Plan Empresarial de Contratación PEC 2020: Colombian Public Procurement Contracts

Plan Empresarial de Contratación (PEC) for the 2020 fiscal year, published by CENS SA ESP and hosted on the Colombian open data portal. The dataset includes columns such as Objeto de la Contratación (contract object), Fecha Estimada de Inicio Ejecución (estimated start date), and Tipo de Contrato (contract type). It was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze contract types and frequencies using the Tipo de Contrato column.
• Forecast procurement timelines and project starts using the Fecha Estimada de Inicio Ejecución del eventual Contrato column.
• Categorize procurement activities by department or need using the Centro de Actividad Requeridor column.
• Classify the purpose of government contracts using the Objeto de la Contratación column.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
• The dataset includes specific columns detailing contract objects, estimated start dates, and contract types.
• Last update timestamp (2026-05-18 16:55:09) is provided for recency assessment.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• License information is unknown, which may restrict certain uses.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal)

Collection Method

Likely an official business contracting plan submitted by the entity CENS SA ESP.

Time Range

2020 fiscal year

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:55:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia