Netherlands Government Procurement and SME Participation Data

Annual purchasing expenditure data from all Dutch ministries and departments is compiled by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Since 2012, this information has been used to report to the House of Representatives on government procurement and the share of small and medium-sized enterprises. The dataset supports Rijkswide procurement analysis and informs category managers responsible for generic purchasing categories.

Use Cases

• Tracking annual government procurement expenditure across ministries based on the reported spending data.
• Analyzing the share of contracts awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for policy reporting.
• Informing Rijkswide procurement strategy by providing data to category managers.
• Supporting the Annual Report on Business Administration presented to the House of Representatives.

Strengths

• Data is compiled annually from all ministries and departments, providing a comprehensive government-wide view.
• Has been used for official parliamentary reporting on SME participation since 2012, indicating a consistent time series.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing for broad reuse and analysis.

Limitations

• Column names and specific data structure are unknown, limiting immediate understanding of the dataset's granularity.
• Key metadata such as row count, size, last update date, and author are missing from all platform entries.
• The dataset's temporal coverage is implied but not explicitly stated, creating uncertainty about the exact date range available.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Annual information received from all ministries and departments on their purchasing expenditure.

Time Range

Data collection implied since at least 2012, with annual updates.

Geography

Netherlands (national government)