertising Review Board.
• Includes key contractual details like vendor names and defined validity periods.
• Contracts are established through a documented competitive open bidding process.

Limitations

• Unknown record count prevents assessment of dataset scale and completeness.
• Lack of monetary value or service volume columns limits spend analysis.
• Absence of detailed service category tags hinders granular vendor capability analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario, Advertising Review Board

Collection Method

Contracts established through competitive open bidding processes.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Ontario, Canada