UK Government Contract Notices for May 2017

Contracts Finder notices for May 2017 are provided in the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) flattened CSV format. The dataset contains all OCDS releases for each calendar day within the month. It was published by the Crown Commercial Service.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily contract release patterns using the OCDS flattened CSV structure for May 2017.
• Map the flow of government procurement activities by examining the OCDS release data for each calendar day.
• Study the implementation of the Open Contracting Data Standard within UK public sector data for a specific month.

Strengths

• Data follows the structured Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) format.
• Provides a complete daily record of contract notices for the entire month of May 2017.
• Published by the authoritative Crown Commercial Service.

Limitations

• The dataset is limited to a single month (May 2017), offering a narrow temporal snapshot.
• Specific details on record count, file size, and column schema are unavailable.
• Data may be stale for current analysis, last updated in March 2026 but covering 2017.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via Contracts Finder.

Collection Method

Contains all OCDS releases for each calendar day in May 2017, formatted as flattened CSV.

Time Range

May 2017

Freshness

Data covers May 2017; metadata was last updated on 2026-03-24.

Geography

United Kingdom