MTA Procurement Contracts and Vendor Awards from 2018

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority provides annual procurement contract data reported to the Authorities Budget Office via the Public Authorities Reporting Information System (PARIS). The dataset details vendor awards, contract amounts, and Minority/Women-owned Business Enterprise participation for fiscal years beginning in 2018. It is published by the state of New York on multiple open data platforms.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vendor diversity by filtering on 'Vendor is a MWBE' and 'Number of MWBE Proposals' columns.
• Tracking contract lifecycle and spending using 'Award Date', 'Begin Date', 'End Date', 'Contract Amount', and 'Amount Expended to Date'.
• Investigating procurement methods by examining the 'Award Process' and 'Type of Procurement' fields.
• Auditing contract exemptions and fair market value assessments via the 'Exempt from Article 4c', 'Basis for exemption', and 'Fair Market Value' columns.

Strengths

• Includes detailed vendor and contract information across 30+ specific columns such as 'Vendor Name', 'Procurement Description', and 'Region'.
• Covers multiple fiscal years of procurement activity, with data beginning from 2018.

Limitations

• Key metrics like total row count and dataset size are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the 'last updated' date, with reports of both April 1 and April 4, 2026.

Provenance

Source

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, reported to the New York Authorities Budget Office.

Collection Method

Reported via the Public Authorities Reporting Information System (PARIS).

Time Range

Beginning 2018

Freshness

2026-04-04 23:13:02.997575

Geography

New York, primarily the MTA service region (New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York State).