Bristol City Council contracts and tenders with a value over £500 made within the month. Publication of these lists forms part of the Council's commitment to be open and transparent with its residents. The dataset covers a time range from 2011 to 2016 and is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyzing public spending patterns based on contract values over £500.
- Tracking monthly procurement activity for transparency monitoring.
- Studying local government tendering processes and supplier engagement.
Strengths
- Data is published as part of a formal commitment to transparency by Bristol City Council.
- Covers a specific five-year time range from 2011 to 2016.
- Available in multiple file formats, including CSV and HTML.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single UK local authority.
Provenance
- Source
- Bristol City Council
- Time Range
- 2011-2016
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:29.249674; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Bristol, United Kingdom