UK Government Contract Notices for August 2022

August 2022 contains daily snapshots of public procurement notices published on the UK's Contracts Finder platform, formatted according to the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS). The dataset is structured as flattened CSV files, with one file per calendar day capturing all releases. This standardized format facilitates analysis of government spending and supplier engagement for that month.

Use Cases

• Tracking procurement timelines and award values based on OCDS release data.
• Analyzing supplier diversity and market competition for government contracts.
• Monitoring compliance with public procurement regulations and transparency standards.
• Benchmarking contract values and categories across different government departments.

Strengths

• Uses the standardized Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) schema for interoperability.
• Provides daily granularity with a separate file for each calendar day in August 2022.
• Published by the authoritative Crown Commercial Service, the central UK government procurement body.

Limitations

• Column names and specific data fields are not detailed in any source description.
• Conflicting last-updated dates: one platform shows 2026-04 30 (likely an error), while another shows 2023-05-22.
• Critical metadata such as row count, file size, and license information is uniformly missing across all platforms.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service

Collection Method

Official publication of procurement notices via the UK's Contracts Finder platform, compiled into daily OCDS releases.

Time Range

August 2022

Freshness

2026-04-30 20:01:47.185906

Geography

United Kingdom