UK Government Contract Notices for April 2016

Contracts Finder notices for April 2016, structured according to the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) in a flattened CSV format. The dataset is organized into daily files, each containing all OCDS releases for a given calendar day, and is published by the Crown Commercial Service.

Use Cases

• Analyze OCDS release patterns across daily files to understand procurement activity volume for April 2016.
• Process flattened OCDS fields from daily CSV files to track specific contracting procedures.
• Extract structured procurement data from the OCDS-formatted releases for compliance or transparency reporting.

Strengths

• Data is structured according to the standardized Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS).
• Releases are organized into daily files, providing a clear temporal structure for April 2016.
• Published by the authoritative Crown Commercial Service, the UK government's procurement body.

Limitations

• The dataset is limited to a single month (April 2016), offering a narrow temporal snapshot.
• Specific data volume metrics like row count, column count, and file size are unknown.
• The flattened CSV format may obscure the nested relationships inherent in the full OCDS schema.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service

Collection Method

Contains official Contracts Finder notices published by the UK government.

Time Range

April 2016

Freshness

Data covers April 2016, with metadata last updated in March 2026.

Geography

United Kingdom