UK Government Contract Notices for July 2017

July 2017 contract notices from the UK government's Contracts Finder portal, formatted according to the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS). The dataset is structured as flattened CSV files, with each file containing all OCDS releases for a specific calendar day. It was published by the Crown Commercial Service.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily procurement activity patterns using OCDS release timestamps for July 2017
• Map the structure of contracting processes using flattened OCDS fields like contracting parties and award details
• Assess the adoption of the Open Contracting Data Standard in UK government procurement for this period

Strengths

• Data adheres to the structured Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) schema
• Provides a complete month of daily procurement notices from July 2017
• Sourced from the authoritative Crown Commercial Service, the UK government's procurement body

Limitations

• Dataset scope is limited to a single month (July 2017), offering no longitudinal view
• Specific column names, row counts, and data volume details are unavailable for assessment
• Data format is flattened CSV, which may require parsing to reconstruct nested OCDS relationships

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via the UK Contracts Finder portal

Collection Method

OCDS-formatted notices published for public procurement transparency.

Time Range

July 2017

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 2026-03-24, but the underlying data covers July 2017.

Geography

United Kingdom