Dutch Government Procurement Expenditure for Education, Culture and Science in 2018

2018 purchasing expenditure data for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, aggregated from suppliers. The dataset is compiled annually by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from all ministries and departments. It is used to inform government category managers and the House of Representatives about procurement and SME participation.

Use Cases

• Analyzing government spending patterns on goods and services based on annual procurement expenditure.
• Tracking the share of contracts awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based on the reporting purpose mentioned.
• Benchmarking procurement efficiency for the education, culture, and science sector against other government departments.

Strengths

• Data is structured for annual reporting to parliament, suggesting a formal collection process.
• Specific focus on the 2018 fiscal year for a single ministry provides a clear temporal and organizational scope.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Annual aggregation of purchasing expenditure information from all ministries and departments.

Time Range

2018

Freshness

Data is from 2018; update frequency is annual but current status is unknown.

Geography

Netherlands (national government)